IDOK DEVOTION FOR TUESDAY, JANUARY 6, 2009
We have all heard and most likely have said ourselves: “I have a bone to pick with you” or “I have to bone up for this test” or we may have used the phrase ‘bone of contention’. And we all know what we mean when we use these phrases. Pursuant to freedictionary.com bone of contention is described: the subject of a dispute. Bone to pick: grounds for a complaint or dispute. Bone up: to study intensely. And there are other uses but we will move along here. So what started me to thinking about bones? Glad you asked.
I sat down at my desk, looked down at my Bible opened on my desk and started to read at Psalm 34: 19.
19 Many evils confront the [consistently] righteous, but the Lord delivers him out of them all. And I thought this is GOOD, maybe a place to begin for Tuesday’s IDOK. And then I read verse 20.
He keeps all his bones; not one of them is broken. And then I read 21 and 22.
21 Evil shall cause the death of the wicked; and they who hate the just and righteous shall be held guilty and shall be condemned.
22 The Lord redeems the lives of His servants, and none of those who take refuge and trust in Him shall be condemned or held guilty.
And then I thought why is verse 20 in this passage? I recognized it to be speaking of Jesus as none of His bones were broken. And I wondered does it apply in any way to us too. So my search began and I have uncovered more than I can digest in many ‘meals’ and certainly more than this one IDOK will hold.
Exodus 12 and Numbers 9 give instructions regarding the Passover Lamb and you know the Passover Lamb eaten in Egypt was a foreshadowing of our Jesus. Ex. 12:46 In one house shall it be eaten [by one company]; you shall not carry any of the flesh outside the house; neither shall you break a bone of it. Numbers 9:12They shall leave none of it until the morning nor break any bone of it; according to all the statutes for the Passover they shall keep it.
And so that thought was settled. But does the passage have other truth for us? So I returned The Rule of First Mention. When was bone first mentioned in Scripture and how many times is it mentioned? Genesis 2:23 Then Adam said, This [creature] is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of a man. And how many times? In the Old Testament, King James Version, 98 verses.
Then I consulted my on line Hebrew Lexicon and found the Hebrew word for BONE does not have many variations. The first usage was this: the original Hebrew word for Bone looks like this ~c[ and the transliterated word is ‘etsem and means bone, essence, substance. ~c[ comes from the primitive root word ~c[ which does not look any different to me but the transliterated word is slightly different. Atsam. And this meaning is to be vast, be numerous, be mighty, to make strong, make mighty.
I hurriedly skimmed the 98 verses and came to this conclusion: ABBA is serious about BONES and our Hebrew brothers and sisters took Him seriously regarding BONES.
It does not take a rocket scientist to figure out our human frames without bones, well they would not work. I’d say they are vastly important and they are numerous. I read our bodies contain 200 different bones. And think about this of all those 200 bones with the beatings and the crucifixion not ONE of Jesus bones were broken – not even those three little bones in His inner ear. AWESOME! And we are not finished just yet. We covered vast and numerous but we must move on to mighty, to make strong, make mighty. I can see that from a human viewpoint. That is what our bones do for us. Right? And all we have to do is break one of our bones and boy do we experience a ‘power shortage’.
Verse 19: 19 Many evils confront the [consistently] righteous, but the Lord delivers him out of them all. Yes HE does. He does it because NOT ONE OF HIS BONES WERE BROKEN. He is fully mighty, He is our Strong Man, our God-Man. And because He is, He is able in us to be mighty, to be strong, to keep us standing, to keep us up and steady. He is our framework, He is the ‘skeleton’ that holds up and holds us together. Our bones do get broken, without Him we are lame and cannot walk, without Him we have no strength, we are not mighty and we are not strong; but in Him and He in us – we have His Frame, His ‘skeleton’, His Bones and not one of them is broken. There is no weakness in Him, there is no falling, no failing. He is mighty God and He is able.
22 The Lord redeems the lives of His servants, and none of those who take refuge and trust in Him shall be condemned or held guilty.
Amen and amen! And certainly there is much more but the LORD knows ‘my frame’ and this is as far as I can go for now. Love you all.
ABBA, I am overwhelmed with this, do what You can with this for our IDOKs. Thank You for them. You are our Strong and Mighty One and I am in this moment entrusting every one of them to You and every one named in our list below. You are able, LORD. You are able . Thank You. And ABBA we love You. Thank You for loving us. Amen and amen.
