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Psalm 83 Will God Come Through When the Enemy Attacks?

8/12/2015

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Psalm 83

Do you sometimes wonder if God will ever move against the enemy or against the people who hate you and hurt you? Sometimes it feels as if life is nothing more than a series of attacks. But the thing is, as uncomfortable, painful, and awful as those attacks can be they often have a good purpose for us. But that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t pray about it. Verses 1-2 read,

“O God, do not keep silence;
    do not hold your peace or be still, O God!
2 For behold, your enemies make an uproar;
    those who hate you have raised their heads.”


God is not afraid of our honesty. He already knows. Very often though as we earnestly pray to the Lord, we become aware of ourselves. He will speak to us, guide us, teach us, and comfort us in the midst of our prayers. I find myself often starting out confused, angry, or hurt, and by the end of the prayer, The Lord has revealed Himself to me and my hurt and anger have dissipated. Sometimes I feel lost and by the end of my prayer I see the way He wants me to go, and even if I don’t I know, He is with me and I’ll be okay.

Asaph cried out to God for help in the face of Israel’s enemies. He knew that if they were Israel’s enemies they were enemies of God. Verses 3-8 read,

“They lay crafty plans against your people;
    they consult together against your treasured ones.
4 They say, “Come, let us wipe them out as a nation;
    let the name of Israel be remembered no more!”
5 For they conspire with one accord;
    against you they make a covenant--
6 the tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites,
    Moab and the Hagrites,
7 Gebal and Ammon and Amalek,
    Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre;
8 Asshur also has joined them;
    they are the strong arm of the children of Lot. Selah”


So many nations hated Israel, and Asaph understood that if they hated Israel they made themselves enemies of The One True Living God. If anyone hates us so intently they want to destroy us, it should be because of Christ. They should hate us for Christ’s sake, not for our wickedness, but for our love. (John 15:18-23). We are God’s treasured ones. He cherishes us. And so if someone stands up against us, they stand up against God. Exodus 23:22 reads,

“But if you carefully obey his voice and do all that I say, then I will be an enemy to your enemies and an adversary to your adversaries.

23 “When my angel goes before you and brings you to the Amorites and the Hittites and the Perizzites and the Canaanites, the Hivites and the Jebusites, and I blot them out, 24 you shall not bow down to their gods nor serve them, nor do as they do, but you shall utterly overthrow them and break their pillars in pieces.25 You shall serve the Lord your God, and he will bless your bread and your water, and I will take sickness away from among you.”

The people who plotted against Israel, all thought they knew God, but they knew a god of their own creation. Some had their roots in Abraham, but they twisted God to become what their false religion wanted, instead of who He is. People today do that as well. They say they love god, but their god is not The Lord God Almighty. Their god is a manifestation of themselves, a god who wouldn’t care about sin or a god who wouldn’t let people go to Hell. Because their perspective is so skewed they can’t see the truth.

The Lord wants the best for us. And because He loves us so much He will discipline us, sometimes He allows our enemies to attack. But even when we are attacked, even when God inspires them to attack, He avenges us. He doesn’t let people hurt us without punishing them. (Ezekiel 25:7-11).

God will move at the right time to avenge us. He doesn’t call us treasured for nothing. We don’t have to wonder if God will move, we only have to trust He will. We only have to remember all He has already done to know that He will always come through. In Verses 9-12 Asaph reminded himself of what The Lord had done.

“Do to them as you did to Midian,
    as to Sisera and Jabin at the river Kishon,
10 who were destroyed at En-dor,
    who became dung for the ground.
11 Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb,
    all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna,
12 who said, “Let us take possession for ourselves
    of the pastures of God.”


The enemy can’t have you! You belong to God. The enemy can’t take possession of you, Jesus bought you for a price and He won’t take that lightly. You are His. He doesn’t want you to be sullied by the enemy. 1 Corinthians 6:14-15 say,

“And God raised the Lord and will also raise us up by his power. 15 Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ? Shall I then take the members of Christ and make them members of a prostitute? Never!”

You can have faith that although you may be attacked now, you will come through it at the right time because God will deliver you at the right time. He doesn’t discipline because He enjoys seeing you suffer, He disciplines because He treasures you. You are God’s child. Hebrews 12:3-8 reads,

“Consider him who endured from sinners such hostility against himself, so that you may not grow weary or fainthearted. 4 In your struggle against sin you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood.5 And have you forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons?

“My son, do not regard lightly the discipline of the Lord,
    nor be weary when reproved by him.
6 For the Lord disciplines the one he loves,
    and chastises every son whom he receives.”


7 It is for discipline that you have to endure. God is treating you as sons. For what son is there whom his father does not discipline? 8 If you are left without discipline, in which all have participated, then you are illegitimate children and not sons. “

You will suffer. People will hate you, but not without purpose. With each trial, with every tribulation, The Holy Spirit conforms you more to Christ’s image. (Romans 8:26-30). He nurtures you, tends you, prunes you and grows the Fruit, the manifestations of Jesus’ Character in you.

Israel had enemies but The Lord God didn’t let them succeed for long. He destroyed them. Verses 13-17 say,

“O my God, make them like whirling dust,
    like chaff before the wind.
14 As fire consumes the forest,
    as the flame sets the mountains ablaze,
15 so may you pursue them with your tempest
    and terrify them with your hurricane!
16 Fill their faces with shame,
    that they may seek your name, O Lord.
17 Let them be put to shame and dismayed forever;
    let them perish in disgrace,”


We have enemies too, but do you really think we have to worry about them? Do you know how awesome God is? Do you realize what a miracle it is that Jesus died for you? Romans 31-39 says,

“What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? 32 He who did not spare his own Son but gave him up for us all, how will he not also with him graciously give us all things? 33 Who shall bring any charge against God's elect? It is God who justifies. 34 Who is to condemn? Christ Jesus is the one who died—more than that, who was raised—who is at the right hand of God, who indeed is interceding for us. 35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword? 36 As it is written,

“For your sake we are being killed all the day long;
    we are regarded as sheep to be slaughtered.”


37 No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. 38 For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, 39 nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.”

The ultimate purpose for your suffering is that you resemble Jesus, not only in words but actions, and spirit. When people look at you and see Jesus, that is called glorifying Jesus. It means that you are reflecting The Lord. You are giving to the church, and the lost what Jesus gives to you. When you do that people will know that He is The LORD. Verse 18 says,

“that they may know that you alone,
    whose name is the Lord,
    are the Most High over all the earth.”


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Psalm 82 You are an Agent of Justice, Judge with Righteous Judgement

8/11/2015

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Matthew 25:37-40 On Photo of Agents of Justice by Glynda Gordon
Then the righteous will answer him, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you drink? And when did we see you a stranger and welcome you, or naked and clothe you? And when did we see you sick or in prison and visit you?’ And the King will answer them, ‘Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.’ Matthew 25:37-40 On Photo of Agents of Justice by Glynda Gordon
Psalm 82

At first reading of this Psalm, I was confused. I read it again and asked for understanding. And of course God revealed some things to me. I am not a Bible scholar. But I am a child of the Living God, saved by Jesus Christ and filled with His Spirit.

According to my research, this psalm was to instruct kings and courts of justice in many nations. Asaph reminds them that The Lord is among them. Verses 1-4 read,

“God has taken his place in the divine council;
    in the midst of the gods he holds judgment:
2 “How long will you judge unjustly
    and show partiality to the wicked? Selah
3 Give justice to the weak and the fatherless;
    maintain the right of the afflicted and the destitute.
4 Rescue the weak and the needy;
    deliver them from the hand of the wicked.”


The kings, princes, and judges of the world sometimes consider themselves gods. It was certainly true during the times when this Psalm was written. King’s demanded worship from their citizens. I know many people today who consider every person or at least themselves gods. And whether they admit it or not, they judge, they dole out their brand of justice as if they are gods. They decide people’s fates by perpetuating inequality and withholding the justice the weak, poor, orphaned, and troubled need.

Asaph told the kings and princes they had power given to them by God and they ought to use it properly. Believers today are royalty. We have an onus to be the righteous royal judges the Father appointed us to be, Jesus made us to be, and the Spirit enables us to be. We do not judge in the sense most people consider judging. We are not saying “I’m better than you. You are evil. I am good.” We judge with the discernment of God through His law to say what is just, what is unjust, what is of God and what is not of God. We are to judge what is right for us to do in order to love people as Jesus loves us, in order to bring justice to those who suffer injustice. John 7:21-24 reads,

“Jesus answered them, “I did one work, and you all marvel at it. 22 Moses gave you circumcision (not that it is from Moses, but from the fathers), and you circumcise a man on the Sabbath. 23 If on the Sabbath a man receives circumcision, so that the law of Moses may not be broken, are you angry with me because on the Sabbath I made a man's whole body well? 24 Do not judge by appearances, but judge with right judgment.”

