2.17.25 – Living with God’s Peace and Presence

SPEAKER 01 : 0:09

Welcome to Call to Freedom with Barbara Carmack. This is Jimmy Lakey, and I’m delighted that you are joining us for this half hour. You can reach Call to Freedom at Box 370367, Denver, Colorado, 80237, or by going to the website at www.freedomstreet.org. If you want to leave a message or order a Word Power Daily Reading Bible Guide or a Freedom Street Express newsletter, you can call us toll free at 1-877-917-7256 and leave your name and address, including your zip code. If you want to talk to Barbara right now, she is expecting your call. You may call that same toll-free number, 1-877-917-7256 to speak to her. And now, let’s join Barbara in the studio.

SPEAKER 02 : 1:04

Thank you, Jimmy Lakey, and welcome to Call to Freedom. Kimberly is no longer in the studio. She was with me almost two weeks, and I do miss her, but I know she’s got her own family, her own things going on in Broken Arrow. She called me last night, or no, this morning. and said that she got home very late last night because of an accident at Pueblo. And it really delayed the whole bunch of vehicles. And I realized today that there were some vehicles that were going up to Eisenhower that had to be taken to Silverthorne because of the road situation. So it’s pretty dicey out there, especially in the mountains right now. Oh, and as high as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are God’s ways higher than ours. Praise his name. And oh, so much higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts, he says to you. His thoughts are so much higher than ours and we need to let him do what he planned to do. Oh, it’s just so wonderful to know that every moment of the day he’s got planned for you. Every moment of the day. Just this morning as I was leaving, I had forgotten to take a little Valentine gift to the little girls across the street. And so I had my little bag, and I had gotten them a couple little teddy bears. And I said, Lord, help me to, when they get home, help me to be able to deliver this, because I had had it for a day or two. Immediately, the guy, Alex, the father of the two girls, went into the driveway and I said, wow, perfect timing. Thank you, Lord. So I delivered their little present to them before I got to the studio. God’s timing, folks, God’s timing is just perfect if we let him, if we let him. So I hope that you will let him speak to you. I’m going to talk to you a little bit about that today. Let’s do the Monday Bible slogan. This is my Bible. I am what it says I am. I have what it says I have. I do what it tells me to do. I hope. Yes, I am. I’m going to. This is my Bible. It has given me new life. It is the word of God. And it’s so wonderful to know that God is with us wherever we go. And as he blesses you, then you are blessed to dispense, to give into good ministry. And in him you live and move and have your being. I am so grateful that Call to Freedom can come to you live every day, Monday through Thursday. Friday, of course, is the Encore Show with Darren. And I am enjoying those more and more. It’s a blessing to let you know what’s going on in this world so you can be prayed up, prayed up on current events. And just like yesterday, I was watching the 500, Daytona 500, and President Trump and his precious little granddaughter, Caroline Trump, came out of the beast, he calls his car, the beast. And they walked around, saluted servicemen, and shook hands with drivers. She was just adorable. And it gave us an inkling of this president as a grandpa. Yeah, he held his hand. She was close by him. It was just a wonderful scene. Uh, so I, I’m grateful that we can, uh, depend on a, a man of God. Yes, he is a man of God in his own way. He’s a man of God. God has ordained him for such a time as this. And, uh, He’s a man that wants to find all the fraud that’s been going on for years. And boy, I’m asking God, let the gates open. Let the gates open to all the fraud. Because it’s going to be amounting to, not millions, folks, billions and trillions. Yes. So I’m so grateful. This is a happy year for me. Praise the Lord. And I hope it is for you also. You can go online at freedomstreet.org if you’d like to give to Call to Freedom. And if it’s a blessing for you, I appreciate you so much. The memory verses for this week, I should say memory verse for this week, is Psalm 90, verse 14. He knows our days. He knows the years that we live. This is a wonderful verse of praise. And I don’t hear it much in the church, but I love this verse. Oh, satisfy us in the morning with thy loving kindness that we may sing for joy and be glad all our days. Whatever days they are, folks, glad all our days. And this is a Psalm of Moses. He wrote this. And then in the message translation, Psalm 90, verse 14 through 17. It’s just too good. Not just to say the 14th verse. Surprise us with love at daybreak, Lord. Then we’ll skip and dance all the day long. Make up for the bad times with some good times. Oh, and he has. We’ve seen enough evil to last a lifetime. Yes. Let your servants see what you’re best at, the ways you rule and bless your children. And let the loveliness of the Lord our God rest on us, confirming the work that we do. Oh, yes, affirm the work that we do. And I’d like you to underline that rest. I’m doing a lot of that since Kimberly and I taught on that last week. Verse 17 of Psalm 90 says, and let the loveliness of the Lord our God rest on us. I pray that his rest will be on you today, that you won’t be anxious or impatient about anything because God’s rest brings peace and God’s rest brings more trust. And we need to trust him more and more. Praise the Lord. Philippians 4, 4 through 7 in the message says, Rejoice in the Lord always. And again, I say rejoice. Celebrate God all day long, every day. I mean, revel in him. Do you know that word revel? We hear the word revelry when we’re going to a party or we’re having a lot to eat. Revelry is intense pleasure or satisfaction. So the verse, Paul here in Philippians 4 says, revel in him. Make it as clear as you can to tell all you meet that