Everlasting Love, Unfailing Covenant 8-11-08

Good morning, Lord Jesus. Be the first thought I think and the first name I speak on this new day. ... "At that time, says the Lord, I will be the God of the families of Israel, and they shall be My people.... I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore I have continued My faithfulness to you.... See, I am going to bring them from the land of the north, and gather them from the farthest parts of the earth, among them the blind and the lame, those with child and those in labor, together, a great company, they shall return here" (Jeremiah 31:1-8). These are exciting days of the fulfillment Your words You have spoken and written through Your prophets thousands of years ago about the return of the families of Israel to their land. You said, "In the latter days you will understand this" (v. 30:24). These are those latter days. You are beginning to open the eyes of the world and even Your church to understand that Your Word will never return void, Your covenant will never be broken, and Your everlasting love will never fail. Every prophecy of the return and peace of Your people will be fulfilled. And by Your grace, since the miraculous reestablishment of the nation of Israel in 1948, we've been seeing it happening before our eyes in these latter days -- whether we have known or acknowledged what we have seen or not. All the journey of the Jewish people You chose from before the foundations of the earth is a journey to teach us all Your nature and our nature, Your faithfulness and our unfaithfulness, Your steadfast, everlasting love and mercy and our eternal need of it. "These things happened to them to serve as an example, and they were written down to instruct us, on whom the ends of the age have come" (1 Corinthians 10:11). And through their example, we see You are faithful to Your Word and faithful to Your people, for "God is faithful" (v. 10:13). Last night, we stretched out our hands and hearts to our dear friends with our ministry, Bob and Doris McCray, to be commissioned as the state-wide representatives for Ezra International Ministries in Kentucky. You've been using this ministry to bring Your people home "from the land of the north" and "from the farthest parts of the earth" (Jeremiah 31:8). Just over the last few years, You've used this ministry to bring over 70,000 Jewish people home to Israel from the north land of the former Soviet Union such as Russia, Georgia, Ukraine, and many others. Among them are the poorest of the poor. Though "with weeping they shall come," You gather them to the land You have prepared for them where "they shall come and sing aloud on the height of Zion, and they shall be radiant over the goodness of the Lord" (Jeremiah 31:9-12). You are fulfilling Your promise, "I will rejoice in doing good to them, and I will plant them in this land in faithfulness, with all My heart and all My soul" (v. 32:41). In the land of their ancient home, knowing the fulfillment of every covenant promise, You are opening their eyes of Your people to see You as You are. As is already beginning to happen in astounding moves of Your Spirit, one day all Your people who are called by Your name will see You and embrace You their faithful Messiah and coming King. "And I will pour out a spirit of compassion and supplication on the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that, when they look on the One whom they have pierced, they shall mourn for Him as one mourns for an only child, and weep bitterly over Him, as one weeps over a firstborn.... On that day a fountain shall be opened for the House of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, to cleanse them from sin and impurity.... They will call on My name, and I will answer them. I will say, 'They are My people'; and they will say, 'The Lord is our God' " (Zechariah 12:10 - 13:9). "And so all Israel will be saved, as it is written, 'Out of Zion will come the Deliverer; He will banish ungodliness from Jacob.' And this is My covenant with them, when I take away their sins" (Romans 11:26-27). Thank You for choosing to allow us to be alive in these exciting days when all prophecies are beginning to be fulfilled, when Your Spirit is moving in the hearts people of all nations to prepare the way of the Lord. Thank You for letting me and our ministry be a part of Your ministry of everlasting love to Your chosen people and all people who put their hope and trust in You (John 3:16). You are the Messiah of Israel, the Christ of all nations, our soon and coming King (Revelation 22:12-21). In Jesus' name I pray, Amen. Be encouraged today! In the Love of Jesus, Tommy Hays Friends, we are excited about this bonding in this dimension of our ministry, through Bob and Doris McCray, with Ezra International Ministries: http://www.ezrausa.org/ Bob and Doris will be traveling with Barry Wagner to Kiev, Ukraine next month to gather Jewish people from that region to return to Israel. Please join us in praying for God's peace, protection, and wisdom to all the people of this land (Psalm 122:6). Order our Ministry Resources at: www.shop.messiah-ministries.org Come to The Fountain! on the 3rd Friday night of every month for our ministry's gathering of the body of Christ from every tradition and stream to worship the Lord in Sprit and in Truth. Come drink deeply from the Living Waters in the freedom of the Spirit. 7 pm in the chapel at Centenary. All are welcome. Call for details: 859-422-1794 Come to the Mountain! every Monday night at 7 pm to pray for Israel and the peace of Jerusalem led by Doris and Bob McCray of our ministry. Hosted in the upstairs community room of First Southern National Bank at 3060 Harrodsburg Rd in Lexington. Contact Doris at bndmccray@windstream.net All are welcome! Subscribe free by email to Messiah Ministries -- MessiahMin@aol.com -- "Preparing the Way of the Lord ... Ministering the Healing Love of God" www.messiah-ministries.org 2800 Tates Creek Rd; Lexington, KY 40502