We do not judge the lost for being lost. We do not judge the poor for being needy. To judge them doesn’t make sense. Verse 5 reads,

“They have neither knowledge nor understanding,
    they walk about in darkness;
    all the foundations of the earth are shaken.”


It is an upside down skewed world which blames the victim and not the perpetrator for injustice. But that is so often what we do. The courts throw down mandates based on the law and the constitution without concern for the effects. Fatherless children wander the streets looking for their needs to be met and instead of freeing them from the bonds of Satan, we blame them for their ignorance and tell them they deserve to be in chains. Don’t we all deserve to be in chains? Isn’t Jesus the only reason we could be reconciled to The Father? Already the world judges and promotes injustice. Already, the powers of the world get more powerful, the rich get richer, and all on the backs of the oppressed.

God cares deeply about the poor, the prisoner, the oppressed, the widow, and the hungry. He cares about social justice as much as He cares about spiritual justice. So should we. James 1:22-27 says it this way,

“But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. 23 For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks intently at his natural face in a mirror. 24 For he looks at himself and goes away and at once forgets what he was like. 25 But the one who looks into the perfect law, the law of liberty, and perseveres, being no hearer who forgets but a doer who acts, he will be blessed in his doing.

26 If anyone thinks he is religious and does not bridle his tongue but deceives his heart, this person's religion is worthless. 27 Religion that is pure and undefiled before God, the Father, is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained from the world.”

Jesus told us when we clothe to the poor, feed the hungry, and visit the prisoner that we are not just serving them, we are serving Him. (Matthew 25:31-46).

No matter who the king, prince, or judge in this world is, he will die. Every person will die and every person’s sin must be paid for. It will be paid for by our own death or by Christ’s. Verse 6 reads,

“I said, “You are gods,
    sons of the Most High, all of you;
7 nevertheless, like men you shall die,
    and fall like any prince.”


We are sons of God. We were all created by Him. None of us was begotten by God, only Jesus has that distinction. (John 3:16). He was not created, He is God. (John 1:1-5). And so we are merely human. We will suffer a physical death, but we have eternal life with God. Because believers are imbued with the Spirit of God and have eternal life through Jesus, the Son of God we are judges and kings. We are royalty. We are distinctive or as Peter said it, peculiar. Our appointing is higher than the judge of the highest courts. Our call is higher than the king of a nation. Our anointing is for The Lord. In that role we are called to be merciful, forgiving, and compassionate. 1 Peter 2:9-10 reminds us who we are.

“But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light. 10 Once you were not a people, but now you are God's people; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.”

Do not be afraid to embrace your identity as a royal child of The King of kings. Do not forgo nobility because you are trying to be humble. Nobility and humility go hand in hand, they are not opposites but two traits which describe Jesus and should describe us. We are to love one another. We are to love as Jesus loves. We are to love others the way we love ourselves. That kind of love implies we would not allow harm or injury to come on someone else if we can help it.

Now on this earth we are agents of justice and it is serious business but one day we will judge in a way we never imagined. If we can’t be just and loving now, how will we fulfill the calling of Jesus? People are watching and they judge us harshly against their imagined image of Jesus. 1 Corinthians 6:1-8 says this,

“When one of you has a grievance against another, does he dare go to law before the unrighteous instead of the saints? 2 Or do you not know that the saints will judge the world? And if the world is to be judged by you, are you incompetent to try trivial cases? 3 Do you not know that we are to judge angels? How much more, then, matters pertaining to this life! 4 So if you have such cases, why do you lay them before those who have no standing in the church? 5 I say this to your shame. Can it be that there is no one among you wise enough to settle a dispute between the brothers, 6 but brother goes to law against brother, and that before unbelievers? 7 To have lawsuits at all with one another is already a defeat for you. Why not rather suffer wrong? Why not rather be defrauded? 8 But you yourselves wrong and defraud—even your own brothers!”

True love would rather take the injury on himself that let be inflicted on someone else. John 15:12-17 says it this way,

“This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. 13 Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends. 14 You are my friends if you do what I command you. 15 No longer do I call you servants, for the servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all that I have heard from my Father I have made known to you. 16 You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit and that your fruit should abide, so that whatever you ask the Father in my name, he may give it to you. 17 These things I command you, so that you will love one another.”

As agents of justice, lovers of the Lord, and doers of His Word, we have to remember Judgement Day is real and it is coming. The lost will perish. Verse 8 says,

“Arise, O God, judge the earth;
    for you shall inherit all the nations!”


I implore you to deliberately go out and glorify the Lord. Intentionally go out and share the Gospel of Jesus Christ be the light to those who have neither knowledge nor understanding and walk about in darkness.

 

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Psalm 79 The Father's Discipline is Good, No Matter how Bad It Seems

8/8/2015

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Psalm 79

Israel’s History is fraught with times of war, captivity, and destruction. Although The Lord was with them, they were often not with The Lord and He would remove His hand from their military victories, allow their enemies to attack, and sometimes even capture them. He did this to remind them to turn back to Him, to keep His covenant, and to teach them faith. He was always there waiting for them to turn back and speaking through His prophets to His children. We too suffer sometimes. But believer remember who God is and who we are in Him.

That doesn’t mean we ignore the pain or decide that since God allowed it we won’t turn to Him in prayer. We may feel as if He isn’t in the storms we face, but faith reminds us, He is always with us. Verses 1-7 read,

“O God, the nations have come into your inheritance;
    they have defiled your holy temple;
    they have laid Jerusalem in ruins.
2 They have given the bodies of your servants
    to the birds of the heavens for food,
    the flesh of your faithful to the beasts of the earth.
3 They have poured out their blood like water
    all around Jerusalem,
    and there was no one to bury them.
4 We have become a taunt to our neighbors,
    mocked and derided by those around us.


5 How long, O Lord? Will you be angry forever?
    Will your jealousy burn like fire?
6 Pour out your anger on the nations
    that do not know you,
and on the kingdoms
    that do not call upon your name!
7 For they have devoured Jacob
    and laid waste his habitation.”


The enemy’s attacks can hit us very hard. And prayer gives us a chance to hear from God and carry us through. One of the enemy’s favorite ways to attack us is to pay attention and figure out our weaknesses. He exploits those vulnerabilities to make us ineffectual and tempts us to sin to destroy our testimony. Did you know the Bible doesn’t tell us to resist temptation? Resisting temptation doesn’t help us and often leads to the sin we are trying to resist.

Think of it like this, picture yourself as a hungry child who skipped breakfast. There at the Farmer’s Market is a basket full of beautiful shiny red apples for sale. The seller has plenty of apples and looks well fed herself. Your hunger makes your stomach growl and apples are your favorite food. The devil says, “You could easily take one of those apples and no one would ever know. She’s charging a dollar and apple, she won’t miss a dollar! You need it more than she does.” As you keep listening to the devil and wonder if you will faint from hunger, you tell yourself over and over, “I can’t steal that apple. Stealing is wrong.” But those thoughts keep your mind stayed on the apple. The devil’s logic soon invades your thoughts and you no longer say steal, now you think, “I can’t take the apple.” Soon your thoughts become, “I mustn’t take one of this rich woman’s apples” your desire for the apple grows stronger and stronger until you give in and steal the apple.

The Bible doesn’t say resist temptation. Read what it does say in James 4:7-8.

“Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.8 Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.”

We do not resist temptation, we resist the devil. In the hungry child scenario, resisting the devil would happen like this, first he would not allow himself to become hungry. He would have eaten the food given to him at home by his father. For us that means reading the Word of God, spending time with God, and letting Him work in us. We do not go out into the world with that weakness ready to be exploited. The devil called the father of lies cannot fight The Truth who lives within us. (John 8:44, John 8:47, John 15:26-27).

What else could that hungry child do in order to resist the devil? Rather than entertain his lies he would recognize the thoughts and stop them. (2 Corinthians10:4-6).  The child would ask his father for an apple. His father would likely buy him and apple which would help both he and the apple seller. His father might show him another way to meet his need. If the father were friends with the apple-seller or another person at the market, the child could go to that friend in his father’s name and explain his need and be surprised by the hospitality and kindness friendship exhibits. When we resist temptation it grows stronger. When we resist the devil, he flees. He doesn’t back away slowly he gets the heck out of Dodge as fast as he can. Resisting the devil is done by submitting to God and drawing near to Him, and obeying Him. If we have a relationship with our Father, we don’t sully His name by pretending to walk in His name but really just listening to the lies of the enemy.

