Ten Certainties for Uncertain Times, Part 5

Ten Certainties for Uncertain Times, Part 5
-Roy Lessin, Meeting in the Meadow

You belong to a Kingdom that cannot be shaken.

We are living in a world that is shakeable. Every system or power that has man as its source will eventually fail. Throughout history, kings have been overthrown, leaders have fallen from power, kingdoms have been conquered, armies have been defeated, riches have been depleted, and fortresses have toppled over. There is no secure place around us where the insecure can find a haven. It is only in the Kingdom of God that anyone can find true rest and security. No rebellion can break down its gates, no weapon can penetrate its borders, and no warrior can come against its King. 
 
Everything about the Kingdom of God is solid, sure, and steady. It is reliable, dependable, and impenetrable. The Kingdom of God is eternal. It is the only Kingdom that will remain. The way of the Kingdom is where your feet can walk; the truth of the Kingdom is what your faith can embrace; the love of the Kingdom is what your heart can give away. 

Be careful that you do not refuse to listen to the One who is speaking. For if the people of Israel did not escape when they refused to listen to Moses, the earthly messenger, we will certainly not escape if we reject the One who speaks to us from heaven! When God spoke from Mount Sinai his voice shook the earth, but now he makes another promise: “Once again I will shake not only the earth but the heavens also. ”This means that all of creation will be shaken and removed, so that only unshakable things will remain.

Since we are receiving a Kingdom that is unshakable, let us be thankful and please God by worshiping him with holy fear and awe. For our God is a devouring fire (Hebrews 12:25-29 NLT).

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Ten Certainties for Uncertain Times, Part 4

Ten Certainties for Uncertain Times, Part 4
-Roy Lessin, Meeting in the Meadow

God’s Word cannot be broken.

All Scripture is God’s written Word. It is 100% reliable because God is 100% infallible. Every word in the Scriptures is God-breathed. Every promise that is spoken has come from God’s heart, and every truth that is proclaimed is a revelation of God’s will. Every prophecy that is recorded in the Scriptures has been fulfilled or will be fulfilled, not generally, but exactly as it is written, down to the smallest detail. The Scriptures have endured the test of time—men have tried to destroy them, but they still remain; men have tried to dispute them, but they have had the final say in every argument; men have tried to refute them, but they stand over each man’s grave as a living testimony to all that is true, righteous, and eternal. 
 
Heaven and earth will disappear, but my words will never disappear (Matthew 24:35 NLT).
 
“Don’t suppose for a minute that I have come to demolish the Scriptures—either God’s Law or the Prophets. I’m not here to demolish but to complete. I am going to put it all together, pull it all together in a vast panorama. God’s Law is more real and lasting than the stars in the sky and the ground at your feet. Long after stars burn out and earth wears out, God’s Law will be alive and working (Matthew 5:18 MSG).

All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness (2 Timothy 3:16 KJV).
 
Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path (Psalm 119:105 KJV).
 
Thy word is very pure: therefore Thy servant loveth it (Psalm 119:140 KJV).

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Ten Certainties for Uncertain Times, Part 3

Ten Certainties for Uncertain Times, Part 3

-Roy Lessin, Meeting in the Meadow

God is sovereign.
 
In the days in which we live, God has a plan for America; He has a plan for His Church, the body of Christ; He has a plan for the nations; He has a plan for your life. God is working out His plan. Nothing can stop His plan or frustrate His purposes. God is not worried about what will happen or what He will be able to do. God knows what will happen and He knows what He will do. Nothing takes Him by surprise. He sees the future and He is already there. He knows where He is leading your life, and He knows how to get you there without shame and without blame.

God has a plan and a purpose for everything that He has made.

Everything is for His glory. All things were made by Him and for Him, and He is working all things out according to the council of His own will. He doesn’t need a consulting firm to give Him any tips, He doesn’t need any university professors to give Him any guidance, and He doesn’t need any religious leaders to give Him any counsel.

