Manna for Your Morning

“Sir,” Gideon replied, “if the LORD is with us, why has all this happened to us? And where are all the miracles our ancestors told us about? Didn’t they say, ‘The LORD brought us up out of Egypt’? But now the LORD has abandoned us and handed us over to the Midianites.” — Judges 6:13 (NLT) The question is not “why?” or “what?” It is “WHO?” No matter how devastating circumstances may appear, remember that Yahweh is with you and He is faithful to bring you through all of your troubles. He Himself has said, “I will never fail you. I will never abandon you.” “When you go through deep waters, I will be with you. When you go through rivers of difficulty, you will not drown. When you walk through the fire of oppression, you will not be burned up; the flames will not consume you. For I am the LORD, your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior…” (See Hebrews 13:5 & Isaiah 43:2-3 NLT) Many hardships and perplexing circumstances confront the righteous, but the LORD rescues him from them all....

The LORD also will be a refuge and a stronghold for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble; And those who know Your name [who have experienced Your precious mercy] will put their confident trust in You, for You, O LORD, have not abandoned those who seek You. — Psalms 9:9-10 (AMP) Our help is in the name of Yahweh, Who made heaven and earth. (Psalms 124:8 LSB) His name endures forever. He is El Elyon, the God Most High, over all the earth. He is El Roi, the God-Who-Sees. Call upon His name and He will answer. Now I know that Yahweh saves His anointed; He will answer him from His holy heaven with the saving might of His right hand. Some boast in chariots and some in horses, but we will boast in the name of Yahweh, our God. (Psalms 20:6-7 LSB) He is Elohim, the all-powerful One. May our hearts be united to fear His name. (See Psalms 86:11) Behold, God is my salvation, I will trust and not dread; For Yah—Yahweh Himself—is my strength and song, and He has become my salvation.” (Isaiah...

You reveal the path of life to me; in your presence is abundant joy; at your right hand are eternal pleasures. — Psalms 16:11 (CSB) When Yahweh reveals the right path to us, we have to have eyes to see. We need a heart that is seeking for Him. And our minds need to be set on doing His will. If we go through life just following the ways of this world and its man-made traditions, we have blinders on that will hinder our ability to see the path of life. The ways of this world will take us down the wide path that leads to deep pits, dead ends, destruction and death. Our enemy only comes to steal, kill and destroy. But Yeshua came that we may have life and have it in abundance. (See John 10:10)

I have come as Light into the world, so that everyone who believes and trusts in Me [as Savior—all those who anchor their hope in Me and rely on the truth of My message] will not continue to live in darkness. — John 12:46 (AMP) Anchor your hope in Yeshua, the One God has highly exalted and given Him the name which is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, and of those on earth, and of those under the earth, and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. (See Philippians 2:9-11 NKJV) We put our hope in the LORD. He is our help and our shield. In him our hearts rejoice, for we trust in his holy name. Let your unfailing love surround us, LORD, for our hope is in you alone. (Psalm 33:20-22 NLT) This hope is a strong and trustworthy anchor for our souls. It leads us through the curtain into God’s inner sanctuary. — Hebrews 6:19 (NLT)

Then the LORD turned to him and said, “Go with the strength you have, and rescue Israel from the Midianites. I am sending you!” — Judges 6:14 (NLT) Judges 8:4 says, Gideon crossed the Jordan River with his 300 men, and though exhausted, they continued to chase the enemy. May we actively pursue the things God has called us to. At times, we may get weary but we need to go with the strength we have, and know that the LORD will provide everything we need. Psalm 29:11 NLT says: The LORD gives his people strength. The LORD blesses them with peace.  Just as the LORD sent Gideon, He is sending you. You have dwelt long enough at this mountain. Go, pursue, overtake and recover all the enemy has stolen from you.

But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was crushed for our wickedness [our sin, our injustice, our wrongdoing]; The punishment [required] for our well-being fell on Him, and by His stripes (wounds) we are healed. — Isaiah 53:5-6 (AMP) He was despised and abandoned by men, a man of great pain and familiar with sickness; and like one from whom people hide their faces, He was despised, and we had no regard for Him. However, it was our sicknesses that He Himself bore, and our pains that He carried… (Isaiah 53:3-4a NASB) On the cross, Jesus said, “ It is finished !” and He bowed His head and [voluntarily gave up His spirit. (See John 19:30 AMP) Jesus paid the debt for our sins, that we would have life and life more abundantly and enjoy an eternal life in the Presence of our heavenly Father.  “ Worthy is the Lamb who was slaughtered— to receive power and riches and wisdom and strength and honor and glory and blessing. ” — Revelation 5:12 (NLT)