The enemy cannot defile our holiness without our permission. Our thoughts become action, and our actions can make us vulnerable to the enemy. But we are weak and we do sin. We can sin so often that we become deaf to God and then because He loves us He disciplines us. Proverbs 3:11-12 says it this way,

“My son, do not despise the Lord's discipline
    or be weary of his reproof,
12 for the Lord reproves him whom he loves,
    as a father the son in whom he delights.”


Consider our scenario of the hungry child. Had he stolen an apple, a good father would discipline his child so that he wouldn’t do it again, so that he wouldn’t bring shame to his family, and so he would learn the better way of living and becoming the happy fulfilled man the father wants him to be.

Our Father knows us and loves us deeply. He will never allow the devil to tempt us beyond our ability. 1 Corinthians 10:13 says it this way,

“No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond your ability, but with the temptation he will also provide the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.”

There is always a way out, so we won’t sin. God’s Word is filled with the ways others failed and sin. Our memories are filled with how we failed and sinned. But God doesn’t care about how we failed in the past, He cares about how we can succeed now and how we will be victors with Him in eternity. Verses 8-10 read,

“Do not remember against us our former iniquities;
    let your compassion come speedily to meet us,
    for we are brought very low.
9 Help us, O God of our salvation,
    for the glory of your name;
deliver us, and atone for our sins,
    for your name's sake!
10 Why should the nations say,
    “Where is their God?”
Let the avenging of the outpoured blood of your servants
    be known among the nations before our eyes!”


It is through the discipline and lessons of the past both ours and those recorded in Scriptures we learn, become wise, and more like Christ. Let’s put 1 Corinthians 10:13 in context. 1 Corinthians 10:6-17 reads,

“Now these things took place as examples for us, that we might not desire evil as they did. 7 Do not be idolaters as some of them were; as it is written, “The people sat down to eat and drink and rose up to play.”8 We must not indulge in sexual immorality as some of them did, and twenty-three thousand fell in a single day. 9 We must not put Christ to the test, as some of them did and were destroyed by serpents, 10 nor grumble, as some of them did and were destroyed by the Destroyer. 11 Now these things happened to them as an example, but they were written down for our instruction, on whom the end of the ages has come.12 Therefore let anyone who thinks that he stands take heed lest he fall. 13 No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond your ability, but with the temptation he will also provide the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.

14 Therefore, my beloved, flee from idolatry. 15 I speak as to sensible people; judge for yourselves what I say. 16 The cup of blessing that we bless, is it not a participation in the blood of Christ? The bread that we break, is it not a participation in the body of Christ? 17 Because there is one bread, we who are many are one body, for we all partake of the one bread.”

We are not alone. Jesus is with us. He didn’t die and resurrect for nothing. We have the family of Christ with us too. We do not face the struggles and trials alone. We do not go through discipline, tests, and tribulations for no reason. It is all for the glory of Christ. When we are humbled and submitted to The Lord, He is glorified. When we respond with grace and faith, He is glorified. When we are conformed to Jesus’ image, He is glorified. So regardless of our trouble, let’s rejoice and continue to praise, thank, and worship The Lord God Almighty, our Redeemer.

Remember who we were and who we now are. Remember there are others out there still suffering in slavery to the enemy. Verses 11-13 read,

“Let the groans of the prisoners come before you;
    according to your great power, preserve those doomed to die!
12 Return sevenfold into the lap of our neighbors
    the taunts with which they have taunted you, O Lord!
13 But we your people, the sheep of your pasture,
    will give thanks to you forever;
    from generation to generation we will recount your praise.”


We all go through times when we face tests, trials, and troubles that seem more than we can handle. Those times are not fun, but we can keep certain things in mind. First, we cannot handle those problems on our own, God is using them to remind us He is God and we are His children, vessel, and beloved. Second, though it feels as if we are all alone and forsaken, we are not. God is always with us, He holds us tightly and He will never let us out if His hand. (John 10:26-30). Thirdly, we are free in Christ. We cannot be taken by the enemy. The devil cannot touch us. (1 John 5:18-21). We are not ever going to be in his chains again. Whatever chains are shackled to us, we allowed to be put on and we can take them off through Jesus.

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Psalm 78 God Can Do It, Just Remember What He Has Already Done

8/7/2015

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Psalm 78

Do you wonder how the Israelites could see all the wonderful and awesome things God did for them as they left Egypt and wandered through the desert toward the Promised Land and still be so obstinate?

In this long Psalm, Asaph looks at that issue. First he instructs Israel to tell their children all of the great things God has done. Verses 1-4 read,

“Give ear, O my people, to my teaching;
    incline your ears to the words of my mouth!
2 I will open my mouth in a parable;
    I will utter dark sayings from of old,
3 things that we have heard and known,
    that our fathers have told us.
4 We will not hide them from their children,
    but tell to the coming generation
the glorious deeds of the Lord, and his might,
    and the wonders that he has done.”


Why do we tell our children about The Lord? Why do we teach them about Jesus instead of letting them find out on their own? They need to know why we do what we do. They need to understand why we celebrate the Lord’s Supper, Passover, Resurrection Sunday, and Christmas. They need to see how great the Lord is. It is our job as Christ’s ambassadors to tell the whole world (Matthew 28:19-20). Our children are in that world, they are our legacy. If we want them to experience the goodness of The Lord firsthand, we have to share our experiences and teach them who He is through His Word, both in the scriptures, life, and person. We want them to have an easier walk than we did. We want them to learn from our mistakes. We don’t want them to make the mistakes Israel made. The Lord established His testimony, His witness in us. We cannot keep that testimony to ourselves. Verses 5-8 say,

“He established a testimony in Jacob
    and appointed a law in Israel,
which he commanded our fathers
    to teach to their children,
6 that the next generation might know them,
    the children yet unborn,
and arise and tell them to their children,
7     so that they should set their hope in God
and not forget the works of God,
    but keep his commandments;
8 and that they should not be like their fathers,
    a stubborn and rebellious generation,
a generation whose heart was not steadfast,
    whose spirit was not faithful to God.”


As we tell our children about Jesus, we remember His awesomeness ourselves. Time and time again The Lord did miracles for Israel, His children. And time and again they forgot, they sinned, they whined and complained. They walked on dry land through the Red Sea with the waters roaring beside them and not even a drop of it touched them. They got through and escaped the army of Egypt. They were led by God Himself as pillar of cloud during the day and a pillar of fire at night. But what did they do? They complained that they were going to die of thirst.

Verses 15-19 read,

“He split rocks in the wilderness
    and gave them drink abundantly as from the deep.
16 He made streams come out of the rock
    and caused waters to flow down like rivers.


17 Yet they sinned still more against him,
    rebelling against the Most High in the desert.
18 They tested God in their heart
    by demanding the food they craved.
19 They spoke against God, saying,
    “Can God spread a table in the wilderness?”


Why would they think God had led them to freedom and taken care of them in such amazing ways and still not trust Him to take care of them completely? How could anyone be saved from the clutches of the enemy and not trust God to take care of them, make them complete and keep them until Jesus comes again? 1 Corinthians 1:4-9 says,

“I give thanks to my God always for you because of the grace of God that was given you in Christ Jesus, 5 that in every way you were enriched in him in all speech and all knowledge— 6 even as the testimony about Christ was confirmed among you— 7 so that you are not lacking in any gift, as you wait for the revealing of our Lord Jesus Christ, 8 who will sustain you to the end, guiltless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. 9 God is faithful, by whom you were called into the fellowship of his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.”

Your life is a testimony. Live that life to tell others about how faithful and loving and awesome God is. Don’t run around whining, stressing, and complaining. Who does that exalt? Who would bother following a god who can’t even meet your most basic needs who leaves you grumbling and grouchy?

Even though Israel moaned nearly incessantly, God stuck with them. He provided, He disciplined, and He kept providing. Verses 21-25 read,

“Therefore, when the Lord heard, he was full of wrath;
    a fire was kindled against Jacob;
    his anger rose against Israel,
22 because they did not believe in God
    and did not trust his saving power.
23 Yet he commanded the skies above
    and opened the doors of heaven,
24 and he rained down on them manna to eat
    and gave them the grain of heaven.
25 Man ate of the bread of the angels;
    he sent them food in abundance.”


