Return From Captivity

Jeremiah 31:3-6 ....Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee. 4 Again I will build thee, and thou shalt be built, O virgin of Israel: thou shalt again be adorned with thy tabrets, and shalt go forth in the dances of them that make merry. 5 Thou shalt yet plant vines upon the mountains of Samaria: the planters shall plant, and shall eat them as common things. 6 For there shall be a day, that the watchmen upon the mount Ephraim shall cry, Arise ye, and let us go up to Zion unto the LORD our God.

God's people had a promise of coming out of captivity.  Even in their captivity He loved them with an everlasting love and continued to draw them, because God is love and He always loves. He promised that he would once again build. They would indeed be rebuilt.  And they would once again rejoice with tambourines and dancing.  And there would be a day when they would once again go up to Zion to worship.

If you have felt like you have been in captivity, please know that God has not forgotten you.  He loves you with His everlasting love.  He will rebuild your waste places and you will rejoice again. You will worship in Zion. You will meet with the Lord in Zion, the mountain of the house of the Lord.

The Word of God is true and His promise is sure.

Waiting In The Wilderness

Psalm 106:13-15 AMP 13 But they hastily forgot His works; they did not [earnestly] wait for His plans [to develop] regarding them, 14 But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness and tempted and tried to restrain God [with their insistent desires] in the desert. 15 And He gave them their request, but sent leanness into their souls and [thinned their numbers by] disease and death.

Oh Lord when I am in a wilderness time, may I be patient to wait for the revelation of and unfolding of Your plan. May I not insist on my own way or desire. God I don't want leanness of soul. I desire to be fat in the things of You. I want to sup with You at Your table and eat of Your great bounty. May I eat of the abundance of Your house and drink from the river of Your delights. May I eat from Your table prepared for me even in the presence of my enemies.

Revelation 3:20 Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.

Psalm 36:8 ESV They feast on the abundance of your house, and you give them drink from the river of your delights.

Psalm 23:5 Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies:....