So the Lord God said to the serpent: “Because you have done this, You are cursed more than all cattle, And more than every beast of the field; On your belly you shall go, And you shall eat dust All the days of your life.
And now may the Lord show kindness and truth to you. I also will repay you this kindness, because you have done this thing.
We are to ever be in the scale of the Father’s favor, but in our mortal, human frailty and in our compromised souls, there are times we find ourselves in the one that rebukes and chastens us, that we might return and be restored to Him.
As we seek G-d, let us be mindful that in doing so we court His attention. He waits to see what it is we will do, and in the doing of it we completer our task, achieve our goal, or however it’s manifested, and like a child turning to their Father for approval, we turn to G-d and ask Him if we did well?
His answers to our needs can go either way depending on what it is we’re asking, and the kind of attention we’re desiring. It is our responsibility to seek Him in all things, but it also our condition that if all goes well we are to give Him the glory for the blessing as well.
Be mindful that He sees all, and what we do for ourselves and each other, serving and honoring Him in the process, and the motives behind it will be revealed as a testing of works. Our rewards, if they stand the fire, will be given to us; if not, they will burn up.
Watch and pray, for at any moment the Lord may send a traveler into your midst that will say, “Because you have done this…” What follows is up to you, but know that the Blood of Christ still intercedes for you before the Father’s throne.
You’ve believed in the Son, and thereby the Father who sent Him.
Because you have done this, your Lord and Savior says to You….
Therefore I pray.
Lord Jesus,
You admonish us to think of ourselves as unprofitable servants, doing only what we should, merely going the second mile to give the extra cloak to our Brothers and Sisters, as we were told to do. (Luke17:7-10)
Indeed we are, to ourselves and one another. And You called us out of the world to reveal the Father to us as we minister globally that there’s only one way to be saved.
As we follow You with our mustard seed faith, fearful hearts, worldly eyes, hard heads, stiff necks, and willful spirits, You speak peace to our souls, and tell us once again to come home to the Father’s love, and receive eternal life through faith in You and the horror you endured on Calvary for our sake, taking that which was rightfully ours so we could share in what’s rightfully Yours.
Because You have done this for us, Lord, today we recommit ourselves to follow closer, faster, and steadfastly. Let the clouds of dust we stir with our feet in the world be as the cloud of witnesses above giving testimony to our obedience to You because of our love for You.
Because You have done this for us, Lord, today we take hold once more of the promise that at the end of the age we come to You, knowing the sound of the great shout of Your voice as You redeem us from death and hell to drink wine anew with You in our Father’s place.
Because You have done this for us, Lord, we repent of our sins, fast for Your presence, hold back nothing from the tithes and offerings, rejoice in our fellowship with one another, and sing glory, honor, and praise to our heavenly king.
Because You have done this for us, Lord, Your servants can depart in peace and leave behind the suffering, trials, pains, persecutions, misunderstandings, violence, fear, and self-loathing.
Because You have done this for us, Lord, we will go in with joy and gladness, entering into our Father’s rest.
In righteousness, peace, and joy, may we honor You.
Amen.
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