THANKSGIVING PARABLE:  TURKEY IN THE BAG  11/23/09

I always cook my turkey in a bag.  I put the turkey in the bag and then into the oven it goes.  In the bag gives much, much more gravy and the meat is tender and moist and falls off the bone.  Cooking in the bag takes a few hours off cooking so I don’t have to get up in the dark to put the turkey in the oven!

Cooking in a bag reminds me of the scripture in Psa. 139 where He has beset us.  The Hebrew word for beset means to be enclosed in a bag.

Ps 139:5  KJV

Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me.

Ps 139:5 AMP

You have beset me and shut me in — behind and before, and You have laid Your hand upon me.

WORD TO PONDER:  IN THE FIRE FOR A PURPOSE  11/23/09

Just like turkey in the oven, I completely enclosed you within My Presence.  I warm you, comfort you, even cook you until you are tender.  You are very safe and protected.  Nothing touches you without My permission and in whatever fires that you find yourself, always remember that I AM the One Who sets the dial.

Isa 54:16-17 NKJV

"Behold, I have created the blacksmith Who blows the coals in the fire, Who brings forth an instrument for his work; And I have created the spoiler to destroy. 17 No weapon formed against you shall prosper, And every tongue which rises against you in judgment  You shall condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, And their righteousness is from Me," Says the LORD.

Ps 139:5 AMP

You have beset me and shut me in — behind and before, and You have laid Your hand upon me.