Believer, where are you as you read this? Are you in your home, a coffee shop, or your place of work? What are you wearing? Are you reading on a book, a computer, or a tablet? When as your last meal? When is your next? Are you breathing? Wow! God is great!!!! Be thankful. Live thankfully.

Somehow like Israel we forget the Manna, the bread of the angels, and we cry out and say, “Seriously, is this it? I want something better!” And when the slightest trouble comes we sob, “Are you just gonna let me lose my car? How will I pray the rent? Are you going to let me die of this cold?”

How can we be so unfaithful? How can we so easily forget all the great things God has done? He led an entire nation out of slavery and worked it so the Pharaoh actually begged them to leave, He divided the Red Sea, He led Israel, He visited Moses and gave him His law. And what did Israel do? They grumbled that it wasn’t good enough, they worried they would die, and like spoiled Veruca Salt, they actually said they wanted to go back to the slavery of Egypt. (Numbers 14:1-5).

Even so, The Lord didn’t abandon Israel and He will not abandon us. He disciplined them, He repeatedly showed them His power. Verses 29-35 read,

“And they ate and were well filled,
    for he gave them what they craved.
30 But before they had satisfied their craving,
    while the food was still in their mouths,
31 the anger of God rose against them,
    and he killed the strongest of them
    and laid low the young men of Israel.


32 In spite of all this, they still sinned;
    despite his wonders, they did not believe.
33 So he made their days vanish like a breath,
    and their years in terror.
34 When he killed them, they sought him;
    they repented and sought God earnestly.
35 They remembered that God was their rock,
    the Most High God their redeemer.”


Sometimes we are so stubborn that it takes terrible discipline to turn our necks back to The Lord. Verse 35 says that Israel remember God as their rock. So we too will usually come around and remember Jesus is our rock and redeemer. But how fast Israel forgot and how fast we forget. The very next verses says,

“But they flattered him with their mouths;
    they lied to him with their tongues.
37 Their heart was not steadfast toward him;
    they were not faithful to his covenant.”


Did they think God was fooled? Do we think God hears our words and ignores our hearts? No, He is God! but the beautiful thing is that even in our infidelity, even in our shaky faith, and crooked walk, The Lord remains faithful, steadfast, and great. Verses 38-39 read,

“Yet he, being compassionate,
    atoned for their iniquity
    and did not destroy them;
he restrained his anger often
    and did not stir up all his wrath.
39 He remembered that they were but flesh,
    a wind that passes and comes not again.”


We do not have to be like Israel. We do not have to grumble and complain in the face of all He has done for us. But we do not have to let God’s discipline be ineffective. We have the Holy Spirit of God in us. We can allow Him to work in us and complete us and make us more like Jesus. God’s discipline doesn’t need to leave us in the same old place and condition.

God brought Israel to the Promised Land, He brought us to the Kingdom of God. If He saved us from the clutches of Satan, don’t we trust Him to keep us, mature us, and complete us? Don’t we know He will always provide for us and protect us?

Even through Israel’s rebellious pig-headed history, God chose to redeem the world through them. He didn’t choose Joseph’s decedents, He chose Judah’s. He didn’t choose a rich strong man, He chose David, a child and a shepherd. He gave us Jesus, True and Eternal Salvation. Verses 67-72 say,

“He rejected the tent of Joseph;
    he did not choose the tribe of Ephraim,
68 but he chose the tribe of Judah,
    Mount Zion, which he loves.
69 He built his sanctuary like the high heavens,
    like the earth, which he has founded forever.
70 He chose David his servant
    and took him from the sheepfolds;
71 from following the nursing ewes he brought him
    to shepherd Jacob his people,
    Israel his inheritance.
72 With upright heart he shepherded them
    and guided them with his skillful hand.”


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Psalm 77 Daddy, The Angel’s Bread isn’t Good Enough, I Want Pheasant Under Glass, and I want it Now!

8/7/2015

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Are we more like Veruca Salt than we care to admit?
"Daddy, The Angel’s Bread isn’t Good Enough, I Want Pheasant Under Glass, and I want it Now!" Are we more like Veruca Salt than we care to admit?
Psalm 78

Do you wonder how the Israelites could see all the wonderful and awesome things God did for them as they left Egypt and wandered through the desert toward the Promised Land and still be so obstinate?

In this long Psalm, Asaph looks at that issue. First he instructs Israel to tell their children all of the great things God has done. Verses 1-4 read,

“Give ear, O my people, to my teaching;
    incline your ears to the words of my mouth!
2 I will open my mouth in a parable;
    I will utter dark sayings from of old,
3 things that we have heard and known,
    that our fathers have told us.
4 We will not hide them from their children,
    but tell to the coming generation
the glorious deeds of the Lord, and his might,
    and the wonders that he has done.”


Why do we tell our children about The Lord? Why do we teach them about Jesus instead of letting them find out on their own? They need to know why we do what we do. They need to understand why we celebrate the Lord’s Supper, Passover, Resurrection Sunday, and Christmas. They need to see how great the Lord is. It is our job as Christ’s ambassadors to tell the whole world (Matthew 28:19-20). Our children are in that world, they are our legacy. If we want them to experience the goodness of The Lord firsthand, we have to share our experiences and teach them who He is through His Word, both in the scriptures, life, and person. We want them to have an easier walk than we did. We want them to learn from our mistakes. We don’t want them to make the mistakes Israel made. The Lord established His testimony, His witness in us. We cannot keep that testimony to ourselves. Verses 5-8 say,

“He established a testimony in Jacob
    and appointed a law in Israel,
which he commanded our fathers
    to teach to their children,
6 that the next generation might know them,
    the children yet unborn,
and arise and tell them to their children,
7     so that they should set their hope in God
and not forget the works of God,
    but keep his commandments;
8 and that they should not be like their fathers,
    a stubborn and rebellious generation,
a generation whose heart was not steadfast,
    whose spirit was not faithful to God.”


As we tell our children about Jesus, we remember His awesomeness ourselves. Time and time again The Lord did miracles for Israel, His children. And time and again they forgot, they sinned, they whined and complained. They walked on dry land through the Red Sea with the waters roaring beside them and not even a drop of it touched them. They got through and escaped the army of Egypt. They were led by God Himself as pillar of cloud during the day and a pillar of fire at night. But what did they do? They complained that they were going to die of thirst.

Verses 15-19 read,

“He split rocks in the wilderness
    and gave them drink abundantly as from the deep.
16 He made streams come out of the rock
    and caused waters to flow down like rivers.


17 Yet they sinned still more against him,
    rebelling against the Most High in the desert.
18 They tested God in their heart
    by demanding the food they craved.
19 They spoke against God, saying,
    “Can God spread a table in the wilderness?”


Why would they think God had led them to freedom and taken care of them in such amazing ways and still not trust Him to take care of them completely? How could anyone be saved from the clutches of the enemy and not trust God to take care of them, make them complete and keep them until Jesus comes again? 1 Corinthians 1:4-9 says,

“I give thanks to my God always for you because of the grace of God that was given you in Christ Jesus, 5 that in every way you were enriched in him in all speech and all knowledge— 6 even as the testimony about Christ was confirmed among you— 7 so that you are not lacking in any gift, as you wait for the revealing of our Lord Jesus Christ, 8 who will sustain you to the end, guiltless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. 9 God is faithful, by whom you were called into the fellowship of his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.”

Your life is a testimony. Live that life to tell others about how faithful and loving and awesome God is. Don’t run around whining, stressing, and complaining. Who does that exalt? Who would bother following a god who can’t even meet your most basic needs who leaves you grumbling and grouchy?

Even though Israel moaned nearly incessantly, God stuck with them. He provided, He disciplined, and He kept providing. Verses 21-25 read,

“Therefore, when the Lord heard, he was full of wrath;
    a fire was kindled against Jacob;
    his anger rose against Israel,
22 because they did not believe in God
    and did not trust his saving power.
23 Yet he commanded the skies above
    and opened the doors of heaven,
24 and he rained down on them manna to eat
    and gave them the grain of heaven.
25 Man ate of the bread of the angels;
    he sent them food in abundance.”


Believer, where are you as you read this? Are you in your home, a coffee shop, or your place of work? What are you wearing? Are you reading on a book, a computer, or a tablet? When as your last meal? When is your next? Are you breathing? Wow! God is great!!!! Be thankful. Live thankfully.

Somehow like Israel we forget the Manna, the bread of the angels, and we cry out and say, “Seriously, is this it? I want something better!” And when the slightest trouble comes we sob, “Are you just gonna let me lose my car? How will I pray the rent? Are you going to let me die of this cold?”

