Monday, January 15, 2024

Limitless Bounty!

            Here is the Hebrew text for “Ki le’olam chasdo.”  The Hebrew phrase “Ki le’olam chasdo” (כִּי לְעוֹלָם חַסְדּוֹ) translates to “For His mercy endures forever.” (Hebrew word study: Chaim Bentorah)

           In times faced with insurmountable problems, the relationship between hope and faith are very essential for the well being of a person, both spiritual and emotional and God had made it this way for the necessary fulfilling of life.

            Veils of our private sphere: when the enemy of our souls, buffets, pointing finger and says, “you are doomed, imperfect, you will starve, homeless, opposing factions with a series of verbal altercations, and when the challenges seem to appear as a series of rapid- fire encounters, …doom, doom, doom,” then one’s faith and confidence can be suddenly shaken. Fear can cripple a person, and a good example is the story of Elijah in 1Kings 19:4; Elijah was running for his life, fearful of Jezebel. In a situation like this to overcome the fear, faith and hope are the necessary to counteract, antidotes!

            Soul (mind, will, intellect, and emotions) is the intellectual property endowed to man, from above. If the soul is well, all is well and vice versa. “Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and steadfast, and which entereth into that within the veil” Heb.6: 19 (KJV). Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a dream fulfilled is a tree of life. (Prov. 13:12) NLT


            Hebrew word for soul: nephesh: a soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion (Strong's Concordance). Accordingly, the Hebrew word נֶ֫פֶשׁ‎, nephesh, although translated as "soul" in some older English-language Bibles, actually has a meaning closer to "living being". Nephesh was translated into Greek in the Septuagint as ψυχή (psūchê), using the Greek word for "soul" (Wikipedia).   

           The Anchor of Hope fastened on the Rock tears the dark veil. The grave, which was conquered at the cross, which tore the Temple veil, gives one hope, faith and courage to walk through the veils of our private life. The grave is robbed of its captivity, and the tomb a borrowed one as in the Garden, for those who are called according to His purpose. No heart could fathom this limitless, boundless bounty of God’s loving kindness and mercy, and this is God’s gateway for us to His heart! “My abundance is as limitless as sea, my love” says Shakespeare, William. This refers to the prize being endlessly replenished having no limit just like the sea!  

         The stars of heaven twinkle brightly in the deep darkness of night, to guide us. As Evening Star brightens our dark night, The Morning Star at daybreak, which symbolizes the Presence of Christ in our earthly walk gives us courage, faith and hope in the presence of tumultuous times!