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FIGHTING AGAINST GOD

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FIGHTING AGAINST GOD

Gamaliel was a famous teacher of the Law. Paul himself, had been a student of Gamaliel (Acts 22:3). When Peter and the other apostles appeared before the Sanhedrin they said: “We must obey God rather than human beings! The God of our ancestors raised Jesus from the dead—whom you killed by hanging him on a cross. God exalted him to his own right hand as Prince and Savior that he might bring Israel to repentance and forgive their sins. We are witnesses of these things, and so is the Holy Spirit, whom God has given to those who obey him. When they heard this, they were furious and wanted to put them to death.” (Acts 5:29-33)

It was at this point that Gamaliel offered them the following words of wisdom:

“But a Pharisee named Gamaliel, a teacher of the law, who was honored by all the people, stood up in the Sanhedrin and ordered that the men be put outside for a little while. Then he addressed the Sanhedrin: “Men of Israel, consider carefully what you intend to do to these men. Some time ago Theudas appeared, claiming to be somebody, and about four hundred men rallied to him. He was killed, all his followers were dispersed, and it all came to nothing. After him, Judas the Galilean appeared in the days of the census and led a band of people in revolt. He too was killed, and all his followers were scattered. Therefore, in the present case I advise you: Leave these men alone! Let them go! For if their purpose or activity is of human origin, it will fail. But if it is from God, you will not be able to stop these men; you will only find yourselves fighting against God.” (Acts 5:34-39)

Then the Scriptures inform us:

“His speech persuaded them. They called the apostles in and had them flogged. Then they ordered them not to speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go. The apostles left the Sanhedrin, rejoicing because they had been counted worthy of suffering disgrace for the Name. Day after day, in the temple courts and from house to house, they never stopped teaching and proclaiming the good news that Jesus is the Messiah.” (Acts 5:40-42)

PLEASE DON’T FIGHT AGAINST GOD FOR IT IS A BATTLE YOU ARE GUARANTEED TO LOSE!

IT IS ALWAYS WISER TO WORK WITH GOD THAN TO FIGHT AGAINST HIM!

  • Here are some facts that the Sanhedrin had to consider:
  • Jesus had been publicly crucified and His grave was secured by the Roman Government.
  • Three days later His tomb was empty and hundreds of people claimed to have seen him alive.
  • Thousands of devout Jews were in Jerusalem for Pentecost from every nation under heaven.
  • On Pentecost Sunday 3,000 of these Jews believed in Jesus, repented, and were baptized.
  • Then Peter and John had healed a well known beggar who was crippled from birth.
  • The crippled man was over 40 years old and the fact of his healing could not be hidden.
  • As a result of this healing the number of believers grew to about 5,000 men.
  • Then the apostles were arrested but an angel miraculously delivered them from prison.
  • Then the Apostles continued to publicly preach that Jesus was risen from the dead.
  • Peter and the others fearlessly told the Sanhedrin “We must obey God rather than men.”
  • Revolutionaries like Theudas and Judas of Galilee had failed and their followers scattered.
  • That’s when Gamaliel recommended: “Leave these men alone! Let them go! For if their purpose or activity is of human origin, it will fail. But if it is from God, you will not be able to stop these men; you will only find yourselves fighting against God.”
  • THE FACT THAT AFTER 2,000 YEARS THERE ARE MILLIONS OF CHRISTIANS ALL OVER THE WORLD IS STRONG EVIDENCE THAT THIS MOVEMENT IS OF GOD!
  • IT IS OBVIOUS THAT THE CHRISTIANS WERE WORKING WITH GOD AND THE SANHEDRIN WAS WORKING AGAINST HIM!

