The God Promises Part 5Transcription from Pastor Melissa Scott's Live Sunday Service. Final SectionBack to the Hebrew text, garesh, this word is the translation of our English 'to throw out.' 'To thrust out' is used in Genesis when Adam and Eve were ushered out of the Garden. "Underneath are the everlasting arms," just to go right out of the King James, but when it says "Israel then shall dwell in safety alone" really it should read 'tabernacle.' Once God is done kicking out the enemy from before your face, the 'tabernacle,' the 'tabernacling' means the presence of God is going to be with you. This is a promise we can take and make it our own. Wherever you are, if you're looking at the circumstance remember Faith looks beyond the circumstance. Faith looks beyond reason and steps over everything. When you're at the point that your 'habitation,' where you 'live,' starts to be this tabernacle not made with hands because God's Spirit is already living in you, you can then say "This is where I live. I live in Christ. He lives in me and underneath are His powerful everlasting arms. I'm safe." Go to the New Testament passage that we know all too well, Matthew 14:27. "Jesus spake unto them, saying, Be of good 'courage'...And he said, Come. And when Peter was come down out of the ship" (if there's one place you should underline in your Bible it's this one), "he walked on the water...But when he saw the wind boisterous, he was afraid; and beginning to sink, he cried, saying, Lord, save me. And immediately Jesus stretched forth his hand," His arm, "and caught him, and said, 'why did you double-think'?" I want you to connect the dots because sometimes you can grab a promise in the Old Testament and fail to see that God repeats Himself in many diverse ways through the Bible. Let me tell you the two things it says. When Peter says "If it's you, Lord, bid me come," He bids all of us to come to Him, and then when we start making the trip and things get a little rough, "Oh my God! Lord, save me." "Okay, it's okay" and they walk back, and I'm sure they both walked back on the water. He bids each one of us, and when we get out there we think it's going to be a cakewalk and then suddenly it's a lot tougher than we thought and instead of doing the things we know, we begin to revert back to leaning on the arm of the flesh and take our eyes off Jesus. Stay focused on Him! 'Underneath the everlasting strong arms,' here you can be sure of one thing. He might have told you to come, and now you're following and you can't believe how hard the trip is, but don't worry. Underneath His everlasting arms, those strong arms, He's there and He's not going to let you fall. That's part of our Faith. Faith says "You know what? I'm never going to know what it's like until in the midst of it all, having done all, I stand on His promises." God sees Faith like that and honors it. Keep your eyes fixed on Jesus -- that's Faith. Print out entire .pdf file of the God Promises Write to Pastor Scott at: Pastor Melissa Scott Please call 1-800-338-3030, talk to a live person (not a voicemail), and leave a message for Pastor Scott that you enjoyed her teaching on the Promises of God. CD's and DVD's of this teaching message are available at Dolores Press Inc. If you enjoyed this message, check out more information on Pastor Melissa Scott at: MrsScott.com |