you’re on their side, working with them and not against them. Help them see that the master is about to arrive. He could show up any minute. Don’t fret or worry. Instead of worrying, pray. Let petitions and praises shape your worries into prayers, letting God know your concerns. Before you know it, a sense of God’s wholeness, everything coming together for good. Don’t you love that one? The plans are all coming together and they’re good. All will come and settle you down. It will come and settle you down, my friend. It’s wonderful what happens when Christ displaces worry. at the center of your life. And that’s from the message, Philippians 4, 4 through 7. I enjoy the message. It was written by a husband and his wife, translated by a husband and his wife who spent years, I believe it was in Montana or somewhere, in their cabin, just every day working at that. Oh, that’s immense work. I come to you today with such gratitude and thanksgiving for you. I want you to know that you’re a vital part of Call to Freedom. And what has transpired in the last three months are prayers, your prayers. Yes, our president being elected and things coming together for us in America, that is as a result of your prayers. It has seemed like months have taken place since the new administration came into office today. And I believe it’s God collapsing time and multiplying the anointing. Thank you, Darren. It’s wonderful and powerful to see God’s majesty in action. But we must not get lax or compromise, not compromise our faith in any way from praying and entering into God’s rest. And that’s what I’m going to be taught a little. I’m talking a little bit more today about entering God’s rest. And as I read my devotions in Exodus 33 yesterday morning, I realized that rest is in this passage of scripture. So I want to read it to you. Exodus 33, 12 through 21. And this is the living translation. And I hope you have various translations around you at home because that is so good to look into different translations. One day Moses said to the Lord, you have been telling me, take these people up to the promised land. But you haven’t told me whom you will send with me. You have told me I know you by name, Moses, and I look favorably on you. If it is true that you look favorably on me, let me know your ways so I may understand you more fully and continue to enjoy your favor. Now, Moses was getting a little anxious. He was saying, Lord, I’m old. You know, I’m old. And there needs to be a new leader that you designate pretty soon. Now, Lord, you know, you haven’t told me. See, you can see the little worry, worry starting right there. You haven’t told me. So I want to know. I want to know your ways and understand your ways. Let me know your ways that I may understand and continue to enjoy your favor. And remember that this nation is your very own people. He’s pointing the finger at them. Lord, these people are yours. I believe that we tell God the very thing that Moses told him. Lord, show me your ways and help me understand so I can go forward with confidence. And verse 14 of Exodus 33 says, Oh, I love this. Don’t you love that one? The Lord says everything is going to be fine. everything then moses said if your presence doesn’t go with me then don’t lead us up from here lord for your presence among us sets your people and me apart from all other people on the earth that’s what separates you today my friend from your unsaved family members and your neighbors god’s presence is with you god’s glory is manifested in you with opportunity to do great things in In Jesus’ name. When we rest in him. When we have peace. Oh, that peace that passes all understanding. In verse 17. The Lord replied to Moses, I will indeed do what you asked for. I look favorably on you and I know you by name. I ask for a favor a lot of times when I’m going downtown and I’m looking for a parking space or I’m going elsewhere to get to an appointment. I’m asking the Lord for favor. Moses responded, then show me your glorious presence. The Lord replied, I will make all my goodness pass before you and I will call out my name Yahweh before you. For I will show mercy to anyone I choose and I will show compassion to anyone I choose. But you may not look directly at my face for no one may see me and live. The Lord continued, look, stand near me on this rock. And every time I hear the word rock, I picture Jesus, our Lord Jesus, yes, as the rock. As my glorious presence passes by, I will hide you in the crevice of the rock and cover you with my hand until I have passed by. Then I will remove my hand and let you see me from behind. But my face you will not see. And I will see the journey to the end. I will be with you to the end. And God kept his promise as they went into the promised land. Of course, Moses didn’t go into the promised land. But then in the New Testament, we see him on the Mount of Transfiguration with the Lord Jesus. I mean, how good is that? And God did not allow them to see his face because his face. friend, is so glorious that it would just burn you up immediately. It’s just full of fire, full of power, and full of glory. Oh, I love him. We love you, Lord God. And just as God promised Moses rest on every side, he’s promising you today. That as you make a solid and deliberate declaration that you will trust God with everything in your life, everything and everyone, that he will give you the rest that he promised. Kimberly and I last week gave you scriptures about entering into God’s rest. And that is so vital in this day and age where things seem to be changing every day and new developments occurring. And we especially concentrated on Hebrews 4. The word is alive and active and sharper than any two-edged sword. Praise his name. Jesus himself tells us in John 14, verse 27, Peace I leave with you. My peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Believe and rest. That’s it. Believe and rest. 1 Peter 5.10, Peter tells us, God called you to share in his eternal glory by means of Christ Jesus. So after you have suffered a little while, and we all go through that, he will restore, support, and