Unspoken Requests – situations so close you can only speak to Father about. Walt. Kay E. Phillip. Margie and Craig. Sandra. Dot B. Terry and family. Julia O. Ann C. Stan and Jowanna and Family. Carolyn. Mary. Mabel. Joan. Jodi H. David T’s Family. Kimberly. Shay and Emma’s Kids (orphanage in Zambia) Ministry. Susan D. Jason A and his mother. Wayne B. Melinda H. Trisha. Patti’s Family. Brennan and his family. Joshua. Branson. The O’Brien family. Kim and her Fiancee. Jonathan. Mabel’s Aunt Lou. Heather and Brandon. Bernie. Darlene and Torkel. Edie G. Rachel. W C and family. Maggie and Family. Dylan. Joseph Toomey and Family. DeLois. Terri. Kim T. Kevin and the children. Katelyn (B). Janie B. Vickie. J Lloyd and family. Janet and Steve. Cathy. Caleb and family. Bay and family. Jennifer B. John and Carolyn and Family. Larry and Claudia and family. Taylor & family. David & Allison. Jeanette and Earl and family. Callie. Madie. Ruth. Cynthia. Martha F and Bob. Allyson and Glyn and family. Brittney and Kersten and family. Sheila and Andy. Carrie and Rachel and Jacob and family. Billy and Gina and boys. Lance and family. Grace and family. Tressa. Brad, Lindsay, Karah and Haley. Chuck. Windy and Jared and families. Helen and Dan and family. Jen and Larry and family. Mollie and family. Julia. Bobbie. Tj. Zack. Phillip. Jessica. Larry. Lance. Candance and Family. Laura and family. John and Sandy. Bill and Judy. Andrew and Daughters. Lee. Sharron and family, Linda and family, Bev and Family, Mollie B.
Public and Private School Teachers.
Every IDOK and every IDOK son and daughter and grandchild.
Every IDOK Pastor and Family. Every IDOK church.
IDOKs Military Families.
IDOKs Troops (foreign soil) – Ethan. Christopher. Raul. Robert. Billy. Josh. Buddy. Mark. Josh W. James. Bryan. Nick. Brant W. Christopher R. Joshua M. Brent. Drew. Justin G. Kyle N. Michael K. Sgt. Bozicevich. Bay N. T. Palin. John L. Richard M. Adam M. Bobby G. (added 12/16/08) Tommy T.
IDOK Troops leaving shortly for foreign soil: Brandon B.
Serving Stateside: Jonathan. Jasmine B. Shaun. Bay. Danny. Lee. George. Travis N. Hawk. Justin G.
Injured: Lukas S. (11/30/08) http://www.strafford1st.com/page25/page26/page26.html
I sat down at my desk, looked down at my Bible opened on my desk and started to read at Psalm 34: 19.
19 Many evils confront the [consistently] righteous, but the Lord delivers him out of them all. And I thought this is GOOD, maybe a place to begin for Tuesday’s IDOK. And then I read verse 20.
He keeps all his bones; not one of them is broken. And then I read 21 and 22.
21 Evil shall cause the death of the wicked; and they who hate the just and righteous shall be held guilty and shall be condemned.
22 The Lord redeems the lives of His servants, and none of those who take refuge and trust in Him shall be condemned or held guilty.
And then I thought why is verse 20 in this passage? I recognized it to be speaking of Jesus as none of His bones were broken. And I wondered does it apply in any way to us too. So my search began and I have uncovered more than I can digest in many ‘meals’ and certainly more than this one IDOK will hold.
Exodus 12 and Numbers 9 give instructions regarding the Passover Lamb and you know the Passover Lamb eaten in Egypt was a foreshadowing of our Jesus. Ex. 12:46 In one house shall it be eaten [by one company]; you shall not carry any of the flesh outside the house; neither shall you break a bone of it. Numbers 9:12They shall leave none of it until the morning nor break any bone of it; according to all the statutes for the Passover they shall keep it.
And so that thought was settled. But does the passage have other truth for us? So I returned The Rule of First Mention. When was bone first mentioned in Scripture and how many times is it mentioned? Genesis 2:23 Then Adam said, This [creature] is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of a man. And how many times? In the Old Testament, King James Version, 98 verses.
Then I consulted my on line Hebrew Lexicon and found the Hebrew word for BONE does not have many variations. The first usage was this: the original Hebrew word for Bone looks like this ~c[ and the transliterated word is ‘etsem and means bone, essence, substance. ~c[ comes from the primitive root word ~c[ which does not look any different to me but the transliterated word is slightly different. Atsam. And this meaning is to be vast, be numerous, be mighty, to make strong, make mighty.
I hurriedly skimmed the 98 verses and came to this conclusion: ABBA is serious about BONES and our Hebrew brothers and sisters took Him seriously regarding BONES.
It does not take a rocket scientist to figure out our human frames without bones, well they would not work. I’d say they are vastly important and they are numerous. I read our bodies contain 200 different bones. And think about this of all those 200 bones with the beatings and the crucifixion not ONE of Jesus bones were broken – not even those three little bones in His inner ear. AWESOME! And we are not finished just yet. We covered vast and numerous but we must move on to mighty, to make strong, make mighty. I can see that from a human viewpoint. That is what our bones do for us. Right? And all we have to do is break one of our bones and boy do we experience a ‘power shortage’.
