YOU ARE THE APPLE OF GOD’S EYE! …for he who touches you touches the apple of his eye. —Zechariah 2:8 …he guarded him as the apple of his eye. —Deuteronomy 32:10 Keep me as the apple of your eye. —Psalm 17:8             The “apple of the eye” is precious.  It is also the center of the eye.  You are precious to our Lord God Almighty!  You are central to Him and just as you would protect your eye from any danger so He protects you— “My sheep listen to My voice; I know them, and they follow Me. I give them eternal life, and they will never perish. No one…

NOT ALONE! Work, for I am with you, declares the LORD of hosts. —Haggai 2:4             What is the work our Lord God Almighty has prepared for you? —“For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.” (Ephesians 2:10).  Fellow follower of Jesus, He “gave himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for himself a people for his own possession who are zealous for good works” (Titus 2:14).  Let me ask you again, what is the work our Lord has prepared for you to do and are you being “zealous” in it?…

SHINE! And those who are wise shall shine like the brightness of the sky above; and those who turn many to righteousness, like the stars forever and ever. —Daniel 12:3             Is it your desire to shine, to be like a star?  Years ago I was out for a walk in the early morning.  It was a beautiful morning.  The moon had set and the sky was crisp and clear.  The stars were shining in all their glory.  As I gazed at the stars I said, “Lord, I don’t have to be like one of those big, bright stars, but may I shine at least like one of those little stars…

GOD IS IN CONTROL! I saw in the night visions, and behold, with the clouds of heaven there came one like a son of man, and he came to the Ancient of Days and was presented before him.  And to him was given dominion and glory and a kingdom, that all peoples, nations, and languages should serve him; his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom one that shall not be destroyed. —Daniel 7:13-14 And the kingdom and the dominion and the greatness of the kingdoms under the whole heaven shall be given to the people of the saints of the Most High; their kingdom shall…

HONOR OUR KING! Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and extol and honor the King of heaven, for all his works are right and his ways are just; and those who walk in pride he is able to humble. —Daniel 4:37             Our King is: Always right in the work He does Just in all His ways Able to humble those who walk in pride Our King is: To be praised To be extolled To be honored When things do not seem right in our lives we must remember that God is working out His will.  Whatever He is doing is just.  We just do not see the whole picture and so…

HE IS THE GIVER! He changes times and seasons; he removes kings and sets up kings; he gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to those who have understanding; he reveals deep and hidden things; he knows what is in the darkness, and the light dwells with him. —Daniel 2:21-22 But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have said to you. —John 14:26             It is our Lord God Almighty who gives wisdom.  All wisdom and knowledge comes from Him.  Mankind thinks so highly of itself that it thinks it comes up with…

GOD’S PURPOSE PREVAIL!  Now Haman had just entered the outer court of the king’s palace to speak to the king about having Mordecai hanged on the gallows that he had prepared for him.  And the king’s young men told him, “Haman is there, standing in the court.” And the king said, “Let him come in.”  So Haman came in, and the king said to him, “What should be done to the man whom the king delights to honor?” And Haman said to himself, “Whom would the king delight to honor more than me?”  And Haman said to the king, “For the man whom the king delights to honor, let royal robes be brought, which…

BORN FOR SUCH A TIME! For if you keep silent at this time, relief and deliverance will rise for the Jews from another place, but you and your father’s house will perish. And who knows whether you have not come to the kingdom for such a time as this?” —Esther 4:14             Are you keeping silent with what God desires you to speak and do?  Is so then God will raise someone else up to speak and do what He desires.             So what is it that God wants you to speak and do?  Who does He want you to share the gospel with today?  Who does He want you…

GOD KNOWS AND REMEMBERS! Remember for my good, O my God, all that I have done for this people. —Nehemiah 5:19 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each of us may receive what is due us for the things done while in the body, whether good or bad. —II Corinthians 5:10             As followers of Jesus God is keeping track of our lives.  He knows all about us.  He knows the good we do and He knows the bad we do.  This is not for a scale to see if we have done enough good to be saved or enough bad to be…

HE MOVES MOUNTAINS And the king granted me what I asked, for the good hand of my God was upon me. —Nehemiah 2:8             When God desires to do a work even unsaved government leaders will be favorable to us if that is what He desires.  Only our mighty God and King can bring this about in the lives of the lost.  So, whatever the Lord desires you or me to do, trust Him and do it!  He will bring it to pass and even those who do not know Him will be moved by Him to be supportive.  You say, “It seems so impossible!”  Yes, from man’s perspective it…