The very idea that human beings can defeat God is laughable! In fact, the Psalmist wrote: “Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing? The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the Lord, and against his anointed, saying, Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us. He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision. Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in his sore displeasure.” (Psalms 2:1-5)

Please note that this is the very Scripture the Jerusalem church called to mind after Peter and John had been warned to never speak or teach at all in the name of Jesus. Remember! Peter and John reported to the church what the chief priests and elders had said to them, and “When they heard this, they raised their voices together in prayer to God.“Sovereign Lord,” they said, “you made the heavens and the earth and the sea, and everything in them. You spoke by the Holy Spirit through the mouth of your servant, our father David:

‘Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain? The kings of the earth rise up and the rulers band together against the Lord and against his anointed one.’

Indeed Herod and Pontius Pilate met together with the Gentiles and the people of Israel in this city to conspire against your holy servant Jesus, whom you anointed. They did what your power and will had decided beforehand should happen. Now, Lord, consider their threats and enable your servants to speak your word with great boldness. Stretch out your hand to heal and perform signs and wonders through the name of your holy servant Jesus.”After they prayed, the place where they were meeting was shaken. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke the word of God boldly.” (Acts 4:24-31)

When Solomon built the temple he said to God: “The heaven of heavens cannot contain you, much less this temple I have built.” (1 Kings 8:27) Solomon knew that God is bigger than the whole universe. How can any rational person conclude that tiny mortal men can defeat an immortal God? Let us suppose, for example, that all the rulers of earth combined their military might and decided to declare war against God. Their plan was to send a hydrogen bomb to the edge of the universe and blow God to pieces. If somehow these earthlings could produced a missile that could travel at the speed of light, it would take 46 billion years for the bomb to reach its destination. Then, of course, their biggest bomb could not in any way harm God, for God is Spirit! It is patently impossible for any human weapon to kill a Spirit!

Please also remember that God has thousands of angels and angels have supernatural power. For example, God sent a single angel to destroy the army of King Sennacherib. That one angel killed 185,000 soldiers in a single night (Isaiah 37:36). God, of course, has armies of angels whom He can order into battle at any time. Jesus, as you know could have immediately had twelve legions of angels defend Him if He chose to do so (Matthew 26:53). A legion is over 5,000. The book of Revelation

reminds us that God has “Many angels, numbering thousands upon thousands, and ten thousand times ten thousand.” (Revelation 5:11) When the church meets, as you know, thousands upon thousands of angels are present in the assembly (Hebrews 12:22-24). Obviously God is not worried about what mortal man can do to Him!

We, however, need to seriously consider what God can do to us. Jesus said: “I tell you, my friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the body and after that can do no more. But I will show you whom you should fear: Fear him who, after your body has been killed, has authority to throw you into hell. Yes, I tell you, fear him.” (Luke 12:4-5)

Solomon said: “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.” (Proverbs 9:10) Yet Paul described diabolical sinners as having “No fear of God before their eyes.” (Romans 3:18)

IF GOD IS FOR US, WHO CAN BE AGAINST US?

This is precisely the question asked by the Apostle Paul: “What, then, shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all—how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things? Who will bring any charge against those whom God has chosen? It is God who justifies. Who then is the one who condemns? No one. Christ Jesus who died—more than that, who was raised to life—is at the right hand of God and is also interceding for us. Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? As it is written: “For your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.” No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.” (Romans 8:31-39)

Paul reminded the Corinthians that we are laborers together with God (1 Corinthians 3:9). It is always better to work with God than to fight against Him!

David said: “Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the Lord our God.” (Psalm 20:7) When threatened by Goliath David said: “You come against me with sword and spear and javelin, but I come to you in the name of the Lord God Almighty, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied.” (1 Samuel 17:45)

Please remember that David always wanted to work “with” God and not “against” God. That’s why before going into battle David consistently sought the counsel of God:

  • “He inquired of the Lord, saying, ‘shall I go attack these Philistines?” (1 Samuel 23:2)
  • “Once again David inquired of the Lord, and the Lord answered him. (1 Samuel 23:4)
  • “David said, ‘O Lord God of Israel, your servant has heard definitely that Saul plans to come to Keilah and destroy the town on account of me. Will the citizens of Keilah surrender me to him?” (1 Samuel 23:10-11)
  • “Again David asked, ‘Will the citizens of Keilah surrender me and my men to to Saul?” (1 Samuel 23:12)
  • “In the course of time, David inquired of the Lord. ‘Shall I go up to the towns of Judah’? (2 Samuel 2:1)
  • “So David inquired of the Lord, ‘Shall I go and attack the Philistines?’ (2 Samuel 5:19)
  • Etc.

