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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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