strengthen you, and he will place you on a firm foundation. That foundation for all believers is righteousness. In him you live and move and have your being. That’s because now you are righteous before God. Jesus Christ has made you righteous. So he will place you on a firm foundation of righteousness. All power to him forever and ever. Amen. It’s knowing who you are in Christ. That’s your foundation on which you stand. And the devil come to you trying to steal from you, trying to steal your identity, your DNA. You now have the DNA of Father God. When you start resting in God and believing him, then you can go to work for him without any cares or worry. You take joy. That’s why I end the program every day with take joy. You’re clothed with humility, and he will exalt you. When you care, you’re focusing on the wrong things. If you find that you’re worrying about all sorts of things, like Kimberly was mentioning last week, disease enters your body, and that’s because your body is in dis-ease, D-I-S-E-A-S-E. You’re in dis-ease, and it enters your body, and then you spin into a death cycle if you don’t take care of that. So worry equals disease equals the death cycle. It really does. Worry is something you’ve got to get rid of, and I confronted that long ago, and I am worry-free. Praise God for his wonderful mercy and his truth and his love. Jesus operates in different ways, so you must keep your eyes on him because he does not do things the way you think or the way he has done them in the past. He does them differently. Yes, he does. If you want to live long, you pursue peace. You pursue getting into that rest. Psalm 55, verse 22 says, cast your burden upon the Lord and he will sustain you. He will sustain you. He will never allow the righteous to be shaken. Psalm 37 verses 25 through 26. I have been young and now I am old, yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken or his descendants begging bread. All day long he is gracious and lends and his descendants are a blessing. So I can say that same thing. I have been young and now I am old and never have I seen the righteous forsaken or his descendants begging for bread. God has promised that you will have sweet sleep while he speaks to you. Now, this is one thing. It’s taken me a while. To thank God for sleep or lack of sleep. Yeah, lack of sleep. Because so many people say, I need my sleep. Well, do you really? Or do you need to listen to the Lord? I have a wonderful relaxation here with him. And it’s because I have rested in him when I go to sleep. He says, in peace, I will lie down and sleep. And that’s Psalm 4.8. For you alone, O Lord, make me to dwell in safety. I’ll tell you, I lay my head on the pillow now and I say, thank you, Lord, for giving me sweet sleep. And if I wake up in the middle of the night, I say like Samuel did in first Samuel. Here I am, Lord. I am listening. I am listening to you. I do not get anxious or upset because I don’t get the regulated seven or eight hours of sleep the world tells us that we should get. Oh, you should get three squares a day. Oh, you should get seven to eight hours a night. I don’t listen to the world anymore. I really don’t. God has better ideas. There are new ideas and witty inventions that Holy Spirit wants to reveal to his people, to you and to me. And he doesn’t get a chance when you’re awake and busy. Your mind is too busy. The Holy Spirit sometimes can’t get to you. So during the day, he may just reserve that for the night when you are lying in bed. That’s why he wants us to meet with you. He wants to meet with you in the night. Corinthians 4, 16 through 18 says, so we’re not giving up. How could we? Even though on the outside, it often looks like things are falling apart on us on the inside where God is making a new life. Not a day goes by without his unfolding grace. Oh, friend, you’re not the same. You’re not the same person you were just yesterday. Holy Spirit is renewing and unfolding new things in your life every day. These hard times are small potatoes compared to the coming good times, the lavish celebration prepared for us. There’s far more than meets the eye here. And the things we see now are here today, gone tomorrow. But the things we can’t see now will last forever. That’s 2 Corinthians 4, 16 through 18. everything is going to be all right and jesus was always at peace even in sticky situations in mark 4 he was in the boat with his disciples with not a care in the world asleep on a cushion in the stern of the boat suddenly as they were crossing the lake a ferocious storm arose with a violent wind and waves that were crashing into the boat until it was nearly swamped what would you do So they ran to him and shook him, shook him awake. I don’t know if I’d shake him awake or if I just want to be close to him. I’d go run to him and I’d just kind of be close to him because I know he’s the Lord. Oh, teacher, don’t you even care that we’re all about to die? Fully awake then, Jesus rebuked the storm and shouted to the sea, Hush, be still. All at once the wind stopped howling and the water became perfectly calm. Then he turned to his disciples and said to them, Here’s the lesson, folks. Here’s the real lesson of that story in Mark 4. Why are you so afraid? Haven’t you learned to trust yet? How is it that you have no faith? Now, they were overwhelmed with fear and awe and… Why should they have been? They saw Jesus do miracles, many miracles already. He had just turned the water into wine at a wedding feast, and they saw him heal a man who’d been paralyzed. They already knew that nothing was impossible when Jesus was in their midst, and yet they allowed fear to overwhelm them of any faith that they had had previously. That’s what fear does. It gets rid of that faith that you’re building up to trust and do mighty things in Jesus’ name. I pray for you today that you will allow Jesus to overwhelm you with his presence and his love. I pray that you will feel so comfortable in his presence that you will not allow any worldly situation to make you anxious or fearful. I hope that you’re feeling at home in the presence of Jesus.

