OH! LORD, MY GOD
by
Dr. Gale A. Ragan-Reid
(June 23, 2020)
“O Lord my God, in thee do I put my trust: save me from all them that persecute me, and deliver me: Lest he tear my soul like a lion, rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver. O Lord my God, If I have done this; if there be iniquity in my hands; If I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me; (yea, I have delivered him that without cause is mine enemy:)
Let the enemy persecute my soul, and take it; yea, let him tread down my life upon the earth, and lay mine honour in the dust. Selah.
Arise, O Lord, in thine anger, lift up thyself because of the rage of mine enemies: and awake for me to the judgment that thou hast commanded. So shall the congregation of the people compass thee about: for their sakes therefore return thou on high.
The Lord shall judge the people: judge me, O Lord, according to my righteousness, and according to mine integrity that is in me. Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end; but establish the just: for the righteous God trieth the hearts and reins.
My defence is of God, which saveth the upright in heart. God judgeth the righteous, and God is angry with the wicked every day.
If he turn not, he will whet his sword; he hath bent his bow, and made it ready. He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death; he ordaineth his arrows against the persecutors.
Behold, he travaileth with iniquity, and hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood. He made a pit, and digged it, and is fallen into the ditch which he made. His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate. I will praise the Lord according to his righteousness: and will sing praise to the name of the Lord most high.” (Psalm 7: 1-17, King James Version [KJV])
Greetings In The Holy Name Of Jesus Yahshuah,
My sisters and brothers, we consider the thought of having power and authority over you, as a thought of subjugation-modern day slavery, denying Christ Jesus. For whom Jesus freed, is free indeed [“John 8: 36, KJV, If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.”].Bearing all grief in mind, we find the evil ones gravitate to jobs where such power and authority is freely given to them. The priesthood, considerably needy for those who want to tenter in the vocation of faith for the numbers of folks who believe in Christ Jesus are big—-the harvest is big, pray to God more laborers are needed [“Luke 10: 2, KJV, Therefore said he unto them, The harvest truly is great, but the labourers are few: pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he would send forth labourers into his harvest.”].
Well, you think the vow of poverty and chastity binds such dark thoughts of infidelity in good times but it does not—- what about times of a pandemic and worldwide plagues? Yet, the power and authority used to subdue mankind by forcing you to surrender all, threatens to take your soul, oftentimes is coupled with lust and greed, lying to gain your faith in what is evil, not in what is good. The law and order workers, peace officers, also considerably needy for power and authority over you, even the power to take your life, deny the Office of Christ, as their leadership, accepting the behavior patterns of looking to and fro for those that are out there, to steal, kill and destroy [“John 10: 10, KJV, The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.”]. The teachers, considerably needy for power and authority find themselves in wanton lust lorded over the vulnerable children and adults to have their way taking confidence and countenance, stealing the joy God sends each morning, for relief and satisfaction [“Psalms 30: 5, KJV,
For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.”].
Doctors, who play God in decision making snatching bodies when death is the enemy and the challenge is to live in a world that God so loved [“John 3: 16 KJV,
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.”], despite the sufficient wickedness of the day that tempts man to enter into evil [“Matthew 6: 34, KJV, Take 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.”].
With that said, that sort of grief is not the heretofore good grief temporary moan and groan but a lifetime of persecution [“Matthew 10: 28, KJV, And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.”; Mark 9: 49-50, KJV, For every one shall be salted with fire, and every sacrifice shall be salted with salt. Salt is good: but if the salt have lost his saltness, wherewith will ye season it? Have salt in yourselves, and have peace one with another.”; “Matthew 5: 13-16, KJV, Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men. Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.
Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house. Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.”] I tell you, I love the LORD GOD. I love my Lord and Savior Christ Jesus. I tell you stay in the refuge of Jesus Yahshuah, those of you running for your life and those of you innocent lambs being led to the slaughter while the blind is leading the blind because they do not know to whom they belong [“Galatians 5: 7, KJV, Ye did run well; who did hinder you that ye should not obey the truth?”; “Jeremiah 11: 19, KJV, But I was like a lamb or an ox that is brought to the slaughter; and I knew not that they had devised devices against me, saying, Let us destroy the tree with the fruit thereof, and let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be no more remembered”; “Matthew 15: 14, KJV, Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.”; “Isaiah 1: 3, KJV, The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib: but Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider.”].
Most importantly, during such volatile times as the times we live, right now, in a modern world of good faith, we know the skin you wear feeling the poverty you feel yet inheritance was not meant to be stolen away by thieves that ride around day and night preying about to see who they can take from and what they can steal away. That is Satan’s game. Deal with Satan. But, who gave Satan power and authority to take inheritance, Jesus inheritance from his Father God in heaven is not Satan’s inheritance to do as he pleases [Hebrews 1: 1-3, KJV, God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets, Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds;
Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high:”; “1 Corinthians 6: 9, KJV, Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,”; “Revelation 21: 7, KJV,
He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son.”; “Genesis 1: 22, KJV, And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.”].
Understandably, a true story in the times we live, not actually a story of desperation as much as the status quo—-a story of cultural imisconduct; acculturation gone awry. There was a woman driver who received payment for a ride. She waited 5 hours to call and say she only received so much of the payment. She did not think that the game she was playing was an old Satan game, for you see she gave so much a percent of what was paid to one of her partners in this sin of thievery, another partner broke off another bit and of course, she got her bit-fair share, I do not know, then she thought she could call and get the woman she transported to pay again what her partners took for she still had to pay the company that hired her to transport clients. Well, she cannot take the woman’s livelihood—looking to get any checks coming in to her, the woman said to herself while repeating the amount she paid out, to her. I doubt the company she works for will let her steal their money since they are already paying her for the work in wages.
