Corona Devo 2003

Do we know someone (or a marriage, or a family) who is blessed by God?  (You can tell.)
I do.

Do we know someone who is rich (and I don't mean money).

Don't look at their bank account: look to their belief in God.  

Look at the bedrock and foundation of their life.  Do we know someone (or a marriage, or a family) who is blessed by God?  Their foundation will not be the base upon which the world builds itself (money/status/affluence/extra's).  

Those who are true-to-God (priests for him!) will have a provision-from-God that has nothing to do with money (although it will include financial-provision because God knows our needs and necessities).   

Watch for how God cares-for/provides-for/blesses-beyond-measure those who are betrothed to Him in spirit: His priests.

Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, (21) to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen.  ~Ephesians 3:20-21).  

God promises provision to those committed to Him, and He alerts others to it also.  God clearly claims His provision for those whose full-dependence is upon Him.  

(Are we in this group today?)  

Delight yourself in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart.  ~Psalm 37:4

    Delight yourself in the Lord...  ~Psalm 37:4

Serve God wholeheartedly.  Work for Him.  Honor Him.  Let our most authentic desires be for the Lord and His ways and His glory.

May we be spiritually-encouraged and positively-burdened to teach and share God's ways with others today.  May we be priests for the Lord today.  

They will teach my people the difference between what is holy and what is common, what is ceremonially clean and unclean.  ~Ezekiel 44:23

...and he will give you the desires of your heart.  ~Psalm 37:4b

Do we know someone provided-for by God?  (Is it us?)

Have we evaluated and appreciated our provision lately?  Have we any idea where and Who it comes from?  

Are we blessed-beyond what we've done to earn?  

If God is our special possession...He will provide for us.  
“The priests will not have any property or possession of land, for I alone am their special possession."   ~Ezekiel 44:28

...and he will give you the desires of your heart.  ~Psalm 37:4b

 ~~~

Their food will come from the gifts and sacrifices brought to the Temple by the people—the grain offerings, the sin offerings, and the guilt offerings. 

Whatever anyone sets apart for the Lord will belong to the priests. 

(30) The first of the ripe fruits and all the gifts brought to the Lord will go to the priests. The first batch of dough must also be given to the priests so the Lord will bless your homes.  ~Ezekiel 44:29-30

God says that He will give (the best of everything) to those serving Him wholeheartedly.  

Do we have provision and (financial/family/friendship/spiritual) blessing in our lives...way beyond what we deserve?  Blessing and provision that we can't explain or that we did not earn?  

This is the blessing and provision of God.  He promises the first-fruits of the harvest for His priests.  If we will depend on Him, He has marked-out and provided everything--even where we will live and serve Him.  

A section of this land, measuring 875 feet by 875 feet, will be set aside for the Temple. An additional strip of land 87 1⁄2 feet wide is to be left empty all around it. 

(3) Within the larger sacred area, measure out a portion of land 8 1⁄3 miles long and 3 1⁄3 miles wide. Within it the sanctuary of the Most Holy Place will be located. 

(4) This area will be holy, set aside for the priests who minister to the Lord in the sanctuary. They will use it for their homes, and my Temple will be located within it. 

(5) The strip of sacred land next to it, also 8 1⁄3 miles long and 3 1⁄3 miles wide, will be a living area for the Levites who work at the Temple. It will be their possession and a place for their towns.  ~Ezekiel 45:2-5

Don't think God doesn't see our needs and our necessities...and the desires of our hearts.  We serve a God who has thought of everything, and He has already planned it for those (priests) that are willing to serve Him with their lives.

Is it us?  

~~~

Do we know someone at peace with their life?

Are we at peace in our life and spirit today?

Are we living/serving/loving/teaching/accepting that we are God's priests?  He has everything we need, and He will provide it.  All that He awaits is our hearts.

Delight yourself in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart.  ~Psalm 37:4

Blessings,  

sarah  

https://sarahsundy04.blogspot.com

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