Run to God

Biblical Sculpture by Sherry Heller

SHARING MY HEART AND PASSION
FOR CREATIVITY, FINE ART AND THE BIBLE

Shalom Precious Ones,

I hope you are staying well during this COVID-19 global pandemic. This is a time to call on God and cry out to Him in our distress. Many are running TO God during this painful time, but unfortunately, there are also those who are running AWAY from God because they don’t realize that He is THE ANSWER and THE SOURCE OF HELP that our world desperately needs. Feeling helpless is not a comfortable feeling. Recognizing that we are dependent on God’s mercy and grace every moment of our lives can be humbling. But humility is a good thing. 

“When pride comes, then comes disgrace, but with humility comes wisdom.” Proverbs 11:2 (NIV)

“Humility is the fear of the Lord; its wages are riches and honor and life.” Proverbs 22:4 

“Before a downfall the heart is haughty, but humility comes before honor.” Proverbs 18:12

“He has shown you, O mortal, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God.” Micah 6:8

“He mocks proud mockers but shows favor to the humble and oppressed.” Proverbs 3:34

Jonah, the Biblical character, was a man with a divine assignment from God. But when God gave Jonah a tough job to do, he ran AWAY from God instead of running TO God and calling on HIS grace, mercy and strength. 

“But Jonah ran away from the Lord and headed for Tarshish. He went down to Joppa, where he found a ship bound for that port. After paying the fare, he went aboard and sailed for Tarshish to flee from the Lord.” Joan 1:3

But eventually AFTER Jonah suffered for running AWAY from God, he turned TO God and cried out in his distress, and God answered his cry.

He said: “In my distress I called to the Lord, and he answered me. From deep in the realm of the dead I called for help, and you listened to my cry.” Jona 2:2

God is faithful! We MUST get that revelation if we are going to be able to stand in these perilous times. 

NO MATTER WHAT—WE NEED TO RUN TO GOD FOR HIS MERCY, GRACE, STRENGTH and POWER TO STAND. He cares and loves us more than we could ever comprehend in our finite minds. 

“Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding;in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight.” Proverbs 3:5-6

Heavenly Father, help us to be steadfast in our faith and trust in YOU, no matter what. Remind us to run TO YOU and not from You, especially when we are going through trials, struggles and any crisis. You are there waiting to impart the strength we need.

Amen.

 

Blessings,

Sherry

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God Tested Abraham

Biblical Sculpture by Sherry Heller

SHARING MY HEART AND PASSION
FOR CREATIVITY, FINE ART AND THE BIBLE

Hello Dear Ones! 

If you’ve ever wondered whether or not God tests people, then just read the story of Abraham.

Abraham proved his faith in God when he obeyed Him by taking Isaac, his only son, up on Mount Moriah to offer him up to God. Abraham KNEW God and HIS WAYS and HIS CHARACTER and TRUSTED HIM. That was why he was able to obey God on Mount Moriah.

Take special notice of verse 5: He said to his servants, “Stay here with the donkey while I and the boy go over there. We will worship and then we will come back to you.”

And also notice verse 7 & 8:

7 Isaac spoke up and said to his father Abraham, “Father?”

“Yes, my son?” Abraham replied.

“The fire and wood are here,” Isaac said, “but where is the lamb for the burnt offering?”

8 Abraham answered, “God himself will provide the lamb for the burnt offering, my son.” And the two of them went on together.

Let’s read Genesis 22: 1–18

1 Some time later God tested Abraham. He said to him, “Abraham!”

“Here I am,” he replied.

2 Then God said, “Take your son, your only son, whom you love—Isaac—and go to the region of Moriah. Sacrifice him there as a burnt offering on a mountain I will show you.”

3 Early the next morning Abraham got up and loaded his donkey. He took with him two of his servants and his son Isaac. When he had cut enough wood for the burnt offering, he set out for the place God had told him about. 4 On the third day Abraham looked up and saw the place in the distance. 5 He said to his servants, “Stay here with the donkey while I and the boy go over there. We will worship and then we will come back to you.”