SPEAKER 03 : 21:24

Feeling at home in the presence of Jesus. Hearing him call me his own. Just feeling at home. Just feeling at home. I’m feeling at home. Feeling at home. Putting my feet right under his table. Knowing I won’t be alone. Just feeling at home. Just feeling at home. You couldn’t have told me I’d find what I found Contentment and peace from above Feeling at home in the presence of Jesus Led way back in His love Warming myself by the fires of the Spirit Camping right close to the throne Just feeling at home Feeling at home in the presence of Jesus, needed and happy and free, just feeling at home. Just feeling at home. Feeling accepted and loved and forgiven. A part of his warm family. Just feeling at home. Just feeling at home. I’m feeling at home. Feeling at home. You couldn’t have told me I’d find what I found. Contentment and peace from above. Feeling at home in the presence of Jesus, playing way back in His love. Warming myself by the fires of His Spirit, camping right close to the throne.

SPEAKER 02 : 23:46

Oh, amen. I hope you’re feeling at home with Jesus. I hope that you’re camping right close to him. Oh, it’s a wonderful thing to know that. Thank you, Bill Gaither, for that beautiful song. Oh, love that song. Jesus was saying, as I told you right before in the program, Peace I leave with you. My peace I give you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled. Neither let it be afraid. Let it not be fearful. Amen. I have to overcome that too, friend. I have to cast down every evil and vain imagination and every lofty thought and fearful thought and anxious thought that comes around. That comes to all of us. But then we need to know the scriptures that we can cast them down, knowing that they’re going to flee. When we submit to God and we resist the devil, he flees. I know he does because it has happened in my life. And it happens every day as he tries to get my mind on other things, ungodly things or worrisome things or fearful things. Jesus is right there saying, I give you peace. Peace I give to you. If you remember anything from today’s program. And then Jesus said, And he is bringing another helper to help us inside of us, friend. That helper, Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name. He will teach you all things and bring to remembrance all that I said to you. And again, in chapter 16, Jesus is saying when the Holy Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all truth for he will not speak on his own initiative. But whatever he hears from the father, from the father, he will speak and he will disclose to you everything. what is to come. He shall glorify me, and Jesus is speaking here, glorify me, for he shall take of mine and shall disclose it to you. Yes, you who are listening. When you listen with a quiet heart and say, Lord, I’m here. I’m here listening. He will begin to speak to you. I mean, maybe not in a verbal voice, maybe not audible, but you will hear it in your spirit. I pray that you will be so close to him and so quiet in him that you will hear his directions to you, not only for this day, but maybe some witty ideas and inventions for the future for you, because he wants to bless you, not only spiritually, but he wants to bless you physically. Oh, God bless you and keep you. Thank you for joining me today. I love having you join me. It’s like you’re in this room with me. So praise God for you today. And I want to say the very last word for you. is take joy.

SPEAKER 01 : 26:57

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SPEAKER 1 : 28:22

Thank you.