All praise to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms because we are united with Christ. Even before he made the world, God loved us and chose us in Christ to be holy and without fault in his eyes. God decided in advance to adopt us into his own family by bringing us to himself through Jesus Christ. This is what he wanted to do, and it gave him great pleasure. So we praise God for the glorious grace he has poured out on us who belong to his dear Son. He is so rich in kindness and grace that he purchased our freedom with the blood of his Son and forgave our sins. He has showered his kindness on us, along with all wisdom and understanding. God has now revealed to us his mysterious will regarding Christ—which is to fulfill his own good plan. And this is the plan: At the right time he will bring everything together under the authority of Christ—everything in heaven and on earth. Furthermore, because we are united with Christ, we have received an inheritance from God, for he chose us in advance, and he makes everything work out according to his plan. God’s purpose was that we Jews who were the first to trust in Christ would bring praise and glory to God (Ephesians 1:3-12 KJV).
 
One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all (Ephesians 4:6 KJV).

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Ten Certainties for Uncertain Times, Part 2

Ten Certainties for Uncertain Times, Part 2
-Roy Lessin, Meeting in the Meadow

God is on the throne.

God has not made the earth and then abandoned it. He has not retreated somewhere in the universe and gone into hiding. He is today where He has always been, on His throne. God sees all things, knows all things, and is all-powerful. God is all in all. He is above all. Nothing is above Him. There is no king or ruler that has more authority than God; there is no political figure that has more influence than God; there is no nation that has more control than God. No one can outthink Him or outsmart Him. He is God Almighty. He has all authority in heaven and earth. His enemies are under His feet. He reigns and rules. He is the majesty on High.

Why do the nations rage, And the people plot a vain thing? The kings of the earth set themselves, And the rulers take counsel together, Against the Lord and against His Anointed, saying, “Let us break Their bonds in pieces And cast away Their cords from us.” He who sits in the heavens shall laugh; The Lord shall hold them in derision. Then He shall speak to them in His wrath, And distress them in His deep displeasure: “Yet I have set My King On My holy hill of Zion.” “I will declare the decree: The Lord has said to Me, ‘You are My Son, Today I have begotten You. Ask of Me, and I will give You The nations for Your inheritance, And the ends of the earth for Your possession. You shall break them with a rod of iron; You shall dash them to pieces like a potter’s vessel.’ ”Now therefore, be wise, O kings; Be instructed, you judges of the earth. Serve the Lord with fear, And rejoice with trembling. Kiss the Son, lest He be angry, And you perish in the way, When His wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all those who put their trust in Him (Psalm 2:1-12 NKJV).

Your throne, O God, is for ever and ever. You rule with a scepter of justice (Psalm 45:6 NLT).

God reigns above the heavens, sitting on His holy throne (Psalm 47:8 NLT).
 
Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God (Hebrews 12:2 KJV).

 
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Ten Certainties for Uncertain Times, Part 1

Ten Certainties for Uncertain Times, Part 1
-Roy Lessin, Meeting in the Meadow

You are not here by chance. 

It is no accident that you are alive today. You are here by God’s choosing. He was the one who formed you and breathed the breath of life into you. He has made no mistakes concerning you.

You were born at this time in history to fulfill His purpose for this generation. He has given you all the light you need to know His will, and He has given you all the grace you need to do His will.

He knows everything about you—your ups and downs, your highs and lows. He knows your thoughts, He knows your heart, and He is acquainted with all your ways. He has laid His hand of blessing upon you, and has placed His covering over you. He knows you by name and calls you His own. No one knows you better or loves you more.

Today, you are in God’s place, in God’s time, to fulfill God’s plan, in God’s way, by God’s grace, for God’s glory. 
 
15 My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place,
when I was woven together in the depths of the earth.
16 Your eyes saw my unformed body; all the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be.
17 How precious to me are your thoughts, God! How vast is the sum of them!
18 Were I to count them, they would outnumber the grains of sand—when I awake, I am still with you (Psalm 139:15-18 NIV).

 
I no longer call you slaves, because a master doesn’t confide in his slaves. Now you are my friends, since I have told you everything the Father told me. You didn’t choose me. I chose you. I appointed you to go and produce lasting fruit, so that the Father will give you whatever you ask for, using my name (John 15:15-16 NLT).

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