Your Sons & Daughters Shall Prophesy - Prophetic Gifts Today In The New Testament Church

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GOD'S THOUGHTS TOWARD US

"As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than your ways, and My thoughts than your thoughts." Isaiah 55:9

I LOUNGED WITH MY FAMILY on the sunny beach at Pajaro Dunes, California. Shifting my position in the warm sand, I noticed that some granules had stuck to my moist hand. Lightheartedly I decided to count those few grains of sand. I realized quickly, however, that my plan was a profound impossibility. I glanced at the miles of sand stretched out in both directions, with Santa Cruz Beach shining in the far distance. My beach, I suddenly perceived, was just one of thousands of beaches worldwide, each with its own boundless amount of sand. I stared at my hand, overwhelmed by the spiritual thought now dawn ing in my mind. It was the marvelous statement of Psalm 139:17-18 (Nrv): "How precious to me are your thoughts, 0 God! How vast is the sum of them! Were I to count them, they would outnumber the grains of sand. When I awake, I am still with you" (or, "You are still thinking of me!" LB). The King James Version says God's thoughts are "unto" me, implying laser-beam action in my direction. Day or night God thinks of me! And these thoughts toward me are as innumerable as the sands of the sea. Even when I am not feeling good or filled with faith, His thoughts are in motion toward me. The following references give strong confirmation: 19.