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"I sat not in the assembly of the
mockers, nor rejoiced; I sat alone because of thy hand: for
thou hast filled me with indignation." Jeremiah 15:17
The Prophet Jeremiah was a prophet that was hated and
despised because he prophesied what God said, which was
condemnation and destruction from God
that was coming. He stood for what was right when all the
other prophets were prophesying lies and because of his
stand he stood alone. It is the
same in the wicked generation today; if you stand for what
is right and stand for the truth of the Word of God you will
often be standing alone.
The Lord told Jeremiah that the people were going to fight
against him and that He had called him to do a work that was
not going to be
pleasant. And Jeremiah was faithful. He got discouraged and
said at one point that he was going to quit, but he couldn't
and he prophesied the
truth to the end. I think about Queen Esther going in alone
before the King to fight for her people. Sure she was
terrified, at first she wasn't
going to do it, but then she surrenedered to the work and
said, "if I perish, I perish."(Esther 4:16). Job stood alone
in his affliction, a
reading of Job 19 shows us that no one would really come to
his aid, his three friends did nothing but accuse him, his
servants, kinsfolk and even
his wife forsook him. This brings me to another point;
Genesis 2:18 says, "And the LORD God said, It is not good
that the man should be alone; I
will make him an help meet for him." Ladies we have to be
careful that we do not leave our husbands standing alone. He
needs you to stand with him.
Ecclesiastes 4:9-11 says, "Two are better than one; because
they have a good reward for their labour.
For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe
to him that is alone when he falleth; for he hath not
another to help him up. Again, if
two lie together, then they have heat: but how can one be
warm alone?" Your husband needs you to stand with him in
raising and training the
cildren, teaching them the Word of God, living Bible
standards, and much more.(keep in mind this is not you
trying to lead but simply standing
with him, helping him when he falls). You say, my husband is
lost; he still needs you to stand with him and support him;
even though you may
not agree with him it is the right thing to do. Any
Pastor, man, woman, child, or family that has to stand alone
for the
truth of the Word of God is really not standing alone. The
Lord said in Hebrews 13:5, "I will never leave thee, nor
forsake thee." The Lord stood
alone when He was crucified, all the human world and all the
wicked powers of the air were fighting against Him; even God
the Father had to
turn His back as the Saviour bore our sins. And in Hebrews
it says that He is an High Priest that is touched with the
feelings of our
infirmities. He knows what it is like to have to stand alone
and ,yes, He cares. Run to Him, lean on Him, look to Jesus
he is ready to help. The
one thing that we have to be careful of is standing alone in
our flesh. Martha was heard complaining to the Lord about
havimg to do all the work
alone, but the Lord explained to her that she was forgetting
the needful thing of sitting at His feet and basking in His
presence. And before I
wrap this up, let me remind you of what the Lord told Elijah
when he was down in the dumps about serving the Lord all by
himself. "Lord, they have
killed thy prophets, and digged down thine altars; and I am
left alone, and they seek my life. But what saith the answer
of God unto him? I have
reserved to myself seven thousand men, who have not bowed
the knee to the image of Baal. Even so then at this present
time also there is a remnant
according to the election of grace." Romans 11:3-5. Glory to
God!
Until next time.
Sis. Tanya |
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