Dear Bros in Christ,

Proverbs 27:17 As iron sharpens iron, So a man sharpens the countenance of his friend.
Brothers in Christ, this weekly encouragement is sent and meant to be an encouragement to all and to build up and edify in the Lord Jesus Christ. Oikodome means "Builder". The Lord has put this on my heart to send out
a monthly Iron Man Oikodome {oy-kod-om-ay'} to build up and encourage the men who love and follow Jesus Christ in their walk with Him.
Hebrews 3:13 "But encourage one another daily, as long as it is called Today, so that none of you may be hardened by sin's deceitfulness."
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"For a mere moment I have forsaken you, But with great mercies I will gather
you. With a little wrath I hid My face from you for a moment; But with everlasting
kindness I will have mercy on you," Says the LORD, your Redeemer. [Isaiah 54:7-8
NKJV]

“EVERLASTING”

For a mere moment Israel was forsaken and the Lord comes back on the heels of
that forsakenness with great mercies. The forsakenness was temporary, a “mere
moment”… “But with everlasting kindness I will have mercy on you” The Lord
reminds them who He is in this statement; “Says the Lord, your Redeemer.”
Therein lies the guarantee, the promise comes by who He is, theirs, yours, and
ours; our Redeemer. He left them for a second, but He is going to have mercy on
them forever.

You know bros, it seems like we can get caught up and feel sorry for ourselves,
have great pity for ourselves and expect everyone else to have that great pity on
us as well when we get chasten or rebuked. But in reality it’s fleeting, it’s a mere
moment. Seems to last forever but it’s a mere moment. And maybe it almost
seems like we are never going to get through that mere moment. But when you
compare it and stack it up against this part of the above verse, “But with
everlasting kindness I will have mercy on you.” We then know it’s for our own
good, to teach us, to help us, to grow us and restore us…then comes the
“everlasting”

When you know Gods mercy and then think of His mercy with everlasting
kindness, that’s permanent, that’s endless, perpetual, and that’s eternal!

So whatever you are going through, if you are being corrected, chastened or have
fallen, backslidden or feel the forsakenness of the Lord because of sin in your
life, confess it, repent and submit to God. As His heart was for restoration for
Israel, so too does His heart desire to restore us to a right relationship with Him.
And know forsakenness is only for a mere moment and behind that He says “But
with everlasting kindness I will have mercy on you.”

Agape,
Pastor Daniel Wright
ironmanoikodome.org
Proverbs 27:17

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