My very first blog post was about fear. I was fearful to put my words out there for the world to read, but overcame that fear with the Lord’s help.

I was perusing Ezra recently and came to this verse. “Despite their fear of the people around them, they built the altar on its foundation and sacrificed burnt offerings on it to the Lord, both the morning and evening sacrifices.” (Ezra 3:3 – NIV)

They were fearful. There were plenty of folks around them who didn’t want to see the temple rebuilt and especially didn’t want to see the altar in use again. But despite their fear, they relied on the courage of the Lord and built the altar.

What are you fearful of? What is keeping you from following through on God’s Word to you? Will you allow fear to keep you frozen in place? I pray that you, like these brave men in Ezra’s day will move past your fear and do what God has asked of you. Remember, He is with you and will give you the courage you need to remove fear from your life.

Today’s repeat blog post will inspire and encourage. Blessings upon your day!

He Is

I heard a song years ago that I thought was unique. The songwriters went through the Books of the Bible and mention how Jesus was presented or represented or even what He does in each book. I heard it again yesterday.

So today, I bring you the lyrics to this and a link to where you can listen to it as well. I pray that you will be encouraged by this piece of music and that perhaps it is one way to memorize the Books of the Bible. I pray that you might also be encouraged by the many characteristics of our Savior.
“HE IS”

In Genesis, He’s the breath of life
In Exodus, the Passover Lamb
In Leviticus, He’s our High Priest
Numbers, the fire by night
Deuteronomy, He’s Moses’ voice

 
In Joshua, He is salvation’s choice
Judges, law giver
In Ruth, the kinsmen-redeemer
First and second Samuel, our trusted prophet
In Kings and Chronicles, He’s sovereign

Ezra, true and faithful scribe
Nehemiah, He’s the rebuilder of broken walls and lives
In Esther, He’s Mordecai’s courage
In Job, the timeless Redeemer
In Psalms, He is our morning song

In Proverbs, wisdom’s cry
Ecclesiastes, the time and season
In the Song of Solomon, He is the lover’s dream

He is, He is, HE IS!

In Isaiah, He’s Prince of Peace
Jeremiah, the weeping prophet
In Lamentations, the cry for Israel
Ezekiel, He’s the call from sin
In Daniel, the stranger in the fire

In Hosea, He is forever faithful
In Joel, He’s the Spirits power
In Amos, the arms that carry us
In Obadiah, He’s the Lord our Savior
In Jonah, He’s the great missionary

In Micah, the promise of peace
In Nahum, He is our strength and our shield
In Habakkuk and Zephaniah, He’s pleading for revival
In Haggai, He restores a lost heritage
In Zechariah, our fountain

In Malachi, He is the son of righteousness rising with healing in His wings

He is, He is, HE IS!

In Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, He is God, Man, Messiah
In the book of Acts, He is fire from heaven
In Romans, He’s the grace of God
In Corinthians, the power of love
In Galatians, He is freedom from the curse of sin

Ephesians, our glorious treasure
Philippians, the servants heart
In Colossians, He’s the Godhead Trinity
Thessalonians, our coming King
In Timothy, Titus, Philemon He’s our mediator and our faithful Pastor

In Hebrews, the everlasting covenant
In James, the one who heals the sick.
In First and Second Peter, he is our Shepherd
In John and in Jude, He is the lover coming for His bride
In the Revelation, He is King of Kings and Lord of Lords

He is, He is, HE IS!

The Prince of Peace
The Son of Man
The Lamb of God
The great I AM

He’s the Alpha and Omega
Our God and our Savior
He is Jesus Christ the Lord
and when time is no more
He is, HE IS![i]

If you want to listen to this song, click here. What I find wonderful about this link is that the person who put this Youtube video together took the time to reference each term or characteristic in that particular book. For further study, you could look up each reference.

Who is Jesus to you? Perhaps one of these phrases spoke clearly to you today. Perhaps the author of this song missed your favorite description of Jesus. If so, I’d love to hear about it.

I pray that you have found encouragement today through this piece of music. I was certainly encouraged yesterday and again today as I listened to it. What a wonderful Savior Jesus is!

Grace and peace be yours in abundance,

Donna

[i] “HE IS,” Words by Jeoffrey Benward & Jeff Silvey, ©1994 Star Song