As a child of Yahweh, obedience is not a choice, it is required. From cover to cover, from Genesis to Revelation, the Holy Bible stresses the importance of obeying the law. In fact, in many places, it doesn’t just say obey it, but GUARD it. If you guard something, you protect it with everything in you. We should do that with the commandments of Yahweh.
A winepress looks much different now than it did in Yahusha’s day, but they operate on the same precept. Pressure is applied in some way to squeeze the grapes in order to get the grapes to release their sweet juice. Pressure cannot be applied indiscriminately, though; care must be exercised. The pressure has to be carefully controlled or the seeds inside will be crushed and will release bitter tannins into the juice, making the juice unpalatable and certainly not good for making wine.
For months we have had a huge jar of nuts. Did I mention it was huge? We didn’t want to eat it, but “it costs too much” to just throw away.
Have you ever been so hungry that once you were able to eat, you ate until you were so full you could barely move? Have you ever been so thirsty with your lips parched, your mouth dry, beads of salty sweat drying on your face and neck, so thirsty that you drank so much water…
My mother used to tell me, “waste not, want not.” I don’t know about you, but I get a little disgusted at having to throw away or compost what was once really good and delicious food! Food that we worked hard to make money to buy or to grow in our garden. Have you ever gotten to the end of the week or the end of batch cooking for the week and wondered what to do with the vegetables that are left over? You don’t want them to go to waste, but you don’t quite know what to do with them either.
As a nation, as a people, we are going the wrong way.
I love the two words “But God,” because when God intervenes, all hell can come against you and not stop the blessings and the purpose for which God has put you on the earth. I love how God uses real life to illustrate important concepts: like the process he uses to turn victim to victor,…