How can we be so unfaithful? How can we so easily forget all the great things God has done? He led an entire nation out of slavery and worked it so the Pharaoh actually begged them to leave, He divided the Red Sea, He led Israel, He visited Moses and gave him His law. And what did Israel do? They grumbled that it wasn’t good enough, they worried they would die, and like spoiled Veruca Salt, they actually said they wanted to go back to the slavery of Egypt. (Numbers 14:1-5).

Even so, The Lord didn’t abandon Israel and He will not abandon us. He disciplined them, He repeatedly showed them His power. Verses 29-35 read,

“And they ate and were well filled,
    for he gave them what they craved.
30 But before they had satisfied their craving,
    while the food was still in their mouths,
31 the anger of God rose against them,
    and he killed the strongest of them
    and laid low the young men of Israel.


32 In spite of all this, they still sinned;
    despite his wonders, they did not believe.
33 So he made their days vanish like a breath,
    and their years in terror.
34 When he killed them, they sought him;
    they repented and sought God earnestly.
35 They remembered that God was their rock,
    the Most High God their redeemer.”


Sometimes we are so stubborn that it takes terrible discipline to turn our necks back to The Lord. Verse 35 says that Israel remember God as their rock. So we too will usually come around and remember Jesus is our rock and redeemer. But how fast Israel forgot and how fast we forget. The very next verses says,

“But they flattered him with their mouths;
    they lied to him with their tongues.
37 Their heart was not steadfast toward him;
    they were not faithful to his covenant.”


Did they think God was fooled? Do we think God hears our words and ignores our hearts? No, He is God! but the beautiful thing is that even in our infidelity, even in our shaky faith, and crooked walk, The Lord remains faithful, steadfast, and great. Verses 38-39 read,

“Yet he, being compassionate,
    atoned for their iniquity
    and did not destroy them;
he restrained his anger often
    and did not stir up all his wrath.
39 He remembered that they were but flesh,
    a wind that passes and comes not again.”


We do not have to be like Israel. We do not have to grumble and complain in the face of all He has done for us. But we do not have to let God’s discipline be ineffective. We have the Holy Spirit of God in us. We can allow Him to work in us and complete us and make us more like Jesus. God’s discipline doesn’t need to leave us in the same old place and condition.

God brought Israel to the Promised Land, He brought us to the Kingdom of God. If He saved us from the clutches of Satan, don’t we trust Him to keep us, mature us, and complete us? Don’t we know He will always provide for us and protect us?

Even through Israel’s rebellious pig-headed history, God chose to redeem the world through them. He didn’t choose Joseph’s decedents, He chose Judah’s. He didn’t choose a rich strong man, He chose David, a child and a shepherd. He gave us Jesus, True and Eternal Salvation. Verses 67-72 say,

“He rejected the tent of Joseph;
    he did not choose the tribe of Ephraim,
68 but he chose the tribe of Judah,
    Mount Zion, which he loves.
69 He built his sanctuary like the high heavens,
    like the earth, which he has founded forever.
70 He chose David his servant
    and took him from the sheepfolds;
71 from following the nursing ewes he brought him
    to shepherd Jacob his people,
    Israel his inheritance.
72 With upright heart he shepherded them
    and guided them with his skillful hand.”


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Psalm 77 Meditate on God or Meditate on Anxieties

8/6/2015

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I will ponder all your work, and meditate on your mighty deeds. Your way, O God, is holy.  What god is great like our God? You are the God who works wonders; you have made known your might among the peoples. Psalm 77:12-14 On Photo of Storm Clouds by Denise Hogan
I will ponder all your work, and meditate on your mighty deeds. Your way, O God, is holy. What god is great like our God? You are the God who works wonders; you have made known your might among the peoples. Psalm 77:12-14 On Photo of Storm Clouds by Denise Hogan
Psalm 77

Have you ever had trouble sleeping? I endure bouts of insomnia often. I cannot turn my brain off. Sometimes my thoughts center on the stresses of my life, and my anxiety steals sleep. This Psalm of Asaph reminds me of the sleepless nights of worry I have spent. Verses 1-6 read,

“I cry aloud to God,
    aloud to God, and he will hear me.
2 In the day of my trouble I seek the Lord;
    in the night my hand is stretched out without wearying;
    my soul refuses to be comforted.
3 When I remember God, I moan;
    when I meditate, my spirit faints. Selah


4 You hold my eyelids open;
    I am so troubled that I cannot speak.
5 I consider the days of old,
    the years long ago.
6 I said, “Let me remember my song in the night;
    let me meditate in my heart.”
    Then my spirit made a diligent search:”


What is anxiety? At its foundation it is faithlessness, it is not trusting The Lord. When we’re anxious, we may pray, we may cry out to God almost constantly when we aren’t turning our troubled thoughts over in our heads. But we aren’t listening for the response, we aren’t allowing The Spirit to comfort or guide us. We may meditate, but rather than meditate on God’s Word, faithfulness, or strength, we deliberate on our problems, we contemplate the consequences we see as possible. There is no faith or peace in those prayers or meditations. God is not in them. Verses 7-9 convey the futility of that kind of prayer.

“Will the Lord spurn forever,
    and never again be favorable?
8 Has his steadfast love forever ceased?
    Are his promises at an end for all time?
9 Has God forgotten to be gracious?
    Has he in anger shut up his compassion?” Selah”


Can you admit that you’ve reached those moments when your cares so overcame you, you wondered if God was real or if He was ever going to deliver you from your struggles? Suffering can engulf us. It can makes us forget God in the midst of our difficulties. We forget to look at the purpose, the joy, and the good results of what we go through. We forget that triumph requires war, conquest requires struggle, and victory requires a contest. Romans 5:1-5 says,

“Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. 2 Through him we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God. 3 Not only that, but we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, 4 and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, 5 and hope does not put us to shame, because God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.”

It can be easy to concentrate on worries instead of the Lord. It can be easy to meditate on fears instead of Jesus. But take the time to contemplate who God is, what salvation means, and all the great and wonderful things God has done. We pray and listen and let Him tell us we can have faith. We read His Word and remember all the amazing things God has done for His children. Instead of worrying over the future, we look at our past and remember Jesus saved us. We can even look at the beauty of creation and let The Spirit comfort us. In Matthew 6:25-34 Jesus told us,

“Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? 26 Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? 27 And which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his span of life? 28 And why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin, 29 yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.30 But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is alive and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith? 31 Therefore do not be anxious, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ 32 For the Gentiles seek after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them all. 33 But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.

34 “Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.”

Asaph stayed awake, he wondered where God was until He finally decided to listen to God, to remember God, and reflect on The Lord’s greatness instead of his own problems. Verses 11-15 read,

“I will remember the deeds of the Lord;
    yes, I will remember your wonders of old.
12 I will ponder all your work,
    and meditate on your mighty deeds.
13 Your way, O God, is holy.
    What god is great like our God?
14 You are the God who works wonders;
    you have made known your might among the peoples.
15 You with your arm redeemed your people,
    the children of Jacob and Joseph. Selah”


God reminded Asaph of His sovereignty over everything that Asaph couldn’t control. The Lord created the earth and the heavens with words. He has authority over the entirety of creation, He can handle our problems regardless. We can trust Him. Verses 16-18 read,

“When the waters saw you, O God,
    when the waters saw you, they were afraid;
    indeed, the deep trembled.
17 The clouds poured out water;
    the skies gave forth thunder;
    your arrows flashed on every side.
18 The crash of your thunder was in the whirlwind;
    your lightnings lighted up the world;
    the earth trembled and shook.”


God reminded Asaph of His mighty deeds and Israel’s salvation. Verses 19-20 say,

“Your way was through the sea,
    your path through the great waters;
    yet your footprints were unseen.
20 You led your people like a flock
    by the hand of Moses and Aaron.”


God led Israel out of the slavery of Egypt to the freedom of The Promised Land. The going was not easy, but God never strayed from His children. Believer, The Spirit led you out of the slavery of the enemy to the freedom of Christ. He is never going to leave you. He can do everything you need Him to do. He created the world. He divided the Red Sea. He rose from the dead! He can manage your room and board just fine.

Stop running after your needs and run after God instead, He’ll take care of everything else.

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Psalm 75 God is Our Righteous Judge

8/4/2015

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Psalm 75

The Lord is awesome and good. The last couple of days we have been encouraged to remember all the great things God has done for us. We continue to remember His might each day and He continues to fortify our faith. We also keep in mind what The Lord will do, what He has promised will happen. Verse 1 reads,

“We give thanks to you, O God;
    we give thanks, for your name is near.
We recount your wondrous deeds.”