Wise King Solomon said it beautifully: “Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.” (Proverbs 3:5-6)

As we have already said, it is always wise to consult God before doing anything! James wrote: “Now listen, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business and make money.” Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes. Instead, you ought to say, “If it is the Lord’s will, we will live and do this or that.” As it is, you boast in your arrogant schemes. All such boasting is evil. If anyone, then, knows the good they ought to do and doesn’t do it, it is sin for them.” (James 4:13-17)

NO MAN CAN HIDE FROM GOD!

Again David expressed it beautifully: “You have searched me, Lord, and you know me. You know when I sit and when I rise; you perceive my thoughts from afar. You discern my going out and my lying down; you are familiar with all my ways. Before a word is on my tongue you, Lord, know it completely. You hem me in behind and before, and you lay your hand upon me. Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too lofty for me to attain. Where can I go from your Spirit? Where can I flee from your presence? If I go up to the heavens, you are there; if I make my bed in the depths, you are there. If I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle on the far side of the sea, even there your hand will guide me, your right hand will hold me fast. If I say, “Surely the darkness will hide me and the light become night around me,” even the darkness will not be dark to you; the night will shine like the day, for darkness is as light to you.” (Psalms 139:1-12)

When wicked King Saul murdered Naboth and stole his vineyard, Elijah confronted him with these words: “This is what the Lord says: Have you not murdered a man and seized his property?’ Then say to him, ‘This is what the Lord says: In the place where dogs licked up Naboth’s blood, dogs will lick up your blood—yes, yours!’” (1 Kings 21:19)

On this occasion Ahab tried to hide from God but couldn’t. When they went into battle: “The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “I will enter the battle in disguise, but you wear your royal robes.” So the king of Israel disguised himself and went into battle.” (1 Kings 22:30) All of Ahab’s efforts to evade God, however, were in vain for: “Someone drew his bow at random and hit the king of Israel between the sections of his armor. The king told his chariot driver, “Wheel around and get me out of the fighting. I’ve been wounded.” All day long the battle raged, and the king was propped up in his chariot facing the Arameans. The blood from his wound ran onto the floor of the chariot, and that evening he died. As the sun was setting, a cry spread through the army: “Every man to his town. Every man to his land!” So the king died and was brought to Samaria, and they buried him there. They washed the chariot at a pool in Samaria (where the prostitutes bathed), and the dogs licked up his blood, as the word of the Lord had declared.” (1 Kings 22:34-38)

Yes! “Let God be true and every man a liar.” (Romans 3:4)

THE PHARAOH OF EGYPT FOUGHT AGAINST GOD

The ancient Egyptians worshiped many gods and goddesses, but the Pharaoh had never heard of Jehovah! “Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and said, “This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: ‘Let my people go, so that they may hold a festival to me in the wilderness.’” Pharaoh said, “Who is the Lord, that I should obey him and let Israel go? I do not know the Lord and I will not let Israel go.” (Exodus 5:2-3)

As we have already said, it is a big mistake to fight against God. Please note that God specifically destroyed the firstborn in order to bring judgment upon all the gods of Egypt. God told Moses and Aaron: “On that same night I will pass through Egypt and strike down every firstborn of both people and animals, and I will bring judgment on all the gods of Egypt. I am the Lord.” (Exodus 12;12) Therefore, Jehovah, the God of the Israelites, sent ten plagues upon Egypt. Each of these ten plagues attacked an Egyptian god or goddess with whom the Pharaoh was familiar. None of them, however, could stop the One True God!

