A Month of Wonders

November 01, 2010

Greetings to you and wishing you a blessed November 2010. As we enter into this new month, the LORD our God has promised us:

"I will show them [you] wonders" (Micah 7:15)

In all our expectations, prayers, hopes, needs, etc., the LORD promises us that He is going to work wonders which will be marvelous to eyes. Amen!

To Whom

As we meditate on this promise, we have to know to whom will show wonders in their lives. The previous verse (v.14) tells three things: (1) who dwell solitarily...in the midst of Carmel; (2) whom the LORD shepherds with His staff;and (3) the flock of His heritage.

Dwell amidst Carmel

Carmel is a place where people of God had a personal encounter with God; prophets like Elijah and Elisha, they met God, they stayed in the presence of God, they interacted with God, they heard God's voice. It is place where God expects us to dwell alone with Him, spend our time with Him, to have a personal relationship with God the Father who loves us.

Shepherding with His Staff

Ezekial (21:10) says that it is the staff of My Son whom He sent down to earth from heaven above as a redemption to our sins. God expects that His children, the chosen people, His beloved, should always listen to their Master's voice. We should be His children not only in having a personal relationship with Him, but also in listening to His voice and walk as how He leads us and guides us. He expects us to obey the voice of Jesus in all our ways.

Flock of His Heritage

He reminds us that we are His chosen people; His created ones, created in His own image; the ones redeemed by the blood of Jesus from all our sins and iniquities. But at times we forget and go away from His flock. And so He wants us to be in His flock, not to go astray with our own will and desires.

Wonders

The first part of the verse says, "As in the days when you came out of the land of Egypt..." (v. 15). He reminds us the way how He redeemed us from the bond of slavery. If we recollect the day when He delivered His people out of the bondage of Egypt, we understand that

• Exodus 12:29 -- there was no calamity befell on the people of God, though there was a mighty struck of death upon their enemies
• Exodus 12:36 -- the LORD has given favor for His people in the sight of their enemies, and they were granted with whatever they requested
• Exodus 12:39 -- though His people came out of bondage with no provision in their hand, yet God sustained them in the wilderness, He was their Jehovah Jireh -- their Provider.

Dear beloved friends, as how the LORD reminds us, if we submit ourselves to be in His flock of His heritage, having a personal relationship with Him, listening and obeying to His voice, He promises us that He is going to do wonders in our lives, before our very eyes. He will be our Protector, Preserver and Provider in this new month. So let us be of good courage and cheer up this morning. Have a blessed November and May our good God who is faithful in His promises do great and mighty wonders in the lives of His people. God Bless You!