We not only thank The Lord for all He has done but also all He will do. His promises are so sure, we can count them as done. We have faith that God will always overcome, always do what is good, and always be with us. We recount God’s wondrous deeds so that He is glorified. We recount His awesome works so that people will know who Jesus is and have the opportunity to make Him Lord of their lives. We recount His beautiful acts so that we can spread the Gospel and make disciples of every nation.

One promise He has made is judgement. God will judge the earth and there is only one criterion for this judgement. It will not be based on wealth, status, race, or ability. It will not be centered on how good or bad we are, or how much good or bad we have done. It will be founded on whether Jesus is our Lord or not. Verses 2-5 say,

“At the set time that I appoint
    I will judge with equity.
3 When the earth totters, and all its inhabitants,
    it is I who keep steady its pillars. Selah
4 I say to the boastful, ‘Do not boast,’
    and to the wicked, ‘Do not lift up your horn;
5 do not lift up your horn on high,
    or speak with haughty neck.’”


God is a God of equity, which is impartiality, justice, and evenhandedness. He doesn’t consider some people better than others. In Christ every person is equal. Men are not more favored than women. Israelites are not more preferred than the Chinese. Race, gender, or socio-economic status do not have clout with The Lord. He loves each and every person equally. He offers Salvation to everyone the same, and never forces His will upon us.  We are all measured on one thing and we have all fallen short of the standard. And we all have the same chance to receive the gift of forgiveness through Jesus Christ. Romans 3:21-25 says,

“But now the righteousness of God has been manifested apart from the law, although the Law and the Prophets bear witness to it— 22 the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ for all who believe. For there is no distinction: 23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, 24 and are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, 25 whom God put forward as a propitiation by his blood, to be received by faith. This was to show God's righteousness, because in his divine forbearance he had passed over former sins. 26 It was to show his righteousness at the present time, so that he might be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus.”

Everyone has sinned. We are all born sinners. No one can raise himself above that. But Jesus does elevate us from sinner to saint. All we have to do is ask and He gives us His righteousness. Those who try and exalt themselves to righteousness will fail and fall. God gives us all the exact same path to Salvation. It is Jesus Christ or nothing. Good works cannot save anyone. Only God’s work can save.

People judge and our judgement brings bias, prejudice, racism, hate, favoritism, and inequality. Our judgement created social classes, oppression, and privilege. Our judgment created yardsticks for measuring appearances and value. But God created us all, not just some in His image. (Genesis 1:26-27). God loves everyone dearly. And God made a way for us all to attain salvation. In John 3:16-18 Jesus puts it this way,

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. 17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him. 18 Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God.”

God’s judgement is not like the judgement of man. He is our Almighty Omniscient Creator. His judgement is fair and perfect. It isn’t based on how much we have accomplished. He doesn’t care what the world sees as our potential. With God our potential is limitless, all things are possible. Matthew 19:23-30 reads,

“And Jesus said to his disciples, “Truly, I say to you, only with difficulty will a rich person enter the kingdom of heaven. 24 Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God.” 25 When the disciples heard this, they were greatly astonished, saying, “Who then can be saved?” 26 But Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.” 27 Then Peter said in reply, “See, we have left everything and followed you. What then will we have?” 28 Jesus said to them, “Truly, I say to you, in the new world when the Son of Man will sit on his glorious throne, you who have followed me will also sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. 29 And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or lands, for my name's sake, will receive a hundredfold and will inherit eternal life. 30 But many who are first will be last, and the last first.”

People don’t want to believe that there will be a Judgement Day, but there will be. Verses 6-8 describe it this way,

“For not from the east or from the west
    and not from the wilderness comes lifting up,
7 but it is God who executes judgment,
    putting down one and lifting up another.
8 For in the hand of the Lord there is a cup
    with foaming wine, well mixed,
and he pours out from it,
    and all the wicked of the earth
    shall drain it down to the dregs.”


Who is it that God will put down and who will He lift up? It all hinges on Jesus. Matthew 26:26-29 says,

“Now as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and after blessing it broke it and gave it to the disciples, and said, “Take, eat; this is my body.” 27 And he took a cup, and when he had given thanks he gave it to them, saying, “Drink of it, all of you, 28 for this is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins. 29 I tell you I will not drink again of this fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father's kingdom.”

That night Jesus was arrested (Matthew 26:46-56). He was laid down His life on the cross the next day. He poured out His blood to save us. (Matthew 27:32-44). And on the third day, He rose again, our Risen Savior. (Matthew 28:1-10).

Jesus drank that cup for us. He drank the condemnation, punishment, and payment for our sins for us. But those who reject Christ they’ll drink every last drop of God’s wrath themselves. Revelation 14:17-20 describes it this way,

“Then another angel came out of the temple in heaven, and he too had a sharp sickle. 18 And another angel came out from the altar, the angel who has authority over the fire, and he called with a loud voice to the one who had the sharp sickle, “Put in your sickle and gather the clusters from the vine of the earth, for its grapes are ripe.” 19 So the angel swung his sickle across the earth and gathered the grape harvest of the earth and threw it into the great winepress of the wrath of God. 20 And the winepress was trodden outside the city, and blood flowed from the winepress, as high as a horse's bridle, for 1,600 stadia.[1]”

Jesus is described again as our Righteous Warrior King and Judge in Revelation 19:11-16.

“Then I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse! The one sitting on it is called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he judges and makes war. 12 His eyes are like a flame of fire, and on his head are many diadems, and he has a name written that no one knows but himself. 13 He is clothed in a robe dipped in blood, and the name by which he is called is The Word of God. 14 And the armies of heaven, arrayed in fine linen, white and pure, were following him on white horses. 15 From his mouth comes a sharp sword with which to strike down the nations, and he will rule them with a rod of iron. He will tread the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God the Almighty. 16 On his robe and on his thigh he has a name written, King of kings and Lord of lords.”

Will you drink the cup or did Jesus drink it for you? Will you recount it to the world so that they too can ask Jesus to drink their cup for them? Will you judge as the world judges, or will you let God be the judge and care enough about the oppressed, prisoners, widows, orphans, and poor to tell them about the freedom, treasures, and love of Jesus? Will you lift them up? Verses 9-10 read,

“But I will declare it forever;
    I will sing praises to the God of Jacob.
10 All the horns of the wicked I will cut off,
    but the horns of the righteous shall be lifted up.”



[1] That is a river of blood about 5 feet tall and 184 miles long


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Psalm 74 Remember God is Our Almighty Salvation

8/3/2015

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Psalm 74

There are times it seems the enemy is winning. There are times it seems our hearts are trampled and it seems we cannot find the strength to fight or even stand. Israel suffered losses many times and this Maskil of Asaph describes one of those times. It describes how we have all felt from time to time when the enemy has attacked and our wounds feel like they may never heal. What do we do when we don’t have the power to stand up and fight? We call out to God. Verses 1-3 read,

“O God, why do you cast us off forever?
    Why does your anger smoke against the sheep of your pasture?
2 Remember your congregation, which you have purchased of old,
    which you have redeemed to be the tribe of your heritage!
    Remember Mount Zion, where you have dwelt.
3 Direct your steps to the perpetual ruins;
    the enemy has destroyed everything in the sanctuary!”


We know that God will never leave us when we depend on Him for our salvation. Hebrews 13:5-6 reminds us,

“Keep your life free from love of money, and be content with what you have, for he has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.” 6 So we can confidently say,

“The Lord is my helper;
    I will not fear;
what can man do to me?”


But when we are in the midst of suffering it can seem like it will never end. I confess I have dealt with one issue for years now and it feels like it will go on forever. But I know it has a purpose for my own good and Jesus’ glory. I can say, God’s grace is sufficient for me. 2 Corinthians 12:8-10 read,

“Three times I pleaded with the Lord about this, that it should leave me. 9 But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me. 10 For the sake of Christ, then, I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities. For when I am weak, then I am strong.”

We don’t have to be strong all the time. We don’t have to be able to stand on our own power. God taught Israel time and again that He was their strength and power and they needed to lean on Him as their only God, their Almighty Lord, and their Salvation. He used the enemies of Israel to discipline them, to punish them, and to bring them back to Him. He uses our enemy to turn us back to Him as well. Verses 4-8 describe what the enemy had done to Israel.

“Your foes have roared in the midst of your meeting place;
    they set up their own signs for signs.
5 They were like those who swing axes
    in a forest of trees.
6 And all its carved wood
    they broke down with hatchets and hammers.
7 They set your sanctuary on fire;
    they profaned the dwelling place of your name,
    bringing it down to the ground.
8 They said to themselves, “We will utterly subdue them”;
    they burned all the meeting places of God in the land.”


