Dear Family,
Today is Thursday, May 22, 2025. This is Day 5 of Week 6 in our Counting toward Pentecost. It is our 40th Day of Counting.
On this 40th day of Israel’s journey, they were dealing with Amalek. They were attacked, and God was delivering them. This event was another way God was making known His power and revealing how He would deal with Israel. Over and over, a prominent lesson in their experiences is that they MUST trust God! God is the Deliverer! He gave Himself that job!
Following the resurrection of our Savior, He remained on the earth with His disciples for 40 days. Today marks the day that He ascended into heaven. Scripture indicates several important reasons that God sequenced His plan in this way. One of those reasons is that God led captivity captive!
Psalm 68:18(A) Thou hast ascended on high, Thou hast led captivity captive:
Ephesians 4:8(A) Wherefore He saith; When He ascended up on high, He led captivity captive
God’s schedule for our salvation is absolutely perfect and ON TIME. He has perfected His plan, and He will not be turned aside from completing His intentions for us. God has called us individually and He is working with each one of us individually. He is our Salvation! He is in charge of it! God fully intends to lead us out of every bondage, every sin, and everything that is evil. There is nothing that our Deliverer cannot do!
Colossians 2:15 And having spoiled principalities and powers, He made a shew of them openly, triumphing over them in it.
God has already spoiled principalities and powers. Nothing can keep us back from God’s displaying His love and power toward us. Just as God (through Joshua) defeated Amalek, God defeats our enemies now through Joshua (Jesus, Jah-shua, the Salvation of Jah).
Romans 8:37-39 (37) Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him that loved us. (38) For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, (39) Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
May God awaken us all to the power He uses on our behalf!
Ben Faulkner, Pastor
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