We Are Marked

 

Shalom!!!

I was watching a movie this afternoon, Shepherd of the Hills.  It is an old movie but it has a great message.  Plus who doesn’t like John Wayne.  Any way, I have seen this movie at least 20 times and today I heard something I have never heard before in this movie.  The line that Betty Field, who plays Sammy, says is “Must be the Lord marks folks to favor a purpose.”  When she said that it went through me like a hot poker Wow.  That was such a true statement.  The word says that we are marked my God.  Ezekiel 9:4-6 says ⁴and the Lord said to him, “Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and put a mark on the foreheads of the men who sigh and cry over all the abominations that are done within it.”  ⁵To the others He said in my hearing, “Go after him through the city and kill; do not let your eye spare, nor have any pity. ⁶Utterly slay old and young men, maidens and little children and women; but do not come near anyone on whom is the mark; and begin at My sanctuary.” So they began with the elders who were before the temple.  We have been marked by God.  Not only marked but also sealed.  The word says in II Corinthians 1:21-22 “²¹Now He who establishes us with you in Christ and has anointed us is God, ²²who also has sealed us and given us the Spirit in our hearts as a guarantee.   Not only marked and sealed but with a guarantee.  To me that is amazing. When I was growing I heard about the mark of the beast a lot.  Well of course I grew up in fear.  So as you grow in the Lord you realize that every thing the enemy has is just counterfeit for what God has.  So with us being marked he can not get us where we live and have our being if we give him no place. (Ephesians 4:27)  So we are marked to favor a purpose.  God has given us each a calling.  We just need to seek Him to hear what His will is for our life.  We all have purpose. We have all been given purpose.  So don’t let the enemy tell you that you don’t have purpose or that you are not worthy or any thing like that.  We know that the devil is a liar. (John 8:44) So now that we know we have purpose and we are marked and sealed then the enemy can’t take it from us. When we find out what our calling is then we can study to show ourselves approved and as we decrease He will increase in our lives and life will be amazing.  So let us not fear any longer but grow in faith and know God’s got this and us.

By His Grace

Shalom