This is undoubtedly a story of the cross because we know Judas Iscariot received thirty pieces of silver but and Pilate aimed at a promotion in Rome, what wealth did the high priest family, Annas and Caiaphas, during the time of the Passover receive in keeping the priesthood in their family disobeying God for sending Jesus [“ John 11: 45-57, KJV, Then many of the Jews which came to Mary, and had seen the things which Jesus did, believed on him. But some of them went their ways to the Pharisees, and told them what things Jesus had done.
Then gathered the chief priests and the Pharisees a council, and said, What do we? for this man doeth many miracles. If we let him thus alone, all men will believe on him: and the Romans shall come and take away both our place and nation.
And one of them, named Caiaphas, being the high priest that same year, said unto them, Ye know nothing at all, Nor consider that it is expedient for us, that one man should die for the people, and that the whole nation perish not. And this spake he not of himself: but being high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus should die for that nation; And not for that nation only, but that also he should gather together in one the children of God that were scattered abroad.
Then from that day forth they took counsel together for to put him to death. Jesus therefore walked no more openly among the Jews; but went thence unto a country near to the wilderness, into a city called Ephraim, and there continued with his disciples. And the Jews' passover was nigh at hand: and many went out of the country up to Jerusalem before the passover, to purify themselves. Then sought they for Jesus, and spake among themselves, as they stood in the temple, What think ye, that he will not come to the feast? Now both the chief priests and the Pharisees had given a commandment, that, if any man knew where he were, he should shew it, that they might take him.”]. In a story that could have meant death, God worked on the heart of man and He did not let the thieves have their way, for those partners of the transport driver is dealing with playing Satan’s game, just took the money she was collecting for her company and she thought she had one of the company’s clients on the hook. a fish for Jesus said I will make you to be fishers of men [“Matthew 4: 19, KJV, And he saith unto them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.”]. You cannot serve two masters [“Matthew 6: 24, KJV,
No 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.”].
. My God is a Mighty God, a God of War and a God of Wrath. When the arm of judgement stretches out to you, do not run and hide, stand on another’s land and act like it is not your judgement when you played Satan’s game [Isaiah 53: 1-12, KJV,
Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the Lord revealed? For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.
He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not. Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.
But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed. All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all. He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth. He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare his generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the living: for the transgression of my people was he stricken.
And he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death; because he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth. Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in his hand. He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities.
Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he hath poured out his soul unto death: and he was numbered with the transgressors; and he bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.”]. Satan does not have a game—-all games belong to God in play and out of play. Jesus could not even talk to Peter before he went to the cross for Satan getting in God’s business [“Mark 8: 33, KJV, But when he had turned about and looked on his disciples, he rebuked Peter, saying, Get thee behind me, Satan: for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but the things that be of men.”]. The game you play with Satan will not entitle you to what Satan does not have in the first place, you will find yourself having to sell your soul to Satan to even get in Satan’s game—-a game that does not belong to Satan, if you want to call it a game then do you also want to play Satan’s game. You’ve heard folks say, you sold your soul to Satan a long time yet Satan’s war is against souls that do not belong to Satan. You could lose your soul. To whom, pray tell [Matthew 16: 26, KJV, For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?”].
We beg the question, Satan is collecting souls [“Psalms 16: 10, KJV, For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.”; “Revelation 1: 17-18, KJV, And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not; I am the first and the last: I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.”].
What are you doing? The way to receive inheritance is in Christ Jesus. Yes, wickedness in high places is in the church [“Ephesians 6: 12, KJV, For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.”].
What part of that are you? For we see the church out in the streets marching against deaths without cause because vulnerable ones wanted something to eat, a cigar to celebrate graduation, snacks for home that cost men their lives. We know the folks who sin in the church in-play taking the tithes money, visiting the sick and shut-in, not even delivering the Word of God but seeing what they can take from their earthly possessions while they still live before they die. We know those Christians who break the backs of their neighbors in fellowship threatening their welfare with deceit using vain-glory just to take everything they acquired through blessings bestowed upon the Earth [“Galatians 5: 26, KJV,
Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:”]. God did not give Satan anything. Satan took the some of angels of God [ Revelation 12: 9, KJV, And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.”].
There is an old adage, there are givers and takers [“ 1 Peter 5: 8, KJV, Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:”]
. In closing, In life, it is better to give than to receive, haunts takers down deep in their souls because if a taker gives you anything, the taker plans to take much much more than you could ever imagine and chose you to take from. Why? For whatever the reason, perhaps the fantasy of taking from you inspired them to try to see if you would let them then they would take. I am not letting those on the take, steal my joy in the blessings God sent to Earth, especially for me and I received [“Acts 20: 35, KJV,
I have shewed you all things, how that so labouring ye ought to support the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.”].
Thank you LORD GOD. Thank you Lord Jesus. We bless you. We bless your holy name. Let the times that bring joy in famine continuously be a blessing to you, in wisdom. God will see you through the tough times and sweeten the harsh and hard times that make you cry, for the tears that roll down your cheeks are washing all your sorrows away. God bless