1. The plague of turning water into blood proved that Jehovah was greater than the Egyptian god Hapi who was the god of the Nile River. 2. The plague of frogs proved that Jehovah was greater then frog goddess Heket. The worship of frogs was one of the oldest cults in Egypt. 3. The plague of lice proved that Jehovah was greater than the god Geb whom the Egyptians worshiped as the god of farming and fertility. 4. The plague of flies proved that Jehovah was greater than Khepri whom the Egyptians worshiped as the god of rebirth and transformation. 5. The plague that killed the cattle proved that Jehovah was greater than the Egyptian goddess Hathor whom they worshiped as the goddess of fertility. 6. The plague of boils proved that Jehovah was greater than the goddess Isis whom the Egyptians felt was the most powerful goddess of all. 7. The plague of hail proved that Jehovah was greater than the goddess Nut, whom they worshiped as the goddess of the sky. 8. The plague of locusts proved that Jehovah was greater than the god Seth whom the Egyptians worshiped as the god of the desert. 9. The plague of darkness proved that Jehovah was greater than the sun god Ra. 10. The plague that killed the firstborn involved Pharaoh himself. In ancient Egypt the Pharaohs were worshiped as gods: “So Moses said, “This is what the Lord says: ‘About midnight I will go throughout Egypt. Every firstborn son in Egypt will die, from the firstborn son of Pharaoh, who sits on the throne, to the firstborn son of the female slave, who is at her hand mill, and all the firstborn of the cattle as well. There will be loud wailing throughout Egypt—worse than there has ever been or ever will be again. But among the Israelites not a dog will bark at any person or

animal.’ Then you will know that the Lord makes a distinction between Egypt and Israel.” (Exodus 11:4-7)

Remember the proud boast of the Pharaoh: “Who is the Lord, that I should obey him and let Israel go? I do not know the Lord and I will not let Israel go.” Sadly, the Pharaoh learned first hand who Jehovah was: “At midnight the Lord struck down all the firstborn in Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh, who sat on the throne, to the firstborn of the prisoner, who was in the dungeon, and the firstborn of all the livestock as well. Pharaoh and all his officials and all the Egyptians got up during the night, and there was loud wailing in Egypt, for there was not a house without someone dead.” (Exodus 12:29-30)

BECOMING A FRIEND OF GOD

Abraham made a complete surrender to God. “By faith Abraham when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, even though he did not know where he was going.” (Hebrews 11:8) Perhaps the greatest demonstration of his surrender to God was his willingness to offer his son Isaac as a burnt offering. God commanded Abraham: “Take your son, your only son, Isaac, whom you love, and go to the region of Moriah. Sacrifice him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains I will tell you about.” (Genesis 22:2) Early the next morning Abraham took Isaac and two of his servants to do precisely what God had commanded him to do. Genesis 22:5 uses the word “worship” for the first time to describe the actions of Abraham. The book of Hebrews explains that “Abraham reasoned that God could raise the dead.” (Hebrews 11:19)

As you know, when Abraham was about to offer Isaac an angel from heaven intervened and directed him to offer a ram that was caught by it’s horns in a thicket (Genesis 22:9-14). Then “The angel of the Lord called to Abraham a second time and said, ‘I swear by myself, declares the Lord, that because you have done this and have not withheld you son, your only son, I will surely bless you and make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will take possession of the cities of your enemies, and through your offspring all nations on earth will be blessed, because you have obeyed me.” (Genesis 22:15-18)

Because of his this unique relationship, Abraham was called the “friend of God” (2 Chronicles 20:7; Isaiah 41:8; James 2:23). Just as we confide with our friends, God confided in Abraham. For example, God told him that He was going to destroy the city of Sodom. Because Abraham was God’s friend he negotiated with the Lord to spare Sodom if only ten righteous people could be found there (Genesis 19:26-33). Only a friend of God could do this!

