Praise be to God for holding back his anger on us!!!

Good evening Ladies,

I ask for your forgiveness for me posting so late, but I have come to realize we may make plans but God has the final say in our plans. I planned to get up early this morning and I was all excited about writing you about another peace of the armor. However, I was blessed last night from a young man who I consider as a son, David - he works for KCBI the radio station. David, is truly a man after God's own heart, he blessed me and my daughter with reserved seats to see the preview of the movie coming out in March, October Baby. After viewing the movie God impressed upon my heart to purchase 10 movie tickets to give to my Pastor and our church Pregnancy Center. I will say this about the movie...it is to help all of us to save the unborn. God commanded us in his word to be fruitful and multiply, but devil being the liar that he is tells women its okay, no one will find out about your abortion. So today ladies I will speak about what the Lord has placed on my heart because it is not about me, but this blog is all about glorifying our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. By the way when the movie does release for viewing this month, please support it you will not be sorry you did. And I just want to say a special thanks to you David.

Today ladies, I will be coming out of the book of 1 Chronicles chapter 21:7-17, below you will see the scripture posted for you and I got it from the New Living Translation version.

Judgment for David’s Sin

⁷ God was very displeased with the census, and he punished Israel for it. ⁸ Then David said to God, “I have sinned greatly by taking this census. Please forgive my guilt for doing this foolish thing.” ⁹ Then the LORD spoke to Gad, David’s seer. This was the message: ¹⁰ “Go and say to David, ‘This is what the LORD says: I will give you three choices. Choose one of these punishments, and I will inflict it on you.’” ¹¹ So Gad came to David and said, “These are the choices the LORD has given you. ¹² You may choose three years of famine, three months of destruction by the sword of your enemies, or three days of severe plague as the angel of the LORD brings devastation throughout the land of Israel. Decide what answer I should give the LORD who sent me.” ¹³ “I’m in a desperate situation!” David replied to Gad. “But let me fall into the hands of the LORD, for his mercy is very great. Do not let me fall into human hands.” ¹⁴ So the LORD sent a plague upon Israel, and 70,000 people died as a result. ¹⁵ And God sent an angel to destroy Jerusalem. But just as the angel was preparing to destroy it, the LORD relented and said to the death angel, “Stop! That is enough!” At that moment the angel of the LORD was standing by the threshing floor of Araunah^[a] the Jebusite.

¹⁶ David looked up and saw the angel of the LORD standing between heaven and earth with his sword drawn, reaching out over Jerusalem. So David and the leaders of Israel put on burlap to show their deep distress and fell face down on the ground. ¹⁷ And David said to God, “I am the one who called for the census! I am the one who has sinned and done wrong! But these people are as innocent as sheep—what have they done? O LORD my God, let your anger fall against me and my family, but do not destroy your people.”

Ladies, I want you to take notice of verse 16, I said to myself after reading it over and over again God truly loved David to allow him to see the angel. Can you imagine, you look up and you see this angel standing between heaven and earth and he has the sword in hand and about to wipe you and a nation out. Then I said to Jesus after shouting and crying out to him, Lord how many times have you held back your anger from me. I thought back to all of the times I should have been dead and just could not stop saying thank you Jesus for your grace and mercy. I suggest ladies that you read this story to the end because long story short. David was told what he must do from Gad and the message that Gad told him came from God. At the very end of the story it states:

²⁸ When David saw that the LORD had answered his prayer, he offered sacrifices there at Araunah’s threshing floor. ²⁹ At that time the Tabernacle of the LORD and the altar of burnt offering that Moses had made in the wilderness were located at the place of worship in Gibeon. ³⁰ But David was not able to go there to inquire of God, because he was terrified by the drawn sword of the angel of the LORD.

I told God when I get to heaven Lord you have to show me this footage, then I thought wait, Lord nothing is impossible for you. I am sure you can take me back in time just to see this for myself. Ladies, have you ever thought just how awesome our God is? I mean who would not want to see Daniel in the lions dean, was he petting the lion like a kitty cat. Who would not want to see Paul on Damascus Rd. when Jesus asked him...Saul, Saul why do you persecute me, and his response was Lord who are you. Yet, he had already spoken it he is Lord and at the name of Jesus, every knee shall bow and every tongue shall confess he is Lord. I want God to roll that beautiful footage, or again, and better yet take me there oh Lord to see it for myself. One other thing I want you to notice ladies. Gad gave David 3 choices of his punishment for his sin. I have said it before and I will say it again, in the bible numbers have a meaning and the # 3 means the Trinity. God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. Then Gad gave David his 3 choices from the Lord, either 3 years, 3 months, or 3 days. One would have thought that the 3 days with the Lord would have been a lot easier, remember everyone- what God has for us to do is not always easy, but I would never put my trust in man. David chose wisely, and what I love about my brother in Christ so much he was willing to have himself and his family destroyed but he would not purposely allow God's innocent chosen people to lose their lives. What sin have you committed against a Holy God but he has graciously held back his anger from you. This reminds me too that I should be more accepting of peoples flaws because I have so many of my own.

We praise you God for your grace and mercy and we thank you that you have left us examples of how to please you. I pray that God will keep and bless you all but please Lord teach us to turn from our sins whatever they may be. Lets ask God what plans does he have for your lives because he does have plans for us all. Be blessed and bless others and remember the prayer line is always open no matter what time.