{"id":27232,"date":"2015-08-17T00:20:43","date_gmt":"2015-08-17T04:20:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/?p=27232"},"modified":"2015-08-16T13:38:08","modified_gmt":"2015-08-16T17:38:08","slug":"hold-fast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/2015\/08\/17\/hold-fast\/","title":{"rendered":"Hold Fast"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"SeekingHimLogo\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Where can I go from Your Spirit?<\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>Where can I flee from Your presence?<\/span><\/span>
\nIf I go up to the heavens, You are there;<\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>if I make my bed in the depths, You are there.<\/span><\/span>
\nIf I rise on the wings of the dawn,<\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>if I settle on the far side of the sea,<\/span><\/span>
\neven there Your hand will guide me,<\/span>
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 Y<\/span>our right hand will hold me fast.<\/span><\/span>
\nPsalms 139:7-10<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0* \u00a0 ~ \u00a0 \u2665 \u00a0 ~ \u00a0 \u271e \u00a0 ~ \u00a0 \u2665 \u00a0 ~ \u00a0 *<\/span><\/p>\n

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Hold me fast<\/span><\/em><\/strong>. \u00a0Imagine God’s hand sticking firmly to us…no matter where we are, where we go or how far we run; once we are His, God will never leave our side. \u00a0And, my friend, this is how God intends all of His relationships to be.<\/p>\n

In days of old, where you were born is where you typically stayed. \u00a0Perhaps you grew up in a small rural area, were educated there, and you were expected to go to work where your father worked or do the same things your mother did. \u00a0Kind of like Paul of Tarsus…Paul was born into the tribe of Benjamin. \u00a0The family’s trade was tentmaking so Paul would have to learn from his father, and he had the privilege of being chosen by\u00a0Gamaliel, a famous rabbi, from whom Paul learned a great many things.<\/p>\n

God had plans for Paul. \u00a0We may not see what our path is, but God does. Being trained by the best rabbi and becoming a Pharisee, Paul would know how to explain the plan of salvation in easy, simple terms, or be able to speak for hours defended why Jesus is the fulfillment of these scriptures. I mean, who else is God going to tell (as he did to Ananias):<\/p>\n

But the Lord said to Ananias,
\n“Go! This man is my chosen instrument
\nto proclaim My name to the Gentiles and their kings
\nand to the people of Israel.
\nI will show him how much he must suffer for My name.”
\nActs 9:15-16<\/p>\n

Can we be used in this way? \u00a0Yes, we can. \u00a0All we have to be is willing subjects to go and preach the Word, teach where we can, and spread the good news to all people as God opens those doors. \u00a0Who will answer the call? \u00a0Pray, seek, learn…and God will use you for His purpose.<\/p>\n

\u00a0* \u00a0~ \u00a0\u2665 \u00a0~ \u00a0\u271e \u00a0~ \u00a0\u2665 \u00a0~ \u00a0*<\/span><\/p>\n

Father, thank You for Your Word, inspired by the Holy Spirit to be written and shared by all who read and are blessed to understand. \u00a0For those who hear, let it enter their hearts to stay. \u00a0For those who do, laboring in your fields, planting, watering, and harvesting. \u00a0You give talents to each of us. \u00a0Let us use them to bring Your kingdom home. \u00a0Let Your kingdom come, Lord, let it come! \u00a0In Jesus’ name, \u00a0Amen!!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Where can I go from Your Spirit? \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Where can I flee from Your presence? If I go up to the heavens, You are there; \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0if I make my bed in the depths, You are there. If I rise on the wings of the dawn, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0if I settle on the far side of the sea, even […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3020],"tags":[9283,9282,3367,1287,425,9281,2057,9275,3174,1071,9280],"class_list":["post-27232","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-devotions","tag-acts-915-16","tag-ananais","tag-daily-devotions-2","tag-gch","tag-girlfriends-coffee-hour","tag-held-fast-in-gods-hand","tag-paul","tag-psalms-1397-10","tag-seeking-him-devotional","tag-tina-marin","tag-used-for-gods-purposes","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p39pHp-75e","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27232","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27232"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27232\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27264,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27232\/revisions\/27264"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27232"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27232"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27232"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}