September 26, 2021 WWJWMTD by Steve, the son of John

God Scares Me!

Lately, God has been scaring me. He is very active in my life and my surroundings—this scares me. It is not the miracles I keep encountering, nor the answer to emotional prayers, nor what He is asking of me, but it is what God keeps telling me to read in His Word, the Bible, and He does not give up asking me to read a specific portion of Scripture until I read it. The Holy Spirit often says to me, “Read it again, once more, and again—one more time,” until I stop and consider what the verse(s) are saying. This frightens me!

You ask, ‘What is God asking me to read’? Mostly the Old Testament books of the minor prophets—the ones that speak of God’s judgement and the last days. He not only shows me things that I did not consider before, but the emotional feelings the Holy Spirit brings over me causes me to fear and desiring a hiding place in God, and He brings me into a state of prayer, forgiveness, and asking for God’s mercy not just for me but for everyone I know. I want now more than ever for the people of God to get ready for what is to come—what is now upon us!

Whenever God brings His judgment, He also brings His salvation. Judgement and salvation work together to bring God’s will to completion. There are many words of prophecy or words of knowledge today speaking of God’s two-edge sword. A sword that offers repentance and blessings as well as retribution and judgment. Who can stand in the presence of the Lord; who can be strong when God speaks? We fall on our faces when God shows up; we all are humbled and find ourselves unable to speak. We become as Job and refuse to answer God when He talks to us—I am afraid!

At the end of my readings God took me to the Book of Ruth. Once again is begins with judgment and God’s displeasure with His people to finding a place of mercy, forgiveness, and favor after God’s punishment upon His people.

My hope and your hope are found in the last verse of Ruth chapter one: (Ruth 1:22b)“and they came to Bethlehem in the beginning of barley harvest.” If you and I want to find God when judgment is all around us, we must go back to Bethlehem—we must go back to Jesus where is all began and when mercy and hope first came to us. This is where I find peace; this is where I find comfort; this is where I find hope and a future. It is in Jesus Christ that I become unafraid and rediscovery what Jesus offers to me and how He changes me—He makes me a better person and I find who I was meant to be.

Jesus loves me when Godly fear takes over me and I find that hiding place that is only found under His covering and within His love.

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Dr. Steven J. Wentland www.wwjwmtd.com

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