God is Covering You!

Jeremiah 5:22
Do you not fear and reverence Me? says the Lord. Do you not tremble before Me? I placed the sand for the boundary of the sea, a perpetual barrier beyond which it cannot pass and by an everlasting ordinance beyond which it cannot go? And though the waves of the sea toss and shake themselves, yet they cannot prevail [against the feeble grains of sand which God has ordained by nature to be sufficient for His purpose]; though [the billows] roar, yet they cannot pass over that [barrier]. [Is not such a God to be reverently feared and worshiped?]

Amplified Bible

God Bless You! I'm so encouraged to read this scripture. I am not one to say i have a favorite scripture but I do have a few that truly encourage me and this is one of them.

In this scripture God is speaking through Jeremiah to his people. God is questioning their fear and respect towards Him. He really is asking them why don't they fear him. Why do we not fear or respect God? Why do we not always have his will and desires in the forefront of all we do? Why is God not number one in our lives? That's a topic for another day but so many times he is last on our minds. We should live to please God. The bible declares in Hebrews 11:5 that Enoch was taken to heaven and never faced death because he PLEASED GOD!

What intrigues me and encourages me in this scripture is the time God takes to explain his utter greatness. He declares in power and authority that it was Him who placed the sands as a perpetual barrier in which the sea shall never pass it. God declares he made a decree for all of time that the seas may not cross the sand. 

Maybe for a moment or for a day but they always go right back with the tide and never cross it completely. I relate this to the everyday cares of life. The issues we face and the hurts we experience. No matter what happens there is a barrier in you named JESUS that can never be crossed by any devil in hell let alone any issues you face today. No demon can cross it and no sickness can overcome it. No circumstance can make Him crumble and no situation can surprise Him.

God declared that though the seas make shake the sand they can never prevail! God has got you covered! God is covering us and though we may be shaken we are never broken. Though you may feel the waves of the ocean called life crashing at your shore it can not overcome you for if God is for you who can be against you? None.

Be encouraged! God has also raised a barrier around you called the church to keep you from being overcome. I love how the Amplified Bible declares how feeble and weak a grain of sand is but yet God made it enough to stop he oceans. Hasn't God made the smallest of things sufficient to protect you? I tell you the truth, God has got you covered. Sometimes people around you seem weak or even insufficient but yet God will cover you in everything.

For that reason is not God worthy of praise? For that reason he deserves our faithfulness! In everything you do he covers you. In your weakness God protects you and shelters you. In your mistakes he forgives you and in your failures he accomplishes a work in you. God has got you covered. Stay faithful and stay true!

Pastor Luis