It was so good to see you and Kristine and the girls! We love being in your home. There is such an atmosphere of love and fun! The word for this week is "safety". We'll be looking at these verses:
Leviticus 25:18 Wherefore ye shall do my statutes, and keep my judgments, and do them; and ye shall dwell in the land in safety. KJV
Psalm 4:8 I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, Lord, only makest me dwell in safety. KJV
Proverbs 11:14 Where no counsel is, the people fall: but in the multitude of counsellors there is safety. KJV
Proverbs 21:31 The horse is prepared against the day of battle: but safety is of the Lord. KJV
In the first two verses we have the Hebrew word "betach". Strong's Concordance says: a place of refuge, safety: both the fact (security) and the feeling (trust). Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon adds this: security, securely. In the last two verses we have the Hebrew word "teshua". Strong's Concordance says: rescue. Brown-Driver-Briggs adds: salvation, deliverance. The Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament also adds this: to make wide, to make sufficient. In all of these instances, it is obedience to the Word, sometimes through counsel or counselors, that puts us in the position to be able to have faith, trust and confidence that no matter what we encounter, HE will provide the rescue, deliverance or way of escape! Having this confidence really makes it easier to be bold and to step out into the unknown! I love the way you both encourage your girls to try new things and give them the opportunity to find what they really enjoy to do and can pour themselves into! It is so fun watching them all grow into their own, unique personality! The song for this week is another new song from Hillsong Young and Free's Youth Revival album called "Trust":
TRUST
[Verse 1]
When it doesn't go my way
I know that it is not the end
I'm trusting you have better plans
I haven't even dreamt of yet
I know that You will follow me
When everything's against me
I put all my hope in You
[Chorus]
Jesus I will trust You, I will trust
you
I know you never fail, I will trust you
Jesus I will, Jesus I will
[Verse 2]
I do not know how the story ends
But I know that You finished it
I close my eyes and just let go
And fall into my only Hope
There's safety in the falling
When I surrender fully
I put all my hope in You
[Chorus]
Jesus I will, I will, Jesus I will, I
will
[Bridge]
Now everything I know, Is God you're in
control
In every little detail, You are close
I'll never be alone, Here in the
unknown
The power of Your Presence, Fills my
soul (x2)
[Chorus] (x2)
Jesus I will, I will, Jesus I will, I
will
[Chorus]
Love and Shalom from the Swoveys!
