So many times I read this reference of David pouring out the cool cup of water from the Well of Bethlehem as his offering a most precious and desired thing to the Lord...WOW...

Brother Spencer Graham of Community Worship International - Conyers, GA brings out that David, having written many Psalms concerning the coming of the Lord Jesus, knew that "The Well of Bethlehem" was, in fact, Jesus! And that the water was the "Living Water" that would eventually flow out from Him, AND that the "Cup" was indeed the cup of the Blood that He would shed for the sins of mankind!  I also believe the three Mighty Men who retrieved it represented the Trinity!

AWESOME REVELATION!!

The Word of God is indeed, truly Alive!

Proverbs 1:7

     The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.

This "fear" is not the "sense of impending doom" fear we normally think of.

It is about the awe and fear that Moses experienced when he encountered the burning bush. He describes Moses’ state as the unique mixture of awe and fear that we feel in the presence of the divine, whether in the form of a burning bush or in the form of the still, small voice within ourselves.

In biblical Hebrew, there are several different words for fear. Pachad, is “projected or imagined fear,” the “fear whose objects are imagined.” That, in contemporary terms, is what we might think of as lizard brain fear: the fear of horrible rejection that will destroy us or the fear that we will simply combust if we step out of our comfort zones.

But there is a second Hebrew word for fear, yirah. Rabbi Lew describes yirah as “the fear that overcomes us when we suddenly find ourselves in possession of considerably more energy than we are used to, inhabiting a larger space than we are used to inhabiting.  

Sounds strange, but, it is an inward fear:  as taking a test to earn a position in a prestigious college or business firm, and the natural fear of failing the test.  The fear of performing an audition for a part in a Broadway play, and not being good enough.

This is not an outward fear, such as waking up to the smell of smoke in your home.  It is the fear that you are doing every bit the best you can, but that it may not be good enough.

We should strive to please God and to fear only that we could give him better than what we do for Him

God makes many references to this fear:

Brother Shane West shares why "Blurry" may be a step toward "Clear" when asking God for an answer to prayer.

Like blind Bartimaeus seeing "men as trees walking", God sometimes shows us just a blurry image of the outcome we hope and pray for.  Why would he do that, you ask. Perhaps it is to see if we are honest with him.  Maybe he has more for us than we can trust him for.  Maybe he wants us to talk to him about the situation so we will reveal the condition of our heart.  

Broken Home?  Broken Life? Broken Heart?

There is hope yet!

Listen as Brother Shane West shares the story of his life, before, and after, he met the one who lifted him out of a living hell and placed him on a path leading to the place he is today.  Truly a man of God with a calling to reach out to those who are trapped by drugs, alcohol and every kind of addiction and bring them out to live in peace with a joy beyond understanding.

Does it seem as if there is just not enough time to do what needs to be done?  There is a solution.  

Does it seem as if there is just not enough time to do what needs to be done?  There is a solution.

38 Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.

39 For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call.

Who do YOU call on when there seems to be no answer?