the FireCarrier

“Have faith in the Lord your God and you will be upheld; have faith in his prophets and you will be successful.” – 2 Chronicles 20:20

Then Moses said to him, "If your Presence does not go with us, do not send us up from here.  Exodus 33:15 (NIV)

This is what the Lord says:    “In the time of my favor I will answer you,     and in the day of salvation I will help you; I will keep you and will make you     to be a covenant for the people, to restore the land     and to reassign its desolate inheritances Isaiah 49:8 (NIV)

As I was driving home Friday listening to the radio. I heard Father-God speak a pointed word. The word came from one announcer to the other radio co-host.   “You need to learn to protect your joy. Don’t let it be so easily stolen.”

  Sometimes God answers us in ways we are not expecting. I’ve recently been asking God for “answers”.  It came across my mind again today as I was driving back from an evening walk.  My eyes were directed to the city bus, just in front of me in the right lane.   What caught my eye was the number.  It was bus 17.  I asked him, is that supposed to mean something for me?  In the natural, I could blow it off, but, I had asked a question, and had received an answer, even if I did not initially understand the message.  Then I did some biblical checking on the bus number.  The number 17 is associated with victory, the restoration of all things, spiritual perfection, and perfect order. The first time the number occurs in the bible is significant.     Genesis 7:11 In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, on that day all the fountains of the great deep were broken up, and the windows of heav

Do not be trapped in the sameness of your everyday life. You are unique. You were designed in my image of diversity. Walk with me, following my voice, my leading beyond your normal.   Follow the pathway which I shall take you. Do not rely upon what you think you know of me.  There is more for you to explore. As you come closer to me, you will see more.  Draw nearer to me. Do not be blinded by the poison of sameness. Become the image I shall show you.