Manna for Your Morning

“But to you who are willing to listen, I say, love your enemies! Do good to those who hate you. Bless those who curse you. Pray for those who hurt you.” — Luke 6:27-28 (NLT) Yeshua repeats this command. It is no mistake. “Love your enemies! Do good to them. Lend to them without expecting to be repaid. Then your reward from heaven will be very great, and you will truly be acting as children of the Most High, for he is kind to those who are unthankful and wicked. You must be compassionate, just as your Father is compassionate.” (Luke 6:35-36 NLT) May we be willing to listen and eager to obey the teaching of Yeshua, our Savior and Lord. In Luke 6:46 (NASB1995), Yeshua asks: “ Why do you call Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ and do not do what I say? ”

“Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened.” — Matthew 7:7-8 (NASB1995) Keep asking, seeking and knocking. For the LORD God is a sun and shield; The LORD gives grace and glory; No good thing does He withhold from those who walk uprightly. (Psalms 84:11 NASB1995) Psalms 34:10 (NASB1995) says, they who seek the LORD shall not be in want of any good thing. What if you ask and do not receive? While something may appear to us as a good thing, our heavenly Father knows it may not be a good thing for us, at this time. And James 4:3 (NLT) says: And even when you ask, you don’t get it because your motives are all wrong—you want only what will give you pleasure. The Amplified Bible elaborates on wrong motives: out of selfishness or with an unrighteous agenda. Now this is the confidence that we have in Him, that if we ask anything according to His ...

When I consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and the stars, which You have ordained; What is man that You take thought of him, and the son of man that You care for him? — Psalm 8:3-4 (NASB1995) James 4:14 says, our lives are a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away. However, our Heavenly Father is mindful of us. Never believe the lie of the enemy that God does not care about you or that He has forgotten about you. He formed our inward parts, and wove us together in the womb of our mothers. (See Psalm 139:13) He created us with a purpose and a good plan. How precious also are Your thoughts to me, O God! How vast is the sum of them! If I should count them, they would outnumber the sand. When I awake, I am still with You. (Psalm 139:17-18 NASB1995) May we be mindful of the God Most High and delight to do His will, treasuring His Word in our hearts.

 … So to keep me from becoming proud, I was given a thorn in my flesh, a messenger from Satan to torment me and keep me from becoming proud.  — 2 Corinthians 12:7 (NLT) Three times I pleaded with the Lord to relieve me of this. But he answered me, “My grace is always more than enough for you, and my power finds its full expression through your weakness.” So I will celebrate my weaknesses, for when I’m weak I sense more deeply the mighty power of Christ living in me. (2 Corinthians 12:8-9 TPT) If you have a thorn in your flesh, remember that the lovingkindness, grace and mercy of the Lord are more than enough and always available, regardless of the situation. Whatever God brings you to, He will bring you through. Amen!