Thursday, April 4, 2013

Pasture!



‘Pasture.’
a)     Isaiah 5:17. Will be given by the Lord to the lambs and goats in the ruins of the city.
b)    Genesis 13:6. There always needs to be enough for the animals to feed on.
c)     Genesis 29:7; Jeremiah 33:12. Animals have to be taken to it.
d)    Genesis 47:4. Famine destroys it.
e)     Numbers 22:4. Bulls soon consume it.
f)     Numbers 35:2-3; Joshua 21:3 & 8. The priests needed to be given pasture for their animals.
g)     1 Chronicles 4:40. When there is plenty of fertile pasture it is often in open countryside that is quiet and peaceful.
h)    Psalm 65:12; Isaiah 32:20. When they are filled with flocks they are also filled with Joy.
i)      Jeremiah 9:10. When they are dry it is a sad and empty time.
j)      Jeremiah 23:10. Because of the Lord’s curse pastures become dry.
(Through this QT I understand more of the Biblical relevance of Pasture)
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‘The Power At Work Within Us.’
Ephesians 3:20.
a)     It is Him, it is God.
b)    Whose Power is at work within us.
c)     He is able to do far more abundantly.
d)    Than all that we can:-
1-    Ask.
2-    Think.
3-    Imagine.
(Through this Second one I am amazed by The Power At Work Within Me)
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Chris.
There always needs to be enough pasture for the animals to feed on. No farmer is going to bother to take his animals to a field where there is no pasture - that would be a fruitless exercise.  Just as animals need pasture, so do True Believers. We need to be well fed with the Word of God in the Church and in our private reading. We have to graze well in the pasture, if not, our spiritual life goes down.

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