TOOLS AND TREASURES HIDDEN WITHIN GOD’S WORD

GM SAINTS of the Living Lord Jesus Christ!!! Going through a Thematic Bible Study and one of the great things about this approach to studying God’s word is that it groups various passages (From different books of the bible) in order to provide a comparison and contrast approach to studying God’s word. Having an appreciation for context, the SAINTS are very observant of what God’s HOLY SPIRIT is communicating to US at this time as WE read his word and the passages that have been grouped in this fashion.

Genesis 25, Mathew 6 and Psalm 127 are in view here:

Genesis 25 starts out with the following verses: “1 Abraham had taken another wife, whose name was Keturah. She bore him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak and Shuah.

The Spirit within me was prompted to pay attention to the names of Abraham’s other wife and the names of the offspring that they produced. The following names and their translated meanings, from Hebrew to English, have been listed below:

Ketura: “Incense” (Prayers)
Zimran: Singer of Praise
Jokshan: An offense (Hardness) or Knocking
Medan: Quarrel or fight
Midian: Judgement, Covering, Habit
Ishbak: He Will Abandon or He Will Set Free
Shuah: Ditch; swimming; humiliation

From here taking a look at Mathew 6: (Instructions for Spiritual Warfare and how to live out our journey here on earth).

The five topics are focused on the significance of:

1. Giving to the needy
2. Prayer
3. Fasting
4. Treasures in Heaven
5. The Lamp of the Body (Commit fully to God)
6. Do not worry

The study concludes with a look at Psalm 127 (An admonition that unless God builds the house, the builders labor in vain and speaks of children being a heritage and reward from God).

God is speaking directly to the SAINTS through a means by which only the intended recipient of the message being sent, may be able to receive? OUR unique circumstances that call for answers that only God can provide (Not OUR family, friends or other confidants…). How is God speaking to you through the arrangement and presentation of the scriptures presented?

Prayer of the SAINTS:

Lord WE thank you for the many treasures of reassurance that WE find, within your Holy Word, concerning the paths that OUR feet are traveling. Please continue to guide and instruct US along the way until WE reach Heavens’ Gates… In the mighty name of Jesus Christ WE pray and in the mighty name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, WE pray, OUR Lord, Amen…”👆🙏💪🔥🔥🔥

Scripture Support:

Genesis 25:1-2

“1Abraham had taken another wife, whose name was Keturah. 2She bore him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak and Shuah.”

Mathew 6: Instruction about Giving

“1Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven.
2Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. 3But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth: 4That thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly.

The Lord’s Prayer (How WE should pray)

5And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. 6But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.
7But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking. 8Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him.
9After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.
10Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.
11Give us this day our daily bread.
12And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
13And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen. 14For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you: 15But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.

Proper Fasting

16Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. 17But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face; 18That thou appear not unto men to fast, but unto thy Father which is in secret: and thy Father, which seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly.

Treasures in Heaven

19Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: 20But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal: 21For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

The Lamp of the body (Commit fully to God)

22The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light. 23But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness!
24No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

Do Not Worry

25Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment? 26Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they? 27Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature? 28And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: 29And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. 30Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith? 31Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed? 32(For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things. 33But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
34Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.”

Psalm 127 – (Unless the Lord Builds)

“1Except the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain.
2It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: for so he giveth his beloved sleep.
3Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.
4As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of the youth.
5Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them: they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate.”

Psalms 25:2 – “it is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honour of kings is to search out a matter.”

May the Lord keep His SAINTS in this hour stayed on the perfect peace that is found within him, Amen…

Brother Bush