Verse 19: 19 Many evils confront the [consistently] righteous, but the Lord delivers him out of them all. Yes HE does. He does it because NOT ONE OF HIS BONES WERE BROKEN. He is fully mighty, He is our Strong Man, our God-Man. And because He is, He is able in us to be mighty, to be strong, to keep us standing, to keep us up and steady. He is our framework, He is the ‘skeleton’ that holds up and holds us together. Our bones do get broken, without Him we are lame and cannot walk, without Him we have no strength, we are not mighty and we are not strong; but in Him and He in us – we have His Frame, His ‘skeleton’, His Bones and not one of them is broken. There is no weakness in Him, there is no falling, no failing. He is mighty God and He is able.
22 The Lord redeems the lives of His servants, and none of those who take refuge and trust in Him shall be condemned or held guilty.
Amen and amen! And certainly there is much more but the LORD knows ‘my frame’ and this is as far as I can go for now. Love you all.
ABBA, I am overwhelmed with this, do what You can with this for our IDOKs. Thank You for them. You are our Strong and Mighty One and I am in this moment entrusting every one of them to You and every one named in our list below. You are able, LORD. You are able . Thank You. And ABBA we love You. Thank You for loving us. Amen and amen.
Unspoken Requests – situations so close you can only speak to Father about. Walt. Kay E. Phillip. Margie and Craig. Sandra. Dot B. Terry and family. Julia O. Ann C. Stan and Jowanna and Family. Carolyn. Mary. Mabel. Joan. Jodi H. David T’s Family. Kimberly. Shay and Emma’s Kids (orphanage in Zambia) Ministry. Susan D. Jason A and his mother. Wayne B. Melinda H. Trisha. Patti’s Family. Brennan and his family. Joshua. Branson. The O’Brien family. Kim and her Fiancee. Jonathan. Mabel’s Aunt Lou. Heather and Brandon. Bernie. Darlene and Torkel. Edie G. Rachel. W C and family. Maggie and Family. Dylan. Joseph Toomey and Family. DeLois. Terri. Kim T. Kevin and the children. Katelyn (B). Janie B. Vickie. J Lloyd and family. Janet and Steve. Cathy. Caleb and family. Bay and family. Jennifer B. John and Carolyn and Family. Larry and Claudia and family. Taylor & family. David & Allison. Jeanette and Earl and family. Callie. Madie. Ruth. Cynthia. Martha F and Bob. Allyson and Glyn and family. Brittney and Kersten and family. Sheila and Andy. Carrie and Rachel and Jacob and family. Billy and Gina and boys. Lance and family. Grace and family. Tressa. Brad, Lindsay, Karah and Haley. Chuck. Windy and Jared and families. Helen and Dan and family. Jen and Larry and family. Mollie and family. Julia. Bobbie. Tj. Zack. Phillip. Jessica. Larry. Lance. Candance and Family. Laura and family. John and Sandy. Bill and Judy. Andrew and Daughters. Lee. Sharron and family, Linda and family, Bev and Family, Mollie B.
Public and Private School Teachers.
Every IDOK and every IDOK son and daughter and grandchild.
Every IDOK Pastor and Family. Every IDOK church.
IDOKs Military Families.
IDOKs Troops (foreign soil) – Ethan. Christopher. Raul. Robert. Billy. Josh. Buddy. Mark. Josh W. James. Bryan. Nick. Brant W. Christopher R. Joshua M. Brent. Drew. Justin G. Kyle N. Michael K. Sgt. Bozicevich. Bay N. T. Palin. John L. Richard M. Adam M. Bobby G. (added 12/16/08) Tommy T.
IDOK Troops leaving shortly for foreign soil: Brandon B.
Serving Stateside: Jonathan. Jasmine B. Shaun. Bay. Danny. Lee. George. Travis N. Hawk. Justin G.
Injured: Lukas S. (11/30/08) http://www.strafford1st.com/page25/page26/page26.html
Military at home – Tim. Mack. The 226. Troy. Brad. Tommy. Desi. Edward J. Lyndon A. Jason G. Captain Tran
The Peace of Israel.
Revival in America.
As I post this it is 33°F and partly cloudy in Al Asad, IQ & the time there is 8:25 AM AST – on January 6, 2009.
The Peace of Israel.
Revival in America.
As I post this it is 33°F and partly cloudy in Al Asad, IQ & the time there is 8:25 AM AST – on January 6, 2009.
I enjoyed my interview. At this time, I cannot speculate or venture an opinion as to my placement with the other applicants. When I know more, I’ll let you know. Thank you for your prayers. It was my most relaxed interview ever, I think.
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