Without faith in ourselves, we do not have faith in Him!

Yesha’yahu 43: 1-3a But now this is what YHVH says, He who created you, Ya’akov, He who formed you, Isra’el: “Don’t be afraid, for I have redeemed you; I am calling you by your name; you are mine. When you pass through water, I will be with you; when you pass through rivers, they will not overwhelm you; when you walk through fire, you will not be scorched – the flame will not burn you. For I am YHVH, your Elohim, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior –

Yirmeyahu 33:2-3 “Thus says YHVH the maker, YHVH who formed the universe so as to keep directing it – YHVH is His name; ‘Call out to me, and I will answer you – I will tell you great things, hidden things of which you are unaware’”

The above passages from Yesha’yahu (Isaiah) and Yirmeyahu (Jeremiah) are very straight forward. For me, they say YHVH who created me will protect me in all situations and adversity. They tell me that He created me along with the entire universe to be His and follow Him. He seems to have an ‘open door’ policy. I am permitted to call upon Him at any time, day or night. He is telling me there is no reason for me to spend one moment in despair or aggravation. This is quite a bit of undertaking by someone whom I cannot see! In order to accept the above passages, and all the passages of the Word of YHVH, I am expected to trust, have faith and just simply obey. How in the world can I do that? Just trust and obey, show a little faith, sit quiet and be patient and wait and the miracles will happen before my very eyes! Right! That is all that it takes!

How in the world am I going to do all that? First off, I must get my head out of the world! I will not be able to do all that is stated above as long as I am attempting to be worldly and look for an ‘out of this world’ experience. Unless I have faith in myself, to do what He asks of me, then my faith in Him, YHVH, will not mature. Reading the Bible and reciting all the nice verses and wowing my fellow congregants is not enough. As it is written, faith without works is dead. I need to develop faith within my own self to demonstrate to my Father in Heaven that I fully trust Him. I trust Him with my life! It is not ‘MY’ life, it is His Life. He created it (me)! He wants to enjoy time with it! He entrusted me to be a part of it. As Jeremiah said; He formed the universe so as to keep directing it…all I have to do is call out to Him and He will reply. Even better, more will become known to me than what I imagined. He will tell me great things, hidden things that I haven’t the foggiest notion of. He will do this because He develops a trust in me. He knows Himself well and trusts Himself. He is showing me that He knows and trusts me because I follow Him. This makes it all the more important that I get to know myself well and trust myself! What an awesome relationship is forming.

My faith in me will not occur as long as I have even one fleeting thought of not being able to be Torah compliant. Faith in myself to be Torah compliant will occur when I stop treating myself as less than my neighbor. If I am able to believe and accept that YHVH, Elohim, created the entire universe, of which I am a part, then what stops me from believing that I can follow Him? Remember, He wants to direct His creation continually. His continually directing me occurs when I continuously strive to follow the precepts of Torah.

Shalom, be blessed

Pinchas a/k/a Frankly Speaking 

Dayenu! Do I ask for more when less would be sufficient!

There comes a time in a person’s life when we ask, “Have I taken on too much?"  There comes a time when we may even ask, “Why, Father, do you want me to do this?” I have not questioned YHVH with a “why” or “how come” statement from the moment He permitted me to open my eyes and see just what it is I am here to do. I do not and will not question Him… But let me tell you, I question me a lot!

There are times when I ask myself “what in the world were you thinking Frankie Bee to even hint that you could do this or do that?” Why is it that I can’t keep my mouth shut? The answer to these questions was given to me this week from sources I would never have imagined even knew of my dismay. And the sources are not even aware, as far as I know, just how much they have helped me. The answers came without me asking.. The answers came because I “just happened to be there” praying to be away from “there” and about my Father’s business. Maybe the answers came because my Father was about His own business.

Don’t misunderstand. I was not and do not pretend that I can do the Father’s job. I go about my Father’s business because I work for the Father. He’s the boss. And so when I hear comments like, “I just got so caught up with all the rules and laws, I LOST INTEREST!”… AND QUESTIONS LIKE “How can anyone say they believe in the Bible and not love Jesus?’ And the same person defends the pagan practices? How can the person with that question believe with heart, mind, body and soul in the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob and still not see or understand that we are to do what He says. It reeks havoc with me! Then I find myself complaining that a person I called upon to complete a task, of which he told me call whenever you are ready, does not respond for two days. I make a decision to find someone else whom I can depend on. Minutes later the phone rings and I'm told by this "non-dependable" person that I just deleted from my ‘call upon me’ list, that he apologizes for not getting back to me, but he just got in from his pre-op for cancer surgery!   How much more must I learn before I learn that the Father only puts on me what He knows I can handle. In other words, my Heavenly Father has faith and trust in me so much that He enjoins me on this earth to provide comfort and encouragement to His people! What an awesome responsibility! Anything more is of my doings. That means, I may be losing sight of my purpose in life.   He put me here with purpose! Dear Father Above, may I not ever let you down!

When I take control of my life (my self), am I possibly promoting myself to be a bit more righteous and a lot less humble? That too I heard this week! I was, not being singled out or put upon or lectured to, but tasting my own words: Strive for Righteousness;  Salvation only comes from YHVH! Please, YHVH, forgive me for my transgressions and please do not give me more than I can handle or less than what I need. I thank you so very much for permitting me to speak with and listen to all the peoples You have sent my way. Without them, I know deep in my heart, I would not have heard You.

These past couple of weeks, I have learned not to become so caught up in what I may think is doing the Father’s business. I am reminded to become caught up in living the Father’s Torah. There must be more than meets the eye, for He sure is supersizing His boot camp so we can all be prepared! (Ex 16:9-12)

Thank you all for your tolerance. You all teach me so much!

Shalom and Shalom with love and like!

Pinchas a/k/a Frankly Speaking