27 March 2011
God's Anger ... is For You!
03/28/11 10:19 AM
Have you ever had someone angry for you?
What would your life feel like if you knew, by experience, that someone fiercely strong and hugely able to do something about it... was angry FOR YOU? Angry on your behalf? Angry at your enemies who came against you and were too strong for you?
What would we let go of if we knew that someone so strong was watching out for us and protecting us from harm? Our measly self-protections? Our pockets of self-pity? ...where we've allowed a slimy spirit to have a little place somewhere within because we were offered some small recompense for the wrongs we've suffered? Ridiculous!
We have a God Whose anger is not shut down or repressed. It is very available to Him but NEVER used against the innocent. It is strong and scary for sure... but used only FOR our SURE protection!
Here's a wonderful, true thought for your day:
GOD IS ANGRY FOR YOU.
GOD WILL NEVER USE HIS ANGER AGAINST YOU.
HE IS ANGRY AT YOUR ENEMIES.
YOU WILL BE PROTECTED!
DECLARE the following Psalm of David out loud... and have a great day!
Psalm 18:2-3, 6-18, 46-50
The Lord is my Rock, my Fortress, and my Deliverer;
my God, my keen and firm Strength
in Whom I will trust and take refuge,
my Shield, and the Horn of my salvation,
my High Tower.
... so shall I be saved from my enemies.
In my distress I called upon the Lord
and cried to my God;
He heard my voice out of His temple,
and my cry came before Him,
into His [very] ears.
Then the earth quaked and rocked,
the foundations also of the mountains trembled;
they moved and were shaken
because He was indignant and angry.
There went up smoke from His nostrils;
and lightening out of His mouth devoured;
coals were kindled by it.
He bowed the heavens also
and came down;
and thick darkness was under His feet.
And He rode upon [a storm]
and flew [swiftly];
yes, He sped on with the wings of the wind.
He made darkness His secret hiding place;
as His pavilion round about Him were dark waters
and thick clouds of the skies.
Out of the brightness before Him
there broke forth through His thick clouds
hailstones and coals of fire.
The Lord also thundered from the heavens,
and the Most High uttered His voice,
amid hailstones and coals of fire.
And He sent out His arrows
and scattered them;
and He flashed forth lightnings
and put them to rout.
Then the beds of the sea appeared
and the foundations of the world were laid bare
at Your rebuke, O Lord,
at the blast of the breath of Your nostrils.
He reached from on high,
He took me;
He drew me out of many waters.
He delivered me from my strong enemy
and from those who hated and abhorred me,
for they were too strong for me.
They confronted and came upon me
in the day of my calamity,
but the Lord was my stay and support.
He brought me forth also into a large place;
He was delivering me
because He was pleased with me
and delighted in me.
The Lord lives!
Blessed by my Rock;
and let the God of my salvation be exalted;
The God Who avenges me
and subdues peoples under me.
Who delivers me from my enemies;
yes, You lift me up above those who rise up against me;
You deliver me from the man of violence.
Therefore will I give thanks
and extol You, O Lord...
for Your Great deliverances and triumphs!
What would your life feel like if you knew, by experience, that someone fiercely strong and hugely able to do something about it... was angry FOR YOU? Angry on your behalf? Angry at your enemies who came against you and were too strong for you?
What would we let go of if we knew that someone so strong was watching out for us and protecting us from harm? Our measly self-protections? Our pockets of self-pity? ...where we've allowed a slimy spirit to have a little place somewhere within because we were offered some small recompense for the wrongs we've suffered? Ridiculous!
We have a God Whose anger is not shut down or repressed. It is very available to Him but NEVER used against the innocent. It is strong and scary for sure... but used only FOR our SURE protection!
Here's a wonderful, true thought for your day:
GOD IS ANGRY FOR YOU.
GOD WILL NEVER USE HIS ANGER AGAINST YOU.
HE IS ANGRY AT YOUR ENEMIES.
YOU WILL BE PROTECTED!
DECLARE the following Psalm of David out loud... and have a great day!
Psalm 18:2-3, 6-18, 46-50
The Lord is my Rock, my Fortress, and my Deliverer;
my God, my keen and firm Strength
in Whom I will trust and take refuge,
my Shield, and the Horn of my salvation,
my High Tower.
... so shall I be saved from my enemies.
In my distress I called upon the Lord
and cried to my God;
He heard my voice out of His temple,
and my cry came before Him,
into His [very] ears.
Then the earth quaked and rocked,
the foundations also of the mountains trembled;
they moved and were shaken
because He was indignant and angry.
There went up smoke from His nostrils;
and lightening out of His mouth devoured;
coals were kindled by it.
He bowed the heavens also
and came down;
and thick darkness was under His feet.
And He rode upon [a storm]
and flew [swiftly];
yes, He sped on with the wings of the wind.
He made darkness His secret hiding place;
as His pavilion round about Him were dark waters
and thick clouds of the skies.
Out of the brightness before Him
there broke forth through His thick clouds
hailstones and coals of fire.
The Lord also thundered from the heavens,
and the Most High uttered His voice,
amid hailstones and coals of fire.
And He sent out His arrows
and scattered them;
and He flashed forth lightnings
and put them to rout.
Then the beds of the sea appeared
and the foundations of the world were laid bare
at Your rebuke, O Lord,
at the blast of the breath of Your nostrils.
He reached from on high,
He took me;
He drew me out of many waters.
He delivered me from my strong enemy
and from those who hated and abhorred me,
for they were too strong for me.
They confronted and came upon me
in the day of my calamity,
but the Lord was my stay and support.
He brought me forth also into a large place;
He was delivering me
because He was pleased with me
and delighted in me.
The Lord lives!
Blessed by my Rock;
and let the God of my salvation be exalted;
The God Who avenges me
and subdues peoples under me.
Who delivers me from my enemies;
yes, You lift me up above those who rise up against me;
You deliver me from the man of violence.
Therefore will I give thanks
and extol You, O Lord...
for Your Great deliverances and triumphs!
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