The enemy attacks for different reasons. One is that we are powerful soldiers for the Kingdom of God and dangerous to his princedom. He can’t have that and so he will try and hurt us to make us ineffectual. But when that happens rejoice and know God’s grace is sufficient for you. When that happens remember the Lord is glorified through your response, deliverance, and maturation. (Romans 5:3-5). The enemy will attack because the Lord allows it for our own strengthening and discipline. Like Satan tempted Jesus in the desert, we are tested and our faith made pure and Jesus will be glorified. (1 Peter 1:5-9). When we have suffered, we are able to bring comfort to people who are likewise suffering. Jesus suffered and we share in His suffering if we live for His glory. But not only do we share in Jesus’ suffering we share in His comfort. Jesus suffering brought us salvation. (2 Corinthians 1:3-7). Our suffering and subsequent response can lead people to Christ. That’s a reason to rejoice, y’all!

In the aftermath or in the center of the attack we look around for rescue or escape and it can be devastating. We may not see any hope. Verses 9-11 read,

“We do not see our signs;
    there is no longer any prophet,
    and there is none among us who knows how long.
10 How long, O God, is the foe to scoff?
    Is the enemy to revile your name forever?
11 Why do you hold back your hand, your right hand?
    Take it from the fold of your garment and destroy them!”


Israel looked for signs and for prophets, people who would tell them what God had to say. But they didn’t look to God. How many times has that been us? We suffer and we go to people for help we go to the pastor for encouragement, or we search for comfort from food, drink, or material things. But finally we resort to prayer, to our Lord for help. He is okay with us asking, “Why are you taking so long?” and He hopes we will listen to the answer.

Has the Lord done great things? Yes! What has He done for us over the years? Did He save you? Did He bring you through troubles over and over? It is good to remember what God has done, especially when you are under attack, suffering, and wondering, “How long Lord.”

I have a jars of rocks. Each stone has a word that represents answered prayer, even prayers I never articulated. As God does a great work or as He answers prayers I add a stone to the answered prayers jar. I occasionally go through those stones and remember what the Lord has done. Asaph too remembered what God had done for Israel. Verses 12-17 say,

“Yet God my King is from of old,
    working salvation in the midst of the earth.
13 You divided the sea by your might;
    you broke the heads of the sea monsters on the waters.
14 You crushed the heads of Leviathan;
    you gave him as food for the creatures of the wilderness.
15 You split open springs and brooks;
    you dried up ever-flowing streams.
16 Yours is the day, yours also the night;
    you have established the heavenly lights and the sun.
17 You have fixed all the boundaries of the earth;
    you have made summer and winter.”


Look at how great God is! He loves us so much! There is nothing God cannot do. He is Almighty Righteous Holy God. Sure sometimes it looks like the enemy is winning. Sometimes it feels like our pain will never end. But God is with us. And He is The LORD! Jesus suffered and He is The LORD. It is a joy to share in His suffering because it makes us more like Him and it brings Him glory.

God hasn’t forgotten us or the promises He made. It is us who sometimes forget His covenant with us, His eternal salvation and undying hope. God knows our hearts and minds better than we do. We do not pray for God’s benefit but for our own. When we articulate our heart, our hopes our fears, our joys, and our grief, it is so we will understand and The Holy Spirit, our Comforter, builds us up through those conversations with us. He reminds us who we are and who He is. And when we pray aloud all those around can be encouraged and edified by who God is. (1 Corinthians 14:13-19). And so Asaph prayed for God’s deliverance from the enemies of Israel. Verses 18-23 read,

“Remember this, O Lord, how the enemy scoffs,
    and a foolish people reviles your name.
19 Do not deliver the soul of your dove to the wild beasts;
    do not forget the life of your poor forever.


20 Have regard for the covenant,
    for the dark places of the land are full of the habitations of violence.
21 Let not the downtrodden turn back in shame;
    let the poor and needy praise your name.


22 Arise, O God, defend your cause;
    remember how the foolish scoff at you all the day!
23 Do not forget the clamor of your foes,
    the uproar of those who rise against you, which goes up continually!”


In this prayer Asaph and Israel could remember God would deliver them and their enemies would be defeated. We too remember when we pray that God will rescue us, that He has saved us, and that although the enemy laughs now, he will one day be thrown into the pit of Hell.

So pray, don’t be afraid to pray with sincerity even if God may not like the words. He already knows how you feel but when you express it you can realize the awesome Love of God. Pray those fighting words, “Arise, O God, defend your cause;” and remember you are God’s cause, His glory is His cause, and the lost are His cause. The enemy has already been defeated, he just doesn’t know it yet, but we do.

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Psalm 73 Evil Men Prosper, But Only on this Earth.

8/2/2015

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Psalm 73

This Psalm is one of 12 attributed to Asaph. Asaph was the priest in charge of ministering in front of the Ark of the Covenant each day. (1 Chronicles 16:4-7). He was a “worship leader” as well as a talented singer, poet, composer, and a prophet. (2 Chronicles 29:30).

Do you ever feel like following Jesus is getting you nowhere? Our heart’s desires are many and various. For me the longing was always to be married and have children. I try very hard to always make the right choice, the responsible choice and the choice I believe is God’s will. But I have been envious of people who made the wrong choices and have what I always wanted. I committed myself to purity to glorify The Lord and they had sex with anyone they chose. They have husbands, children, and grandchildren. I do not. I have had times when I wondered if I should have given in and given up my virginity, maybe then I would have the family I always dreamed of having.

Asaph felt similarly. This Psalm echoes some of my feelings. Verses 1-7 read,

“Truly God is good to Israel,
    to those who are pure in heart.
2 But as for me, my feet had almost stumbled,
    my steps had nearly slipped.
3 For I was envious of the arrogant
    when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.


4 For they have no pangs until death;
    their bodies are fat and sleek.
5 They are not in trouble as others are;
    they are not stricken like the rest of mankind.
6 Therefore pride is their necklace;
    violence covers them as a garment.
7 Their eyes swell out through fatness;
    their hearts overflow with follies.”


Sometimes it can seem like the less a person cares about humanity, compassion or justice, the happier, wealthier, and more powerful he is. It seems like the immoral get everything they want. And that may be true on this earth.

They have hardened their hearts, so they can’t hear The Holy Spirit. They talk a good talk and lead people down the slippery slope to Hell with them. They are on top of the world and they are proud of it. They laugh at us, the believers. They think God is merely a crutch. They think the proof is in their bank accounts. Verses 8-12 say,

“They scoff and speak with malice;
    loftily they threaten oppression.
9 They set their mouths against the heavens,
    and their tongue struts through the earth.
10 Therefore his people turn back to them,
    and find no fault in them.
11 And they say, “How can God know?
    Is there knowledge in the Most High?”
12 Behold, these are the wicked;
    always at ease, they increase in riches.”


Comparing our lives to theirs can be discouraging. It can cause bitterness. If we look too much at this present earth and not enough at the whole picture we can lose hope, and we can cause others to lose hope. If we spend our time wishing for what others have, we can’t enjoy what we have. God has given us so much, and there is joy and wonder in life with Him. If my eyes are on the women who made the choices I knew were wrong and now seem to have the life I wanted, then my eyes are not on Jesus. If my heart is bitter because the one thing I wanted as a child is not mine, then my heart cannot be filled with the Holy Spirit and His overflowing love. If I spend my time wanting what I do not have instead of enjoying all I do have, who would want to know Jesus because of me? Verses 13-17 read,

“All in vain have I kept my heart clean
    and washed my hands in innocence.
14 For all the day long I have been stricken
    and rebuked every morning.
15 If I had said, “I will speak thus,”
    I would have betrayed the generation of your children.


16 But when I thought how to understand this,
    it seemed to me a wearisome task,
17 until I went into the sanctuary of God;
    then I discerned their end.”


But whatever pursuits, gains, and benefits the sinful have on this earth on for this earth only.  Putting our eyes on the temporary delights of this world makes us lose sight of our eternal hope, of our Lord, and of our mission on this earth. It makes us ineffectual Christians and the enemy is elated at about it. 2 Corinthians 4:13-18 encourages us,

“Since we have the same spirit of faith according to what has been written, “I believed, and so I spoke,” we also believe, and so we also speak, 14 knowing that he who raised the Lord Jesus will raise us also with Jesus and bring us with you into his presence. 15 For it is all for your sake, so that as grace extends to more and more people it may increase thanksgiving, to the glory of God.