6 Abraham took the wood for the burnt offering and placed it on his son Isaac, and he himself carried the fire and the knife. As the two of them went on together, 7 Isaac spoke up and said to his father Abraham, “Father?”

“Yes, my son?” Abraham replied.

“The fire and wood are here,” Isaac said, “but where is the lamb for the burnt offering?”

8 Abraham answered, “God himself will provide the lamb for the burnt offering, my son.” And the two of them went on together.

9 When they reached the place God had told him about, Abraham built an altar there and arranged the wood on it. He bound his son Isaac and laid him on the altar, on top of the wood. 10 Then he reached out his hand and took the knife to slay his son. 11 But the angel of the Lord called out to him from heaven, “Abraham! Abraham!”

“Here I am,” he replied.

12 “Do not lay a hand on the boy,” he said. “Do not do anything to him. Now I know that you fear God, because you have not withheld from me your son, your only son.”

13 Abraham looked up and there in a thicket he saw a ram caught by its horns. He went over and took the ram and sacrificed it as a burnt offering instead of his son. 14 So Abraham called that place The Lord Will Provide. And to this day it is said, “On the mountain of the Lord it will be provided.”

15 The angel of the Lord called to Abraham from heaven a second time 16 and said, “I swear by myself, declares the Lord, that because you have done this and have not withheld your son, your only son, 17 I will surely bless you and make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will take possession of the cities of their enemies, 18 and through your offspring all nations on earth will be blessed, because you have obeyed me.”

No doubt about it, God TESTED Abraham. And Abraham believed God would come through for him in whatever way God chose to do that. 

Did he believe God would raise Isaac from the dead?  

Was he believing that God would stop him before he lowered the knife?

Was he expecting the ram to be on the mountain?

We don’t know exactly what Abraham was thinking as “he reached out his hand and took the knife to slay his son.” But we do know he trusted God’s love for him completely and he knew God’s plan was ultimately good.

I pray we will trust and obey God, whatever He asked of us. But it’s hard to trust someone you don’t know. We need to KNOW HIM and HIS WAYS, HIS CHARACTER and HIS NATURE. The more we know Him, the more we will be able to trust Him. There is no one like Him! Don’t compare Him to anyone. He is 100% trustworthy, 100% of the time. 

Isaiah 25:1

O LORD, You are my God; I will exalt You, I will give thanks to Your name; For You have worked wonders, Plans formed long ago, with perfect faithfulness.

Psalm 111:7

The works of His hands are truth and justice; All His precepts are sure.

Psalm 18:30

As for God, His way is blameless; The word of the LORD is tried; He is a shield to all who take refuge in Him.

 

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Blessings,

Sherry

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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“Okay, Okay, I’ll Go… “

Biblical Sculpture by Sherry Heller

SHARING MY HEART AND PASSION
FOR CREATIVITY, FINE ART AND THE BIBLE

Hello Precious Ones! 

Have you ever felt in your heart or had a thought in your mind that the Lord wanted you to do or say something, but instead of doing it, you backed out and didn’t follow through? Perhaps you didn’t want to put yourself in a situation where you might feel uncomfortable or possibly look foolish?

I think a lot of us have experienced that.

Did you have regret later and wish you’d just followed through on the unction?

Well, hopefully you didn’t end up wrapped in a bunch of seaweed and whale slime like Jonah!

I love the story of Jonah in the Bible. It gives a clear picture of the importance of obeying God and how it’s to our benefit to simply say, “Yes, Lord” as soon as He speaks because one never knows what lengths He will go to in order to get our attention if we run away from Him or turn a deaf ear. 

I hope you enjoy the cartoon I drew depicting Jonah’s surrender to the Lord… finally.

Jonah seems like such a character. I really look forward to meeting him and hearing more about how his Nineveh assignment went. I’m looking forward to meeting all the Biblical characters in glory! What a great time of rejoicing that will be!

 

Jonah Biblical cartoon Sherry Heller Palm Beaches

Click HERE to see some more Biblical cartoons that I drew!

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Blessings,

Sherry

 

 

 

 

 

 

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