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Nisan 19, 5769/April 13, 2009
Counting Of The Omer
Day 5 (At Sunset)
Today Is day 5 In The Omer
Today's Devotional is For Day 5 Monday
The day goes from Sunset to Sunset.
The Omer is counted in the evening
Hayom chamishah yamim la-omer
For some Fun Counting the Omer charts
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Week 1 Attribute 1 - Love/Ahava And Kindess/Chesed
1 Corinthians 13:4-8, 13
4 Love endures long and is patient and kind; love never is envious nor boils over with jealousy, is not boastful or vainglorious, does not display itself haughtily.
5 It is not conceited (arrogant and inflated with pride); it is not rude (unmannerly) and does not act unbecomingly. Love (God's love in us) does not insist on its own rights or its own way, for it is not self-seeking; it is not touchy or fretful or resentful; it takes no account of the evil done to it [it pays no attention to a suffered wrong].
6 It does not rejoice at injustice and unrighteousness, but rejoices when right and truth prevail.
7 Love bears up under anything and everything that comes, is ever ready to believe the best of every person, its hopes are fadeless under all circumstances, and it endures everything [without weakening].
8 Love never fails [never fades out or becomes obsolete or comes to an end]. As for prophecy (the gift of interpreting the divine will and purpose), it will be fulfilled and pass away; as for tongues, they will be destroyed and cease; as for knowledge, it will pass away [it will lose its value and be superseded by truth].[4]
13 And so faith, hope, love abide [faith-conviction and belief respecting man's relation to God and divine things; hope-joyful and confident expectation of eternal salvation; love-true affection for God and man, growing out of God's love for and in us], these three; but the greatest of these is love.[5]
Three things last: trust, hope, love. The formula of "three great things" is common in Jewish literature. The same three appear in Colossians 1:4-5. Compare Micah 6:8, and this example from the Mishna:
"Rabban Shim'on ben-Gamli'el said, 'The world is sustained by three things: judgment, truth and peace, as it is said, "Execute the judgment of truth and peace in your gates" (Zechariah 8:16).' " (Avot 1:18)
This is the kind of love that the early Congregation of Messiah lived and walked. Yeshua our Messiah is the perfect example of Love. He was Love manifest in the Flesh.
Love is the foundation or the Root of which all the other fruit receive their nourishment from . Love is the foundation of the 9 spiritual fruits and Yeshua is the Vine from which we receive our nourishment and strength from.
John 13:35
35 By this shall all [men] know that you are My disciples, if you love one another [if you keep on showing love among yourselves].[6]
John 15:12
12 This is My commandment: that you love one another [just] as I have loved you.[7]
Matthew 19:19
19 Honor your father and your mother, and, You shall love your neighbor as [you do] yourself. [Lev. 19:18; Matt. 22:39].[8]
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Matthew 22:37-40
37 And He replied to him, You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind (intellect). [Deut. 6:5].
38 This is the great (most important, principal) and first commandment.
39 And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as [you do] yourself. [Lev. 19:18].
40 These two commandments sum up and upon them depend all the Law and the Prophets[9]
Hebrew for the above verses which are recited weekly in Messianic Congregations as a reminder of Loving God and others along with the Shema
Veahav'tah et Adonai Eloecha b'chol l'vov-cha u-v'chol naf-she-cha u'v'chol m'oh-de-cha. Veahav'tah l'rei-acha kamocha. Bish'tak hamitsvot ha-eileh kol ha- to-rah t'lu-yah v'gam ha-n'vi-im
And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might. And you shall love your neighbor as yourself. These two commandments sum up the whole of the torah and the prophets.
Sh'ma Yisrael, Adonai Eloheynu, Adonai echod. Baruch shem k'vod malchuto l'olam voed
Hear, O Israel; the Lord our God, the Lord is one. Praised be His name, whose glorious majesty is forever and
James 2:8
8 If indeed you [really] fulfill the royal Law in accordance with the Scripture, You shall love your neighbor as [you love] yourself, you do well. [Lev. 19:18].[13]
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From Everymans Talmud page 211 The Moral Life - Imitation of God
"To walk in all His ways (Deut. Xi 22) i.e. the characteristics of the Holy One, blessed be He, as it is said, 'The Lord, the Lord, a God full of compassion and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy and truth" (Exod.xxxiv.6_) and it is said, "whosover shall be called by (sic) the name of the Lord shall be delivered: (Joel ii 32). But how is it possible for a man to be called by the name of the Holy One, blessed be He? As the All-present is called compassionate and gracious, so be you also compassionate and gracious, and offering free gifts to all. As the Holy One, blessed be He, is called righteous (Ps cxlv,17), be you also righteous; as He is called loving (ibid), be you also loving'(Sifre' Deut 49:8)
As we count the Omer to Shavuot, ask YHWH/G-d to manifest His fruit in a greater way then ever before in our lives to bring more glory to His Holy Name.
We need to ask the Father to do Spiritual Heart Surjury on us because our hearts can become clogged and hardened.
Pray Psalm 51
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[2]The Jewish New Testament, (Clarksville, MD: Jewish New Testament Publications) 1996.
[3]The Jewish New Testament Commentary, (Clarksville, MD: Jewish New Testament Publications) 1996.
[4]The Amplified New Testament, (La Habra CA: The Lockman Foundation) 199 |
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Let us search our hearts as we prepare to recieve a refilling of His Ruach HaKodesh to prepare us for the times ahead. May Yeshua be glorified in all we say and do. Let us Walk In The Spirit Of The Torah Of Our Messiah
B'shem Yeshua HaMashiach |
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Shalom In Yeshua
Scott & Deborah Brandt
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