Moses was also a friend of God. For “The Lord would speak face to face with Moses as a man speaks with his friend.” (Exodus 33:11) Near the end of Deuteronomy the Scriptures explain: “No prophet has risen in Israel like Moses whom the Lord knew face to face.” (Deuteronomy 34:10) Perhaps this is why God did not kill Aaron for making a golden calf and leading the Hebrew people into idolatry (Exodus 32:22-29). Later Moses would write: “I feared the anger and wrath of the Lord, for he was angry enough with you kill you. But again the Lord listened to me. And the Lord was angry enough with Aaron to destroy him, but at that time I prayed for Aaron too.” (Deuteronomy 9:19-20) Only a friend of God could do this!

After Judas left the upper room Jesus promoted the eleven from being “servants” to being “friends.” Jesus said: “You are my friends if you do what I command. I no longer call you servants, because a servant doesn’t know his master’s business. Instead I have called you friends, for everything I learned from my Father I have made know to you,” (John 15:14-15)

As we have already said, it is always better to work “with” God than to fight “against” Him!

DID JACOB BECOME A FRIEND OF GOD?

Remember that Jacob went through such a dramatic change in his life that his name was changed from Jacob to Israel. Let’s review how this happened.

As you know, Jacob and Esau were twins. They became bitter enemies, however, and “Esau held a grudge against Jacob because of the blessing his father had given him. He said to himself, “The days of mourning for my father are near; then I will kill my brother Jacob.” (Genesis 27:41)

Rebekah therefore gave this advice to Jacob: ““Your brother Esau is planning to avenge himself by killing you. Now then, my son, do what I say: Flee at once to my brother Laban in Harran. Stay with him for a while until your brother’s fury subsides. When your brother is no longer angry with you and forgets what you did to him, I’ll send word for you to come back from there. Why should I lose both of you in one day?” (Genesis 27:42-45)

“Jacob left Beersheba and set out for Harran. When he reached a certain place, he stopped for the night because the sun had set. Taking one of the stones there, he put it under his head and lay down to sleep. He had a dream in which he saw a stairway resting on the earth, with its top reaching to heaven, and the angels of God were ascending and descending on it. There above it stood the Lord, and he said: “I am the Lord, the God of your father Abraham and the God of Isaac. I will give you and your descendants the land on which you are lying. Your descendants will be like the dust of the earth, and you will spread out to the west and to the east, to the north and to the south. All peoples on earth will be blessed through you and your offspring. I am with you and will watch over you wherever you go, and I will bring you back to this land. I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you.” (Genesis 28:120-15)

Jacob stayed with Laban for 20 years. Jacob told Laban: “I worked for you fourteen years for your daughters and six years for your flocks.” (Genesis 31:41) Then Jacob obeyed God and returned to the Promised Land as God had commanded him. Jacob, however, was afraid that Esau still wanted to kill him.

As he drew closer to his brother, “Jacob sent messengers ahead of him to his brother Esau in the land of Seir, the country of Edom. He instructed them: “This is what you are to say to my lord Esau: ‘Your servant Jacob says, I have been staying with Laban and have remained there till now. I have cattle and donkeys, sheep and goats, male and female servants. Now I am sending this message to my lord, that I may find favor in your eyes.’” When the messengers returned to Jacob, they said, “We went to your brother Esau, and now he is coming to meet you, and four hundred men are with him.” (Genesis 32:3-6)

So - “In great fear and distress Jacob divided the people who were with him into two groups, and the flocks and herds and camels as well. He thought, “If Esau comes and attacks one group, the group that is left may escape.” Then Jacob prayed, “O God of my father Abraham, God of my father Isaac, Lord, you who said to me, ‘Go back to your country and your relatives, and I will make you prosper,’ I am unworthy of all the kindness and faithfulness you have shown your servant. I had only my staff when I crossed this Jordan, but now I have become two camps. Save me, I pray, from the hand of my brother Esau, for I am afraid he will come and attack me, and also the mothers with their children. But you have said, ‘I will surely make you prosper and will make your descendants like the sand of the sea, which cannot be counted.’” (Genesis 32:9-12)

Jacob was committed to obeying God and returning to the Promised Land, but he was desperately afraid of Esau: So - “He spent the night there, and from what he had with him he selected a gift for his brother Esau: two hundred female goats and twenty male goats, two hundred ewes and twenty rams, thirty female camels with their young, forty cows and ten bulls, and twenty female donkeys and ten male donkeys.

