God Is Awake!

Isaiah 51:9

God is Awake!

I am amaze at times to see that something which was written many, many years ago can come to past exactly the way it was written thousand and thousands of years before it actually happen.  This is what I love about the Bible is the prophecies and how they are coming  to past concerning Jesus Christ death, burial and resurrection and end-times events.   Isaiah writes about the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus Christ with so much accuracy, precision and so much truth, that I am at “awe” every time I read a portion of scripture from the Book of Isaiah.

The portion of scriptures I felt lead to read this morning was Isaiah 51 and the key verse is 9.

9.  Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the Lord; awake, as in the ancient days, in the generations of old. Art thou not it that hath cut Rahab, and wounded the dragon?

It is always a good ideal to find out why a book is written and what was going on in the days of Isaiah when the book was compose and then try to learn how does what the people then went through relates to  me and what our nation is going through today. 

With out doing the above mention, you will not get a total understanding of the political climax that was going on in that day.   Just reading Isaiah 51, this morning, the first thing that came to me as I was listening and reading this whole chapter, was that it was very important not to fear man.  

Do not fear what is going on in the Ukraine, or what is going on in the news, because man is frail, fragile and weak.  We, meaning those of us who are in Christ Jesus, must stay strong in our faith in Christ Jesus, despite all that we are seeing taking place in news.   We have to understand that there is a lot that is taking place that would get your eyes off of the power of the Cross of Jesus Christ, nevertheless the Church must know and understand that God is still in control.

This portion of scripture in Isaiah 51 was written to comfort the people, God is trying to bring consolation; giving relief in affliction to His people. This section is intended for the comfort and support of those that fear God and keep his commandments. Some scholars feel that this portion of scriptures was proposed for the hold up of the captives in Babylon; however it is not known for sure.  However, the people were in need of comfort.   When you are going through something it is a good thing for God to bring us comfort, and we should also bring each other comfort this is what God is doing in Isaiah chapter 51.    I hope my writings bring whoever is reading this some type of comfort.

Right now this is a good word for me and I am going to tell you why.  Because here in America you do not have the freedom to say or preach the Word of God the way you want.  Soon you will not be able to live a Christian life the way you want, or people will use your words or actions of living “Holy” to say you are judging and hating others, just for speaking and living the truth that is in God’s Word. However, God wants us to know that it was He that raised the church out of nothing. Therefore, God is quite capable of taking care of us.  God wants us to know that righteousness, which is the adhering, to be compatible and in accordance, to moral principles of the Bible or God’s Word is still the right way to go.  Salvation is the deliverance, rescue, recovery and escape from the destruction of sin, has been and is design for His Church.  Those that would take it upon themselves to become the persecutors of the church are weak; wanting in moral strength, courage, or will; and they are dying creatures. Because of them being weak in this portion of scriptures, God wants the church to know, and understand that they  do not need to fear, He’s got Us; the Church is in the palm of His Powerful Hand.

We Must Understand

We as Believers in Christ Jesus must understand that God is creator of the world. Man is a dying creature that thinks he knows everything. God has given us the power of the Holy Ghost for not only our comfort, but God has given unto us the Holy Ghost for our protection.

God has given the church power.  In Isaiah 51 we can see that the church was in a terrible condition in that day.  The church, like many who do not like to admit, is in a terrible condition today, especially here in the United States. But the organize church must understand, and watch what they speak, so that they do not  bring condemnation on themselves and in spite of all God will and is dealing with Obama, and those like him in leadership here in the United States,  who goes against His Word, no one gets away with anything.  

 I think some of the Whites in the Body of Christ are starting to get that, because we, as Afro-Americans who are born again, have been trying to get them to see this since Obama was elected President in 2009, that God put him in that White House and that God will use him to get what God wants done, done in United States and if President Obama does not repent, he too will face eternal separation from God.   Our attitude towards Obama should be this and this only.  President Obama is a sinner that needs salvation, Obama is not saved or a part of the church and we should not speak evil on him, but pray that God saves his soul from destruction.    The sad thing about this is Obama does not know that he is an oppressor and a persecutor of the church.  He really thinks he is saved and in right position with God.  That is why we have to pray for him.

God then in Isaiah 51 and God even today want the church to know that these persecutors and oppressors shall and will shortly be reduced to nothing, therefore be careful what you say about Obama and others in leadership because what you speak says what is in your heart.

Luke 6:54 King James Version

45.  A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil: for of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh.

Matthew 12:33-35 King James Version

33.  Either make the tree good, and his fruit good; or else make the tree corrupt, and his fruit corrupt: for the tree is known by his fruit.

 34.  O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.

 35.  A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things.

Therefore, we see your fruits too and will not support your ministries.

It is in the remaining parts of this portion of scriptures in Isaiah 51, that we see God telling the church to wake up and smell the coffee, and stop speaking and acting out of a spirit of anguish.  God people must call upon Him and not speak hate and war against the sinner, or unbeliever.  God’s people know this, so why are we falling for the trick of Satan. 

God sends His people words of consolation; God is calling us to hearken to the Word of God.  God is telling us in these last days to follow after righteousness, which is to adhere to moral principles set in the Word of God.

Yes we are living in an idolatrous nation, so did all of God’s people who separated themselves unto God. Abraham was taken from an idolatrous family in Ur of the Chaldees.  Abraham family was conceived in iniquity, meaning Abraham was raised up in a culture that was absence of moral or spiritual values. The people in Ur of Chaldees were shaped in sin, meaning they were like you and I were given direction to; be an influence by sin from the day they came out of the womb of their mothers.  We are all products of our environment. That is what it is meant to be born of flesh.  But Abraham became faithful to God in spite of the world around him. He was the only man, which became faithful to God in a world of sinners.  Yet, Abraham multiplies and was fruitful. he was called out alone, in a world of sinners and idolaters, yet God multiplies his faith on to us who believe in Jesus Christ.  So God is telling us to stop fretting over what is going on in the World. Putin in Russia is just a man, that can not keep himself from the grave and God will judge him for all the people he has hurt, and is hurting. 

Therefore, God is telling the church to stop fretting over these sinners in congress, Democrats and the Republicans and around the world.   Watch what you are saying about them, just pray for them. Let the Word of God encourage you to depend upon the promise of God even when a sentence of death seems to be upon all that leads to the performance of it. Particularly let the Word of God encourage the captives in this modern day Babylon, though it appears that we are reduced to a small number, and few of us righteous followers of Jesus Christ are left, to praise God’s Holy and Righteous name. Stay encourage, is what I hear God saying to me this morning.

I am going to stop right here for today, I just want to encourage you that God got us.  God is with us and God Loves us. God is awake, He is not asleep, do not fret, God is with us and God is fighting for us right now.

Isaiah 51:9 New International Version

9 Awake, awake! Clothe yourself with strength, O arm of the LORD; awake, as in days gone by, as in generations of old. Was it not you who cut Rahab to pieces, who pierced that monster through?