In light of the turmoil in the world right now. All the calls and e-mails I get from friends asking for prayer for themselves and loved ones who "just can't take it anymore". I thought this weekly eDrash from First Fruits of Zion was well worth the re-post!
I truly believe it is on Papa God's heart....maybe a bit more than usual, as even just this very morning the Pastor of my church spoke about this very issue as well!
The Lord CARES about YOU!
No matter WHERE you ARE NOW....WHERE you HAVE BEEN.
If YOU KNOW HIM and are feeling desperate or lacking...CAST YOUR CARE UPON HIM FOR HE CARES FOR YOU!
If you KNEW HIM and have WANDERED AWAY....IT'S TIME....COME HOME.
There is NO CONDEMNATION in HIM....HE LOVES YOU....with HIS LIFE!!!
HE gave it up for you as a sacrifice once for all....and His mercy is new every day.
NOTHING is TOO BIG to be COVERED and CLEANSED by the Blood OF Yeshua/Jesus!
It is Time to Have Some PEACE!
The kind of peace that ONLY God can give!
The kind of Peace God gives....the World can not TAKE away.
"Human beings often live unhappy lives as we flee from pain and pursue pleasure, trying to find comfort in the material world."
I truly believe it is on Papa God's heart....maybe a bit more than usual, as even just this very morning the Pastor of my church spoke about this very issue as well!
The Lord CARES about YOU!
No matter WHERE you ARE NOW....WHERE you HAVE BEEN.
If YOU KNOW HIM and are feeling desperate or lacking...CAST YOUR CARE UPON HIM FOR HE CARES FOR YOU!
If you KNEW HIM and have WANDERED AWAY....IT'S TIME....COME HOME.
There is NO CONDEMNATION in HIM....HE LOVES YOU....with HIS LIFE!!!
HE gave it up for you as a sacrifice once for all....and His mercy is new every day.
NOTHING is TOO BIG to be COVERED and CLEANSED by the Blood OF Yeshua/Jesus!
It is Time to Have Some PEACE!
The kind of peace that ONLY God can give!
The kind of Peace God gives....the World can not TAKE away.
"Human beings often live unhappy lives as we flee from pain and pursue pleasure, trying to find comfort in the material world."
Thought for the Week
Taken from FFOZ
Parashat Hashavuah
Tzav - צו : "Command"
Torah : Leviticus 6:1-8:36 (6:8-8:36)
Haftarah : Jeremiah 7:21-8:3; 9:22-23
Gospel : Luke 4-6
Peace with God
How great is peace!
Now I know that peace is the climax of all things in this world; but how do I know that it is to be so in the World to Come?
It is said, [in Isaiah 66:12], "Behold, I will extend peace to her like a river." The Rabbis said, "Great is peace, seeing that when the King Messiah comes, he will publish peace, as it is said [in Isaiah 52:7], "How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him who brings good news, who publishes peace." (Leviticus Rabbah 9:9)
Commentary
Now this is the law of the sacrifice of peace offerings which shall be presented to the LORD. (Leviticus 7:11)
Peace offerings are the sacrifices that are shared by the worshiper and the priesthood. In Leviticus 7, the Torah reiterates the laws of the peace offerings, adding details about which parts of the animal are to be retained by the priesthood, who is fit to eat a peace offering, how quickly the meat has to be eaten and what to do if not all the meat is eaten by the deadline. A peace offering could be eaten by anyone, anywhere, so long as that person was in a state of ritual purity when he or she ate it.
The Torah lists several different types of peace offerings, including votive offerings brought in fulfillment of vows, freewill offerings and the thanksgiving offering. The Passover Lamb was also a type of peace offering.
Peace offerings, however, were never brought for sin. They do not atone or expiate. Instead, the peace offerings represent relationship, fellowship and peace between God and man. Eating of the peace offering was like eating from God's own table. When a person is not at peace with God, he has no peace. God is the absolute subject of reality, so to be at war with God is to be at war with reality.
Human beings often live unhappy lives as we flee from pain and pursue pleasure, trying to find comfort in the material world.
A person does not realize that the reason for his constant angst is that he does not have peace with God.
When a man does not have peace with God, he cannot have peace with himself or with others.
He rages at those who tread on his dignity or offend his pride, and he justifies his own actions at the expense of relationships with his friends and family. He uses other people to try to prop up his fragile ego. He attempts to slake his thirsty soul with vices and to satisfy his fleshly appetites with indulgences, but all of it is useless.
Unless we have peace with God, there is no peace.
"'There is no peace for the wicked,' says the LORD" (Isaiah 48:22).
The good news is that there can be peace with God.
The Apostle Paul says, "While we were [still God's] enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son" (Romans 5:10).
God wants peace with human beings more than human beings want peace with one another. That is why He gave His Son as a sacrifice—a peace offering between God and man.
Shalom