  • He put them in the care of his servants, each herd by itself, and said to his servants, “Go ahead of me, and keep some space between the herds.” He instructed the one in the lead: “When my brother Esau meets you and asks, ‘Who do you belong to, and where are you going, and who owns all these animals in front of you?’ then you are to say, ‘They belong to your servant Jacob. They are a gift sent to my lord Esau, and he is coming behind us.’”
  • He also instructed the second, the third and all the others who followed the herds: “You are to say the same thing to Esau when you meet him. And be sure to say, ‘Your servant Jacob is coming behind us.’”
  • For he thought, “I will pacify him with these gifts I am sending on ahead; later, when I see him, perhaps he will receive me.” So Jacob’s gifts went on ahead of him, but he himself spent the night in the camp.” (Genesis 32:13-21)

Jacob received his name because he was born with his hand on his twin brother’s heel. Note: “After this his brother came out, with his hand grasping Esau’s heel; so he was named Jacob.” (Genesis 25:36) Jacob was a deceiver who took advantage of his brother Esau by tripping him. After Jacob took Esau’s birthright and blessing, “Esau said, ‘Isn’t he rightly named Jacob? He has deceived me these two times: He took my birthright, and now he has taken my blessing.” (Genesis 27:36) What happened next changed Jacob’s life forever! God even changed his name to Israel. Israel refers to “One who strives with God” and not “against” Him!

“That night Jacob got up and took his two wives, his two female servants and his eleven sons and crossed the ford of the Jabbok. After he had sent them across the stream, he sent over all his possessions. So Jacob was left alone, and a man wrestled with him till daybreak. When the man saw that he could not overpower him, he touched the socket of Jacob’s hip so that his hip was wrenched as he wrestled with the man. Then the man said, “Let me go, for it is daybreak.” But Jacob replied, “I will not let you go unless you bless me.” The man asked him, “What is your name?” “Jacob,” he answered. Then the man said, “Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel, because you have struggled with God and with humans and have overcome.” Jacob said, “Please tell me your name.” But he replied, “Why do you ask my name?” Then he blessed him there. So Jacob called the place Peniel, saying, “It is because I saw God face to face, and yet my life was spared.” The sun rose above him as he passed Peniel, and he was limping because of his

hip. Therefore to this day the Israelites do not eat the tendon attached to the socket of the hip, because the socket of Jacob’s hip was touched near the tendon.” (Genesis 32:22-32)

PAUL’S THORN IN THE FLESH

Just as Israel walked with a limp for the rest of his life, the Apostle Paul was tormented by a thorn in the flesh for the rest of his life. He explained to the Corinthians: “Therefore, in order to keep me from becoming conceited, I was given a thorn in my flesh, a messenger of Satan, to torment me. Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me. But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me. That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.” (2 Corinthians 12:7-10)

PAUL’S THORN IN THE FLESH WAS A HELP AND NOT A HINDRANCE TO HIS MINISTRY! He explained: “My message and my preaching were not with persuasive words, but with the demonstration of the Spirit’s power, so that your faith might not rest on men’s wisdom, but on God’s power.” (1 Corinthians 2:4-5)

YOUR PERSONAL INVITATION

God knows your name and has even numbered the hairs on your head! There are many more stars than they are people and yet “God determines the number of the stars and calls each star by name.” (Psalms 147:4)

Not one sparrow falls to the ground apart from the will of your Father “So don’t be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.” (Matthew 10:31)

This invitation from Jesus is especially for you to come and work with Him: ““Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.” (Matthew 11:28-30)

DO IT!