Showing posts with label faith. I AM. Show all posts
Showing posts with label faith. I AM. Show all posts

Thursday, June 9, 2022

Faith's Unfailing Author and Perfecter



Gen.3:21
Unto Adam also and to his wife did the LORD God make coats of skins, 
and clothed them.

I will greatly rejoice in the LORD,
 my soul shall be joyful in my God; 
for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, 
he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, 
as a bridegroom decketh himself with ornaments, 
and as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels.

Yesterday's birthday wish to Emily and a few devotions from the
book Streams in the Desert inspired today's poem,
continuing meditations on the fathomless topic of faith!



Today's devotion ministered to me very personally
as I woke feeling mobbed by dread's 'supposes'
so I fled to some scriptures of faith (so many to choose from)

The God of ages past is still the same as He was then
He ministers His perfect will and loves us all. Amen
Since Adam hid when first he did the thing that he should not
And yielded to the doubt the tempter planted in his thought
Thus, grace and mercy did begin, in spite of consequence
God clothed them in garments of skin and sin’s deliverance

The faith of Abraham, counted as righteousness, abides
The supremacy of I AM still shepherds and presides
The angel of the Lord that did bid Elijah to eat
Still bids us feast upon His Word; this is faith’s bread and meat
Our God is kind; He is still greater than the lion’s roar
The enemy behind and the mighty Red Sea before

Faith fuels hope’s ambition as we face its cunning foe
Derision and division charge but cannot overthrow
The God of ages past who Was, Is and Will Ever Be
The Genesis and Exodus of faith’s divine decree
Where, since we have been justified by faith we may have peace
Through Jesus Christ our Lord, though doom and gloom’s armies increase

If God is for us, all against us can never prevail
Let’s raise a worship chorus to the One who will not fail
And let the faith that we confess be not in word but deed
To live a life of holiness with meek and earnest heed
The anchor to which hope is fastened will not shift or sway
Because the God of ages past is still the same today

© Janet Martin

Rom.5:1-5

Therefore, since we have been justified through faith,
we[a] have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,
2 through whom we have gained access by faith
into this grace in which we now stand.
And we[b] boast in the hope of the glory of God.
3 Not only so, but we[c] also glory in our sufferings,
because we know that suffering produces perseverance;
4 perseverance, character; and character, hope.
5 And hope does not put us to shame,
because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts
through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us.


Heb.12:1-3
Therefore, (read Heb.11
since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, 
let us throw off every encumbrance and the sin that so easily entangles, 
and let us run with endurance the race set out for us.
 2Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the authora and perfecter of our faith, 
who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, 
scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. 
3Consider Him who endured such hostility from sinners, 
so that you will not grow weary and lose heart.

(I keep listening to this song recently
in the face of so much opposition)





Saturday, October 19, 2019

It's True...


 "I am the vine; you are the branches.
 If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; 
apart from me you can do nothing.
John 15:5

It’s true; we could be crushed by the weight of dread and despair
We could be victimized by mind-games hindering meek prayer
We could fall captive to the enemy of happiness
And believe the deceiver who is cold and pitiless

It’s true; sometimes the more we try the more we seem to fail
Futile, the sentimental sigh, where hurried moments hail
From all that lies behind us to all that is waiting still
Where we could let fear bind and blind us or let faith fulfill

It’s true; that He will fit us for whatever He will ask
That His grace is sufficient for the trial, test or task
It’s true, though hope and heartache intricately intertwine
These simply form the branches that are clinging to The Vine

© Janet Martin

I attended a ladies event at church today where the theme was;
Who am I?
And the answer hopefully is 'that we let I AM define who I am'
We were both encouraged and challenged to seek and trust/believe God,
especially when we feel we can't do what He is asking of us.