On Higher Ground

By Daughter Of Sarah -
"Come with me from Lebanon, my spouse, with me from Lebanon: look from the top of Amana, from the top of Shenir and Hermon, from the lions' dens, from the mountains of the leopards." (Song of Songs 4:8).

"Lebanon" is famous for its cedar trees. It is a noble, fragrant tree and the land is also known for its mountainous peaks- so this represents our coming to a higher place of worship.

"Amana" means confirmation or truth. It means gazing down from the height of God's vantage point and seeing the truth of a situation; coming from a higher and favoured ground than before. "Amen" comes from this word. Jesus is said in the Scriptures to be our Yes and Amen. :)

"Shenir" represents the Armour of the Holy Spirit. It talks about being clothed constantly in the robes of righteousness and knowing you are God's beloved one. These truths will protect us from the evil one.

"Hermon" symbolizes the victory of the Cross. We always come FROM victory in our life because Christ's work is a FINISHED work. He didn't forgive halfway, help halfway, conquer halfway- He went all the way as our one and ONLY Saviour, one and ONLY Redeemer. He loves you so much!

Knowing His is a victorious and finished work makes your prayer successful because you now speak with authority, from victory; as opposed to begging for victory you're unsure of. These three places are high places. They represent spiritual growth and enlargement. But the passage reminds us that TRIALS WILL TAKE PLACE even on higher ground- something Jesus also told us. On the mountainous regions there are leopards and lions waiting to attack and finish us off.

However we can be confident of getting through our trials. The LORD also reminds us that although there are trials, we must not fear or be worried because He has conquered them for us. We just need to stay confident, patient and be of joyful hearts. The manifestation of the victory sometimes takes a while but we should not stop praising God or having only the best opinion of Him. :)

Comments

  1. Angie4 June 2009 at 09:45

    Amen amen amen! Love the message! we need to always bring ourselves to remembrance our victory in Christ! Knowing that it's now we that live but Christ living through us! :)

    Thanks for being such a blessing always. hugs!

    ReplyDelete

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Sermon 31/08/2008 - Pastor Lian (NCC)

By -
Pastor Lian has been in NCC for 20 years!! Joke- There was this really old obese lady who was so fat she had serious heart problem. One day she had heart attack and brought her to hospital and she died on op table. She came face to face with God and said sheepishly I guess my time is up… and God said no you are still young you are only 50 plus and you are a NCCer - u can live till 120 years. She woke up and told the doctor and told the doc she just want to have something else done. So she had an extreme makeover. It took a few mths and as she stepped out of the hospital, a car knocked her down and she died - God was as surprised to see her as she was to be back there. Just then, the angels sheepishly admitted - they could not recognise her. Lol. ---------------------------------------------------------- From young, Pastor Prince has always said - "God said", "God can" - he has always possessed a good opinion of God. 14 years from moving to The Rock location - 2 x 7
Read more

What the Anointing Oil is & Prayer for the Anointing Oil

By -
Pastor Prince from New Creation Church has recently called upon the church members to use the Anointing Oil to bless every area of our lives. He had gone to Tiberius Church in Indonesia and seen how the anointing oil has made a difference to the Christians there. The senior pastor of Tiberius Church, Pastor Yesaya Pariadji, had been led by the Father to get his church to use the anointing oil radically. He had a vision of a biblical quotation when he was still not yet a Christian - he had no idea what it was. When he became a pastor, he finally understood what it meant. He felt very led to get his church to use anointing oil so they went ahead and used it; their testimonials are plentiful and amazing. Pastor Prince being a huge believer in Sola Scriptura, decided to discern further, pray about this and read up on the scriptural references on Anointing Oil before telling us to use it. He believes in doing things biblically - meaning we can be radical in our faith (for example our churc
Read more

Vision Sunday 2013 - The Keys of David (06.01.13) by Pastor Joseph Prince, New Creation Church Singapore. SERMON NOTES

By Daughter Of Sarah -
Good News -   Australia- Anonymous 6m ago sister went for eye test. Pressure was high and Doc say needed eye drops and needed to see specialist. Didn't want to have glaucoma. Took communion. Refused to worry. Worry is a choice. Went for check up and pressure was good. Eye pressure went further down in recent check up. Able to pursue career choice to be a pilot. All glory to Jesus.   Sister from our church. Charissa Three prayer requests and she felt troubled because 2/3 of her prayer request not met. Four days before last service, her request for her menstrual cycle resumed naturally! Then that week, her mother said her dad asked to go church with her and accepted Christ!! Her prayer requests were fulfilled at the very last time of the year and Jesus did it with such style.   Sermon starts- God sometimes may seem late but is always on time.   BLESSED NEW YEAR! Vision Sunday- day that God sets theme for our church this year.   Local church is where God pastors us. We are all univers
Read more