16 So we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day. 17 For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison, 18 as we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen. For the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal.”

It is not the princedom of the earth that holds our joy and purpose it is the Kingdom of Heaven. The lost who have hardened their hearts and blasphemed The Holy Spirit will enjoy this life and then burn forever in the torment of Hell. But not all the lost have silenced The Spirit of Life. And the Father calls to them. He lets them make their choices and sends the consequences down on them. We can be a part of the great work of bringing the lost children to The Father through Jesus Christ. We can let The Holy Spirit pour out of us and show them how beautiful God is. But we can’t do it if we are so busy coveting what others have that we do not use the gifts and life we have been given. Verses 18-22 read,

“Truly you set them in slippery places;
    you make them fall to ruin.
19 How they are destroyed in a moment,
    swept away utterly by terrors!
20 Like a dream when one awakes,
    O Lord, when you rouse yourself, you despise them as phantoms.
21 When my soul was embittered,
    when I was pricked in heart,
22 I was brutish and ignorant;
    I was like a beast toward you.”


Lord, forgive me. I have been ignorant and brutish too often. I have let bitterness for what I didn’t have drown out the joy of The Lord. But He is always with me and He forgave my witlessness and my wrongly placed anger. He removed the bitterness that filled me up and satiated me with Himself. He filled me up and permeated my heart, soul, mind, and strength. He made me new when I became a follower of Christ, and when I forgot who I was, He reminded me I was no longer dead and I have eternal life, beautiful everlasting hope, and more joy than any lost person can ever know. Verses 23-28 read,

“Nevertheless, I am continually with you;
    you hold my right hand.
24 You guide me with your counsel,
    and afterward you will receive me to glory.
25 Whom have I in heaven but you?
    And there is nothing on earth that I desire besides you.
26 My flesh and my heart may fail,
    but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.


27 For behold, those who are far from you shall perish;
    you put an end to everyone who is unfaithful to you.
28 But for me it is good to be near God;
    I have made the Lord God my refuge
,
    that I may tell of all your works.”

Believer, are your eyes on Jesus or your neighbor? Are you comparing your lawn to his and coveting all the things he has? Does he have Jesus? Does he have The Holy Spirit? Does he know The Father? Will the joy and praise you live your life with lead him to God? You have entered the glory of God, does your life and love show that?

Enjoy God. Live joyfully. Remember God’s grace is sufficient. We do not need anything that God doesn’t give us.


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Psalm 50 Do You Know God or Do You Know a god?

7/10/2015

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Psalm 50

I think that many proclaimed Christians want to forget part of God’s Character, perhaps thinking of Him as a grandfatherly Santa Claus in the sky doling out gifts or the wrathful destroyer of evil. But when we ignore parts of who God is, we do not worship The LORD, God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, we worship an idol, a god of our own making.  But God is holy, and God is the creator of the entire universe. It is His, and He is judge over every soul in it. Verses 1-2 read,

“The Mighty One, God the Lord,
    speaks and summons the earth
    from the rising of the sun to its setting.
2 Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty,
    God shines forth.”


Asaph, the psalmist, priest, and temple singer begins this Psalm by identifying The Lord by His names The Mighty One and God the Lord. He establishes the power, strength, and sovereignty of The Lord with these names. The Lord speaks His will and His will is manifested. That is how great He is. He spoke and the world was created. His Word became law. His Word became flesh and lived among us, showed us who God is, lived for us, died for us, and resurrected for us. (John 1:1-18). The Lord summons, calls all the earth, not just one race of people, but everyone. He never stops calling people to Him. To those who don’t know Him, He says, “Come and know Me.” to those who call Him Father and Lord, He says, “Come and know Me.” He doesn’t only call with words, He speaks through His work, His perfect beauty is evident through creation, through Jesus life, death, and resurrection, through the Holy Spirit, through the storm, the sun, troubles, and peace. Verses 3-6 say,

“Our God comes; he does not keep silence;
    before him is a devouring fire,
    around him a mighty tempest.
4 He calls to the heavens above
    and to the earth, that he may judge his people:
5 “Gather to me my faithful ones,
    who made a covenant with me by sacrifice!”
6 The heavens declare his righteousness,
    for God himself is judge! Selah”


Righteous Holy God judges the whole earth but first He judges those who have made a covenant with Him, those who claim to follow Him, love Him, and be His. Those who represent Him to the rest of the world have a higher calling and responsibility to holiness. Verses 7-15 read,

“Hear, O my people, and I will speak;
    O Israel, I will testify against you.
    I am God, your God.
8 Not for your sacrifices do I rebuke you;
    your burnt offerings are continually before me.
9 I will not accept a bull from your house
    or goats from your folds.
10 For every beast of the forest is mine,
    the cattle on a thousand hills.
11 I know all the birds of the hills,
    and all that moves in the field is mine.


12 “If I were hungry, I would not tell you,
    for the world and its fullness are mine.
13 Do I eat the flesh of bulls
    or drink the blood of goats?
14 Offer to God a sacrifice of thanksgiving,
    and perform your vows to the Most High,
15 and call upon me in the day of trouble;
    I will deliver you, and you shall glorify me.”


God is always aware of the rituals of our religion. He ordained some of them and He is not displeased with our sincere offerings, sacrifices, and prayers. But He doesn’t need them. When Israel sacrificed bulls and goats, they were not giving them to God although they viewed it that way. When we give money in the offering, we are not giving our money to God. It is His money we offer back to Him in faith and thanksgiving. God has no needs. We have needs. He doesn’t need us. We need Him. We aren’t doing God any favors when we obey Him or otherwise worship Him. He is The Mighty One, God our Lord.

What displeases our Lord is disingenuous religion and insincere sacrifice. The pious person who recites verse after verse without a relationship with Him, the sanctimonious person who heals the sick without love, and the moralizing person who demands people follow all the laws but leaves out love may as well be a cacophony. They leave the Lord out. Their religiosity is futile. Their god is themselves. They lead people to Hell. They forget that God is their judge. Verses 16-21 read,

“But to the wicked God says:
    “What right have you to recite my statutes
    or take my covenant on your lips?
17 For you hate discipline,
    and you cast my words behind you.
18 If you see a thief, you are pleased with him,
    and you keep company with adulterers.


19 “You give your mouth free rein for evil,
    and your tongue frames deceit.
20 You sit and speak against your brother;
    you slander your own mother's son.
21 These things you have done, and I have been silent;
    you thought that I was one like yourself.
But now I rebuke you and lay the charge before you.”


So many people claim to be Christians but do not call Jesus Christ Lord. They spout God’s laws but the law is not written on their hearts. They are religious but ignore the wholeness of God. They do not rejoice in suffering, knowing God uses it to mature. They hate discipline and refuse to think God might allow trials and tribulations. They are the ones who speak hate against others. They talk themselves into believing God is pleased by their insincere piety and arrogance. God judges us. We will all be judged. Those who have not formed a friendship with Him through Christ and been sealed by the Holy Spirit, no matter how religious they are, no matter the miracles they perform or the scriptures they preach will go to the eternal pit of Hell. Verses 22-23 read,

“Mark this, then, you who forget God,
    lest I tear you apart, and there be none to deliver!
23 The one who offers thanksgiving as his sacrifice glorifies me;
    to one who orders his way rightly
    I will show the salvation of God!”


Do you know The LORD or do you know a god of your imagination and wishes? Do you depend on God or does your god depend on you? Who is exalted by your life? Who is glorified by your testimony? We need to examine our hearts and lives and be sure we know God for who He is. He is not only Love or only Avenger or Justice, He is God our Almighty Loving Father, Savior, Peace, and Creator. He desires for us to know Him and love Him. He wants a relationship with us not a religion with us. In Mark Chapter 12 Jesus had a conversation with a scribe Verses 28-34 recorded it.

“And one of the scribes came up and heard them disputing with one another, and seeing that he answered them well, asked him, “Which commandment is the most important of all?” 29 Jesus answered, “The most important is, ‘Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. 30 And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’31 The second is this: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.” 32 And the scribe said to him, “You are right, Teacher. You have truly said that he is one, and there is no other besides him. 33 And to love him with all the heart and with all the understanding and with all the strength, and to love one's neighbor as oneself, is much more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.” 34 And when Jesus saw that he answered wisely, he said to him, “You are not far from the kingdom of God.” And after that no one dared to ask him any more questions.”

God wants you, not your religiosity. God doesn’t need you, He desires you. He loves you and wants you to know the joy of knowing Him. 

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