02/02/2023 - GOD’S WORK

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And I have put My words in your mouth; I have covered you with the shadow of My hand, that I may plant the heavens, lay the foundations of the earth, and say to Zion, ‘You are My people.’    Isaiah 51.16

What God promises to do on our behalf is what is necessary for us to overcome struggles and dedicate righteous praise to Him. The Lord declares in the first part of the verse: And I have put My words in your mouth. What more do we need, if the Word spoken by Him does not return void? (Isaiah 55.11). Now we need to let Him reign in us and in the church. The Scriptures state: Then the moon will be disgraced and the sun ashamed; for the Lord of hosts will reign on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem and before His elders, gloriously. (Isaiah 24.23).

Among all that God has done in saving you is what Isaiah understood and spoke about: And He has made My mouth like a sharp sword; In the shadow of His hand He has hidden Me, and made Me a polished shaft; in His quiver He has hidden Me (Isaiah 49.2). Now, we are ministers of the New Testament and, therefore, we have to open our mouths and deliver the message as the Father put it in the Holy Book (2 Corinthians 3.6). He expects more from us. Let us obey!

It’s good when we rejoice in divine revelations. However, we must not forget that we will account for what we do or fail to do with biblical guidance: “The Lord God has given Me the tongue of the learned, that I should know how to speak a word in season to him who is weary. He awakens Me morning by morning, He awakens my ear to hear as the learned (Isaiah 50.4). Let us be those people!

The Lord has no other people to do His tremendous work, only those He has called to be part of the Body of Christ. So, we must sanctify and consecrate ourselves to fulfill such a mission. Angels cannot do the work of God, because that is our obligation. Paul said: For if I preach the gospel, I have nothing to boast of, for necessity is laid upon me; yes, woe is me if I do not preach the gospel! (1 Corinthians 9.16).

God has called us into His Kingdom and given us a glorious task: to announce the Good News, doing whatever it takes to get it done. See, I have this day set you over the nations and over the kingdoms, to root out and to pull down, to destroy and to throw down, to build and to plant.” (Jeremiah 1.10). Allow yourself to be used by the Most High by being fruitful in your actions (Mark 4.19).

Strive and never let the enemy rob you of the responsibility you were given when you heard the Father calling you. Whoever is negligent will have to give an account of what he has failed to fulfill. The Lord says: There is no one to guide her among all the sons she has brought forth; nor is there any who takes her by the hand among all the sons she has brought up. (Isaiah 51:18). May this never be said about us, but that we obey God in everything.

Whoever loves the Lord does not submit to any organization that claims to be Christian, but denies the meaning of the expression: equal to Christ. The Word states: Depart! Depart! Go out from there, touch no unclean thing; go out from the midst of her, be clean, You who bear the vessels of the Lord (Isaiah 52.11). Flee from those who add to or subtract from the Scriptures (Revelation 22.18,19).

In Christ, with love,

R. R. Soares