Heavenly Father, we thank You, we bless Your Name this day, we say glory be to your Name for ever and ever Amen! I don’t why You love me, I don’t know why. For every thing Your Hand have done for me, most especially for the salvation of my soul I bow before You and I say “Thank You”.

I had love for Jacob, but for Esau I had hate. What may we say then? Is God not upright? Let it not said for He said to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and pity on whom I will have pity (Rom 9:13-15). Thank You Lord for Your love not hate for me and my household. Thank You for showing Yourself strong on our behalf, despite the assaults of the evil one.

Thank You for glorify Yourself in our lives (1 Jn 1:3) and we come to say Thank You, there is no one like You Lord, in heaven and on earth. Let Your Name be praise for ever and ever. Amen!

Beloved, ever in doubt of God’s love? Ever in doubt of what He can do in your life and situations? Just your sake, He sent His only begotten Son to die for you so that you might live. He did not stop at that just listen to what Isa 49:16 have to say “Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands” (KJV).

Amazed, need not, just reminding you in case you have forgotten or you are so carried away with your challenges that you have forgotten. Just read on and be bless:

“Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands.” Isaiah 49:16

No doubt a part of the wonder which is concentrated in the word “Behold,” is excited by the unbelieving lamentation of the preceding sentence. Zion said, “The Lord hath forsaken me, and my God hath forgotten me.” How amazed the divine mind seems to be at this wicked unbelief! What can be more astounding than the unfounded doubts and fears of God’s favoured people?

The Lord’s loving word of rebuke should make us blush; He cries, “How can I have forgotten thee, when I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands? How darest thou doubt my constant remembrance, when the memorial is set upon my very flesh?” O unbelief, how strange a marvel thou art! We know not which most to wonder at, the faithfulness of God or the unbelief of His people.

He keeps His promise a thousand times, and yet the next trial makes us doubt Him. He never faileth; He is never a dry well; He is never as a setting sun, a passing meteor, or a melting vapour; and yet we are as continually vexed with anxieties, molested with suspicions, and disturbed with fears, as if our God were the mirage of the desert. “Behold,” is a word intended to excite admiration. Here, indeed, we have a theme for marvelling.

Heaven and earth may well be astonished that rebels should obtain so great a nearness to the heart of infinite love as to be written upon the palms of His hands. “I have graven thee.”It does not say, “Thy name.” The name is there, but that is not all: “I have graven thee.” See the fulness of this! I have graven thy person, thine image, thy case, thy circumstances, thy sins, thy temptations, thy weaknesses, thy wants, thy works; I have graven thee, everything about thee, all that concerns thee; I have put thee altogether there.

Wilt thou ever say again that thy God hath forsaken thee when He has graven thee upon His own palms?

The Lord is reassuring you that you are ever before Him and will never be forgotten. Are you happy about the good news? God want to say something to you, are you listening? He is commissioning you to be a witness. Read on to discover more:

“And ye shall be witnesses unto Me.” Acts 1:8

 

In order to learn how to discharge your duty as a witness for Christ, look at His example. He is always witnessing: by the well of Samaria, or in the Temple of Jerusalem: by the lake of Gennesaret, or on the mountain’s brow. He is witnessing night and day; His mighty prayers are as vocal to God as His daily services. He witnesses under all circumstances; Scribes and Pharisees cannot shut His mouth; even before Pilate He witnesses a good confession. He witnesses so clearly, and distinctly that there is no mistake in Him.

Christian, make your life a clear testimony. Be you as the brook wherein you may see every stone at the bottom—not as the muddy creek, of which you only see the surface—but clear and transparent, so that your heart’s love to God and man may be visible to all. You need not say, “I am true:” be true. Boast not of integrity, but be upright. So shall your testimony be such that men cannot help seeing it. Never, for fear of feeble man, restrain your witness.

Your lips have been warmed with a coal from off the altar; let them speak as like heaven-touched lips should do. “In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand.” Watch not the clouds, consult not the wind—in season and out of season witness for the Saviour, and if it shall come to pass that for Christ’s sake and the gospel’s you shall endure suffering in any shape, shrink not, but rejoice in the honour thus conferred upon you, that you are counted worthy to suffer with your Lord; and joy also in this—that your sufferings, your losses, and persecutions shall make you a platform, from which the more vigorously and with greater power you shall witness for Christ Jesus.

Study your great Exemplar, and be filled with His Spirit. Remember that you need much teaching, much upholding, much grace, and much humility, if your witnessing is to be to your Master’s glory.

Beloved, as you start the week, remember You are engraved in His Hand. Fulfill the great commission, “be a witness”. And the blessing of the Lord will rest upon you mighty as you do in bidding. The grace is available, “Tap it”

Remain blessed in the Lord.

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IFEOMA OHONDU is the founder of the MattersoftheHeart foundation, a platform where issues affecting our everyday life are discussed and where necessary proffer solution. She is part of the end time army, who will not break their rank to fulfill the urgent call of God upon her life by declaring His word to the helpless, the doubting, the comfortless and the dying world. The world will experience great restoration and healing in the Word of God through her ministration. She is a voice to emphasize key spiritual truth about Faith, Healing and Encouragement.