Same God

Ecclesiastes  1:9 (KJV)

“The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: And there is no new thing under the sun.”

When you read The Bible, it’s not just history or a story book, people of God.  Genesis 1:1 says, “In the beginning GOD (Hebrew: Elohim-The Creator) created”.   John 1:1 says, “In the beginning was The Word and The Word was with GOD and The Word was GOD”.  Then Revelation 1:8 says, “I am alpha and omega” (meaning first and last).  I said that to say “The Bible is One Book, One Story, HIS Story, Jesus’s story and the revelation of Jesus The Christ”.  God the Creator, Jesus Christ the Son and The Holy Ghost consist of The Father and Son in ONE.

To some people GOD is like a genie in a bottle.  You get two or three wishes out of him, and then it’s all over.  Put Him up on the shelf until you need Him again.  Well I’ve come to tell you GOD is no genie in a bottle.  He’s the same GOD back then and is the same GOD right now….If he did it before…..He can do it again.

·        One person who has stood the test of time

·        One person who has reigned over all creation from the beginning of time
·        One person who set HIS Story in motion
·        One person who has promised the world that He is in control
·        One person who Is king, high priest and Lord of lords

Malachi 3:6 “For I am the Lord, I change not”

Numbers 23:19 “God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent” Lamentations 3:22 “It is of the Lord’s mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not”.

Look people of GOD, grace saves us; it cares; it stoops down and rescues us.  Grace meets us where we are but doesn’t leave us where it found us.

Mercy is an act of love; it bears richer fruits than justice.  Compassion cries out from the depths; you see pity leads you to want to help them if you could, but compassion goes two steps further.  Instead of a desire to help it creates a determination to actually help.

So it shouldn’t be so amazingly WOW what GOD did in the biblical days and even what He does now.

WOW!!  He did that for Moses…..Wow!  He did that for David…..Wow!!!  He did that for the Hebrew boys…..Woooow!!!  Look, he was not showing you how great he was to them…but He was showing you the kind of Great GOD He can be to you right now……..WHEW!!!!!

So If He healed back then, He can heal right now.  If He provided back then, He can provide right now.  If He made a way out of no way, He can make a way right now.  Same GOD back then; same GOD right now.  If He did it back then, He can do it right now!!!!  If He did it before, He can do it again.

All it takes is Faith and Belief.  They work together like a hand in a glove.  Belief is based in the mind, and Faith is based on joining the heart and mind together.  In order for things to happen, you must first believe and then activate your faith.  

Matthew 21:22 “And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive”. 

Isaiah 55:11 says, “So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it”.

So if GOD said it, He is big enough and bad enough to back it up.  Jesus taught that there is a power in man that gives him authority over the things of the world.  Acts 1:8:  “But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you”.  So GOD has given us the power.  Jesus said, “If thou canst believe, ALL things are possible to him that believeth.” (Mark 9:23)

Let’s take a look at some WOW events or experiences GOD performed:

1st King 17:13-16:  With Elijah and the Widow woman at Zarephath, GOD performed an oil well in a jar. What’s so amazing is God had already provided/made a way for Elijah in advance before he had arrived in Zarephath.  He said (GOD) I have commanded a widow woman to sustain thee……all Elijah had to do was go.  And because of the widow woman’s faith and obedience, the barrel of meal wasted not; neither did the cruse of oil fail. Because the woman gave her last, there continued to be sufficient food for them throughout the famine.

Another WOW event was GOD parting the waters!!!!  In Exodus 14:21, God did it once for Moses at the Red Sea.  Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and the Lord caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night and made the sea dry land and the waters were divided. Moses’s name means drawing out; from the waters.  Moses was recognizing the powers and presence of GOD in which all his strength and ability lie.  It was through this sea that the Israelites passed on dry land while the Egyptians who followed were drowned.

Now let’s take a look back over our lives.  Hasn’t that same GOD back then come to your rescue right now?  Hasn’t He proven to you that He will do it again as He did before.  Doesn’t He always come through for you?  Hasn’t He proved that He will never fail you?  Lamentations 3:22 tells us that His compassions fail not.  Did I not say earlier that compassion cries out and goes twice as far?  Has not GOD proven He has not forgotten you?  Isaiah 49:15:   “They may forget; yet will I not forget thee”.  Believeth thou the Word of The Lord!!!!

You may not know when; you may never know how; but same GOD back then is the same GOD right now!!    In Hebrews 13:5, GOD said “I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee”……meaning He’ll never fail you. 

·        Do you need a financial blessing……..Somewhere GOD has an oil well in a jar just for you.

·        Do you need a way to get somewhere…..GOD can part the waters on your behalf.
·        Are you on your way or in the lion’s den…..Same GOD back; then same GOD right now can shut
              the lion’s mouth for you.
·        Feel like you’re lost and without GOD…….(Revelation 22:17)  “Whosoever will, let him take the
              water of life freely”.
·        What about seeking strengthening power of the Holy Spirit in your life?  Luke 11:13:  “How
              much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask Him?”

 Listen people of GOD, if your spiritual batteries are about dea,d “GOD can Revive you Again”.  All things are possible if you only believe and have faith.

Just like Jesus healed a woman’s blood disease that she had for twelve years, same GOD can come to your rescue.  Just stand on Isaiah 53:5:  “He was wounded for our (MY) transgressions, He was bruised for our (MY) iniquities: the chastisement of our (MY) peace was upon Him; and with His stripes we (I) are HEALED”!!!

Remember:  Same GOD back then is the same GOD right now.  If He did it back then, He can do it right now.  Same GOD back then, same GOD right now…..If He did it before……He can do it again.

PRIVATE PROPERTY, NO TRESPASSING, 10-4, OVER AND OUT!!!!!!

~ Evangelist Jackie Burton