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Our ministry is to reach out to the world with the Good News of Jesus Christ and to help believers be equipped with a solid knowledge of the Word of God, the Bible, and be encouraged to apply it in every aspect of their daily lives. There are simple truths for these complex times to help people live in a way that brings real spiritual victory to them and more importantly, through the Lord Jesus Christ, glory to God our Father.

Today’s Scripture & Commentary

2 Kings 6:17

Then Elisha prayed and said, “O Lord, I pray, open his eyes that he may see.” And the Lord opened the servant’s eyes, and he saw; and behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha.
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There is an amazing and glorious truth revealed in today’s Scripture verse that only comes to light when we have our senses, including sight, trained to discern good and evil. {Heb.5:14} So the apostle Paul would pray for the believers in Ephesus, and us, that the eyes of our heart would be opened. {Eph.1:18}

I used to teach in the biblical seminars that I did on personal and professional growth, all based on and revealed in the Word, that vision is the ability to see with our hearts what we cannot see with our eyes. And of course, as it says in the Book of Proverbs, ‘where there is no vision, the people perish.’ {Prov.29:18} It appears to be another way to say “faith”.

When you and I walk by faith as Elisha prayed for not only for his servant but for us to hear today, we are able to see the mighty hand of God in everything going on in our lives because we know that it is He who is at work both to will and to work for His good pleasure. {Php.2:13} Knowing that gives us confidence—again, another word for faith! So when we are faithful to keep the command to fix our eyes on Jesus the author and perfecter of our faith {Heb.12:2} we will be able to proclaim as Paul did when he said that God would lead us always in the triumph of Christ. {2Cor,2:14}

I will not say here that the Lord will defeat our enemy for the very simple reason that He already has! With the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus He had disarmed the rulers and authorities, He made a public display of them, having triumphed over them. {Col.2:15} Death has been defeated and when this mortal body, frail as it is, no longer walks and talks in this dying world we will walk and talk joyfully in the real land of promise with the Lord God Almighty for all eternity. {1Cor.15:51-54}

So, rather than being fixated on the problem that you may be experiencing at the moment, put on faith and love as a breastplate {1Th.5:8} to protect your heart. Then, as Moses said long ago to the people of God at the impassable, impossible Red Sea, “Do not fear! Stand by and see the salvation of the Lord which He will accomplish for you today.” {Ex.14:13} Then they walked across on land the Lord had dried up!

“Therefore, since we receive a kingdom which cannot be shaken, let us show gratitude, by which we may offer to God an acceptable service with reverence and awe; for our God is a consuming fire.” (Hebrews 12:28-29)

TRUST IN THE LORD AND HE WILL DO IT

Check any bookstore, look on-line, watch the television talk shows or listen to any of the pundits on the radio and you will find ‘expert’ after ‘expert’ pontificating about what is wrong with your diet and what you actually should be eating. However, with very little—if any—exception, they are all wrong! I will tell you exactly what is right but first, a word from our Sponsor: God said, adding to the plants and fruit as mentioned in today’s verse, “Every moving thing that is alive shall be food for you; I give all to you, as I gave the green plant.” {Gen.9:3}

Of course, there is a bit more to it than that. After all, we want the best, the secret ‘miracle’ foods advertised on radio, TV and in magazines! So, we recall the words of Peter who said that God has given us everything pertaining to life and godliness {2Pt.1:3} and therefore turn to Jesus, who IS the Word of God. He said to His disciples, “I have food to eat that you do not know about”. {Jn.4:32} So wisdom cries come, eat of My food. {Prov.9:5} Jesus went on to explain to His disciples, and to us: “My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me, and to accomplish His work.” {Jn.4:34}

And of course, if we have spent sufficient time in the Word we would also be likely to recall the words of the prophet Jeremiah who had said to the Lord: “Thy words were found and I ate them, and Thy words became for me a joy and the delight of my heart” {Jer,15:16} Now that’s a ‘happy meal’ mister Ronald McD!

Admittedly, and by way of a disclaimer, there is a chance that you may put on weight eating such food—that actually may even be a desired goal for the untold hundreds of thousands of people around the world who simply do not have enough to eat—even as we in the United States go on crazy fad diets to battle the very common overweight condition! In either case, it is not about counting calories, it is about counting our blessings that flow from the throne of grace and giving thanks for all things. {1Thes.5:18} God’s Word reveals after all that “Good news puts fat on the bones” {Pro.15:30}

So, as King David said, O, ‘taste and see that the Lord is good’ {Ps.34:8} because that good diet combined with a regular workout—doing the work of God—will keep you fit and trim.

“They (the disciples) said therefore to Him, ‘What shall we do, that we may work the works of God?’ Jesus answered and said to them, ‘This is the work of God, that you believe in Him whom He has sent.’” (John 6:28-29)

Feast On The Word Of God

Today's Bible Study

The Letter to the Ephesians – Part 18

Chapter 5:21-27 — The Household of God. The start of a look at the good order of God’s family and the plan for a joyful, peaceful life in the family of God. It’s all about faith, obedience, humility and submission. And it does not work right any other way because, as the sign would say, it would be ‘Out of Order’