In the midst of all storms

 I now understand what Paul meant when he wrote..."and deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage (Heb. 2:15)." Because when you're faced by a force that seems to have all the power, even over life and death, and you think you have no hope, it's easy to submit to its demands. This is how the devil operates. He convinces you that you have no options and that only by following him will you not be killed or brutally oppressed. Therefore, many do submit and become his slaves.

This must be how it felt in 1492 Spain for the Israelites living there. That year marked the end of the Moorish kingdoms of Spain and the rise of the most brutal and demonic force ever seen at the time- the Christians of Spain. They made it clear to the black Jews among them that their best option was conversion to the Catholic Chruch, or face being enslaved in Spain and the New World-soon to be called America. Or they could also be burned at the steak in a public spectacle (which is called lynching in America today and yesterday) along with having all their possessions stolen, including their children 14 years and younger to be given as gifts to the good white Christians of Spain and Europe as house slaves and pets. 

In these types of tremendous historical tragedies, it is quite easy to understand how one's mind and soul can be enslaved to an evil entity. Out of share horror and fear of death many gave up their faith, denied their heritage and hid it from their children. But what the devil failed to realize was that the God of Jacob gave his people a weapon to conquer fear, even death and the devil. And that weapon is His holy spirit and his words which he put into their inward parts-the mind. He has said that these, the spirit and the word, will never depart from Jacob, even to a thousand generations (Is. 59:21). The devil failed to understand in his war against the Israelites, that his victory was only short-term. God would never abandon the Israelites to the wicked, no matter how much cruelty they spued out.  Jacob is forever destined to rise again according to God's holy words.

So, we, the children of Jacob today, in America, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Spain, Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and around the globe, where we have been scattered by our enemies, can find peace, hope, and strength to stand up to the powers of this present evil world, and say no to lies and the enslavement of our minds and souls by this amazing act of God towards us. Because of his word in us we are not afraid of death anymore, nor of the devil and his angels. We found a way out through the holy scriptures which God gave to us by his holy spirit which abides with us always (Rom. 3:1-4).

Therefore, the more I believe the word of God and the more I pray, my hope grows; and I find peace, strength, courage, and wisdom to endure all things. I know that God cannot lie and all that he has said will come to pass (Num. 23:19, Titus 1:1,2). This, then, is my peace in the midst of all storms (Matt.7: 24,25,26,27, 28,29).

Joel 3:7, 8

Behold, I will raise them out of the place whither ye have sold them, and will return your recompence upon your own head:

And I will sell your sons and your daughters into the hand of the children of Judah, and they shall sell them to the Sabeans, to a people far off: for the Lord hath spoken it.

-Zarach

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 The anchor of our soul is Christ. But it's easy to generalize this statement to mean Christ the person only. In this generalization, if one knows the history and believes in the person of Jesus of Nazareth, then he is right with God or in good standing with God. This, however, is not the case. Just knowing the historical Jesus is not enough.

To understand why this is so, you would need to understand what Christ represent. In the gospel of John, the book opens with a clear definition of who Christ is, what his mission was, and what he represents. He is the eternal word called God, according to the scriptures, that proceed from God the Father. He is the literal spoken word of God, which is so powerful that it takes on a unique spirit or life on its own. Yet, it is in complete union with God the Father, for it is his very spoken word. The book of Isaiah 55:11 also states that God's word is spoken in order to accomplish the will or purposes of God. Its mission is to fulfil the prophecies and instructions of God in the earth and throughout the galaxies.  Hence, all that is spoken by God will come to pass, because Christ or the word of God will bring it to pass. In fact, it was Christ at the foundation of the earth and the heavens who was that creative and powerful spirit that made all things as God the Father instructed him to do. 

Christ is the eternal word of God. And the expectation of man's relation to the word of God is one of obedience according to the scriptures. Therefore, for Christ, who is the word of God, to be your soul's anchor you must obey him. Now, to obey him is not do what we think God might want us to do out of our own understanding or ideas of what is right or wrong. God has left man a clear document on what is just and right before Him in the Bible. He has caused this word to be transmuted from the spirit realm or the unseen world into our physical world where man dwells by sending the spirt of Christ into holy men and prophets to write it down in the books of the Bible for us (2 Peter 1:20,21). Starting with Moses, the man of God and a prince of the children of Israel, who was commanded by God to write down all the law, the judgments, instructions, and prophecy showed him in a book for the people to read continually for the intent that they may learn of their God, obey all his laws, and have faith in his prophecy concerning them and all mankind (Deut. 31:9-13). And finally with Christ, who straightly commanded all who would trust in God through his teaching of God's word that they should demonstrate their love of God by obeying the words written in the scripture (John 14:23-24). And if a man, he continued, would not obey the teaches of the scripture, then he does not truly love God or him- God's Messiah and son. Therefore, if Christ is the true anchor of one's soul, that soul is one who obeys God according to the scriptures as taught by his son-the word of God. If we say he is our anchor, we should obey him according to the word written in the Bible (John 7:37,38).

Shalam,

Zarach

I rise

 I rise, over the mountains.

I come, spreading light in seven directions.

My body clothed in light.

My spirit connected to the Holy Spirit.

The day is getting brighter and brighter.

The darkness has passed. 

-Zarach

When I am afraid

 When I am afraid,

I put my trust in you (Ps. 56:3)

I am not ashamed to admit I need you, Father.

The storms and the waves of the oceans rose up against me,

but I will trust in you.

You forsake none that Hope in you.

-Zarach 

Pen

 Pen in my right hand

Prolific writer

Poet with every letter I drop

Prophet, flowing in the Spirit

Publishing gospel with every word

Print it, copy it, save it, make it immortal

Path in the sand leading man

to the Father of creation.

-Zarach

God Loves me

 God loves me,

This I know.

When I was miles from Zion,

at the end of heaven

You looked down 

in search of me.

My life was precious 

in your eyes.

My survival was your mission.

You said, I was you anointed

and all that desired to take my life

are miserable and cursed.

God loves me.

And I know this.

-Zarach