King James Version, with Nii Okai's journal notes · 3 notes
1Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall rule in judgment.
2And a man shall be as an hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land.
3And the eyes of them that see shall not be dim, and the ears of them that hear shall hearken.
4The heart also of the rash shall understand knowledge, and the tongue of the stammerers shall be ready to speak plainly.
5The vile person shall be no more called liberal, nor the churl said to be bountiful.
6For the vile person will speak villany, and his heart will work iniquity, to practise hypocrisy, and to utter error against the LORD, to make empty the soul of the hungry, and he will cause the drink of the thirsty to fail.
7The instruments also of the churl are evil: he deviseth wicked devices to destroy the poor with lying words, even when the needy speaketh right.
8But the liberal deviseth liberal things; and by liberal things shall he stand.
9Rise up, ye women that are at ease; hear my voice, ye careless daughters; give ear unto my speech.
10Many days and years shall ye be troubled, ye careless women: for the vintage shall fail, the gathering shall not come.
11Tremble, ye women that are at ease; be troubled, ye careless ones: strip you, and make you bare, and gird sackcloth upon your loins.
12They shall lament for the teats, for the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vine.
13Upon the land of my people shall come up thorns and briers; yea, upon all the houses of joy in the joyous city:
14Because the palaces shall be forsaken; the multitude of the city shall be left; the forts and towers shall be for dens for ever, a joy of wild asses, a pasture of flocks;
15Until the spirit be poured upon us from on high, and the wilderness be a fruitful field, and the fruitful field be counted for a forest.
All we need is the Spirit. Are you in an impossible place? Do you find yourself entangled and in a web 🕸 of life's many troubles?
Trust in God, give yourself to prayer and seeking after his Spirit's guidance, and he that called the things that be not as though they were will bring life and light to you.
Romans 4:17 KJV
(As it is written, I have made thee a father of many nations,) before him whom he believed, even God, who quickeneth the dead, and calleth those things which be not as though they were.
I leave you with this final scripture:
2 Corinthians 4:6 KJV
For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
The Spirit of the Lord brings us peace, peace of mind and rest to our minds and our bodies.
There is a peace that his presence brings.
He gives us the ability to obey the word of God. To walk according to the precepts of God written 📝 on our hearts 💕 and conscience 🧠.
Sometimes you know the right thing to do but just can't do it. Indeed, many times that is the case.
But the Spirit enables us to do his will. Especially the things that are our weaknesses.
Especially in our generation, where we have been lured into addictions.
Addictions of sex, drunkenness, lewdness, materialism etc.
His Spirit helps us break all those yokes and bondages.
Isaiah 10:27 KJV
And it shall come to pass in that day, that his burden shall be taken away from off thy shoulder, and his yoke from off thy neck, and the yoke shall be destroyed because of the anointing.
And he blesses us, guides us into hidden riches.
And shows us our role in the kingdom 👑 and enables us to do it.
He shows us judgements and wisdom. Just like the spirit upon Moses was given to the 70 elders to enable them to judge Israel 🇮🇱.
Numbers 11:25 KJV
And the LORD came down in a cloud, and spake unto him, and took of the spirit that was upon him, and gave it unto the seventy elders: and it came to pass, that, when the spirit rested upon them, they prophesied, and did not cease.
His Spirit is all we need. When he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he changes everything and aligns us to his will, his word and his ways.
16Then judgment shall dwell in the wilderness, and righteousness remain in the fruitful field.
17And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness quietness and assurance for ever.
18And my people shall dwell in a peaceable habitation, and in sure dwellings, and in quiet resting places;
19When it shall hail, coming down on the forest; and the city shall be low in a low place.
20Blessed are ye that sow beside all waters, that send forth thither the feet of the ox and the ass.
Good business advice, a blessing for the businessman: the producer who sows beside all waters, which yields fields for the ox 🐂 and donkey.