Wondrously Ominous

 Wondrously Ominous

Psalm 71:7

“I have become a wonder to many, but You are my Strong refuge.” NKJV

“I am like an ominous sign to many, but You are my Strong refuge.” TLV

Wonder = 4159 môwphêth or môphêth; from 3302 [yâphâh; a primary root; probably to be bright, i.e. (by implication) beautiful:-be beautiful, be (make self) fair (-r), deck.] in the sense of conspicuousness; a miracle: by implication a token or omen:-miracle, sign, wonder (-ed at).*

What the Psalmist is saying is that those who know him and those who see him see the result of the Power and Purpose of GOD in his life. “Let my mouth be filled with Your Praise and with Your Glory all the day…My mouth shall tell of Your Righteousness and Your Salvation all the day…You Who have shown me great and severe troubles, shall revive me again, and bring me up again from the depths of the earth.” Study Psalm 71

JESUS has called us to be unique, wondrous, ominous, salt, light, obedient, faithful. When we are these things in our thinking, words, and deeds then we will be the Children of GOD who are doing the Work of His Kingdom in the earth as it is in Heaven.

Think of The Great Commission that JESUS gave us (everyone who believes in JESUS and calls on His Name), it is a command not an option; every believer can fulfill the part of the commission that GOD The Father has called us to do. “And JESUS came and spoke to them, saying, ‘All Authority has been given to Me in Heaven and on earth. Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the Name of The Father, and of The Son, and of The Holy SPIRIT, teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I Am with you always, even to the end of the age.’ Amen.” Matthew 28:18-20

“And He said to them, ‘Go into all the world and preach The Gospel to every creature. He who believes and is Baptized will be saved; but he who does not believe will be condemned. And these signs will follow those who believe: In My Name they will Cast Out demons; they will speak with New Tongues; they will take up serpents; and if they drink anything deadly, it will by no means hurt them; they will Lay Hands on the sick and they Will Recover.’” Mark 16:15-18

“And He opened their understanding, that they might comprehend The Scriptures. Then He said to them, ‘Thus it is written, and thus it was necessary for The CHRIST to Suffer and to Rise from the dead the third day, and that Repentance and Remission of sins should be preached in His Name to all nations, beginning in Jerusalem. And you are witnesses of these things. Behold! I send the Promise of My Father upon you; but tarry in the city of Jerusalem until you are endued with Power from on High.’” Luke 24:45-49

“Then the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled, for the fear of the Jews, JESUS came and stood in the midst, and said to them, ‘Peace be with you.’ When he had said this, He showed them His hands and His side. Then the disciples were glad when they saw The LORD. So JESUS said to them again, ‘Peace to you! As The Father has sent Me, I also send you.’ And when He had said this, He breathed on them, and said to them, ‘Receive The Holy SPIRIT. If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them, if you retain the sins of any, they are retained.’” John 20:19-23

“And being assembled together with them, He Commanded them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for The Promise of The Father, ‘which,’ He said, ‘you have heard from Me; for John truly Baptized with water, but you shall be Baptized with The Holy SPIRIT not many days from now.’ Therefore, when they had come together, they asked Him, saying, ‘LORD, will You at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?’ And He said to them, ‘It is not for you to know the times or the seasons which The Father has put in His Own Authority. But you shall receive Power when The Holy SPIRIT has come upon you; and you shall be Witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.’” Acts 1:4-8

The command seems clear, go and do the Will of The Father by doing The Work of His Kingdom in the earth as it is in Heaven. STOP trying to live the “good life”! JESUS called us to live the obedient life, “Lay down your life and take up your cross and follow Me.” (Mark 8:34-38) What did you think when you became an on fire, born again Christian, that fifteen years later you would be married with a couple of kids, going to Church regularly, paying your tithe, be successful and living the good life? Read the stories of those in The Bible who are exemplified, Noah, Abraham, Moses, Jacob, David, JESUS, Paul;  read the stories of twentieth and twenty first century Christians, D.L. Moody, Oswald Chambers, Bruce Olson, Billy Graham.

GOD has called everyone who is born to be a servant of His Eternal Kingdom, it starts with remission of sins and repentance (which is a lifelong process). He gives every person in the womb a Call and a Gift to fulfill that Call. When we become a Christian if we “Seek first The Kingdom of GOD and His Righteousness” (Matthew 6:33-34) we will be shown our Call and Gift so that we can be more than “saved as by fire” (1 Corinthians 3:11-17; Jude).

*Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance Of The Bible, MacDonald