Do you ever get #angry? I do today over #injustice! It seems everyone today has their own idea about justice. Words and their meaning have been distorted to be just the opposite from the original status. What was right is wrong and wrong is right according to societal standards of the moment. You say, “What does that have to do with the Lord and His Words?” I say, “Everything!” We were made in God’s image and have His attributes. We need to look unto the Lord’s word for His answers in times like these. God has given His Son to show His loving compassion to us, but when we reject His path of redemption we are lost in lies, schemes, distortions, masks, and wickedness! Why, because the devil is a deceiver and will lead you into destruction! That should make you angry, but many today seem to be enjoying His reckless ride! Who is hurt by this deception? From my observation, everyone in the path of satan’s wiles is affected with torment. Is God aware of all of the devil’s shenanigans? Psalm 7:ll-13 says so, “God judges the righteous, and GOD IS ANGRY WITH THE WICKED EVERY DAY and if they turn not God will sharpen His sword and bend His bow to prepare against the persecutors.” Ps.30:2-6 “O LORD my GOD, I cried to Thee for help, and Thou has held me and brought my soul from Sheol: and kept me alive that I should not go down to the pit. Sing praise to the LORD you Godly ones, and give thanks to His holy name for GOD’S ANGER is for a moment. HIS FAVOR IS FOR A LIFETIME. Weeping may last for the night, but a shout of joy comes in the morning. 10. O LORD, be my helper…turn my mourning into dancing…gird me with gladness that my soul may sing praise to Thee and be not silent to give praise and thanks to Thee forever.”
Author: Barbara Jones
THE LIVING GOD WILL CARRY YOU
Well have you ever needed to be #carried? I remember my mother telling me about her experience with me when I learned to walk. We lived in Denver and she liked to walk on the sidewalk in the neighborhood with me; however, she said, I would just sit down about half way around the block causing her to have to pick me up and carry me home. She said, “She would first walk on thinking I would get up and follow her, but I just sat there!” What a picture of human nature. Sometimes in life – we cannot walk on, but need to be carried. Our loving Heavenly Father knows our weaknesses and will pick us up when we think we cannot go forward. All the struggles and weariness from destructive forces around us today can make one have to sit down, exhausted, and seek help greater than our own. As a child, I gave out and needed to be carried, but now in my senior years I feel God lifting me up when I am in exhausted. Isaiah 46:4,9 “EVEN TO YOUR OLD AGE I AM HE; AND EVEN TO YOUR GRAY HAIRS WILL I CARRY YOU; I HAVE MADE (you), AND I WILL BEAR (you); EVEN I WILL CARRY (you), AND WILL DELIVER YOU. Remember the former things of old: for I AM GOD, and there is none else; I AM GOD, and there is none like ME…MY COUNSEL SHALL STAND.” May we realize GOD’S LOVING CARE.
THE LIVING GOD RESTORES
#Hurricanes, #floods, #tornadoes, #earthquakes, #volcanoes, #tsunamis are happening throughout our earth with frequency this year! So many lives lost, towns annihilated, homes and structures destroyed as a result of these horrific storms. In my lifetime, I have never seen so much natural devastation around the world in such a short period of time. I am so thankful for good people who are willing to tackle the disastrous consequences of the loss of life, property, water, power, and hope. The wreckage has to be removed before restoration can begin both physically and emotionally. In life we depend on others for help, but do we depend on the Lord? David’s Psalms 23 and 24 are comforting words in the Holy Bible which I read at times like these! “The earth is the LORD’S, and all it contains; the world, and those who dwell therein. He has founded it upon the seas and established it upon the rivers….The LORD is my shepherd, I shall not want. HE makes me lie down in green pastures; HE leads me beside quiet waters. HE RESTORES MY SOUL; HE guides me in the paths of righteousness for His name’s sake. Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I fear no evil, for Thou art with me: Thy rod and Thy staff, they comfort me.Thou dost prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; Thou hast anointed my head with oil My cup overflows. Surely goodness and lovingkindness will follow me all the days of my life and I will dwell in the house of the LORD forever.” Ps.19:7 “The LAW of the LORD IS PERFECT RESTORING THE SOUL: the testimony of the LORD is sure making wise the simple” I can testify that God restores my simple soul daily, but He gives me freedom to choose. Will you choose GOD’S RESTORATION?
THE LIVING GOD HELD ME
Do you ever need to be #HELD? We have a german shepherd in our family and he is one big strong dog. There are times when I will be talking to him and he is overcome with the need to be held on my lap.! Yes he is larger than I. (Got the picture} Have you ever felt the love of God calling you closer to Him? When things are too big and heavy for us to handle with turmoil and injustice surrounding us today, where do you go for solace? I call on the LORD and read His Word which I want to share with you now. Psalm 94 “The LORD will not cast off His people, nor forsake His inheritance, but judgment shall return unto righteousness: and all the upright in heart shall follow it. Who will rise up for me against the evildoers: or who will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity? Unless the LORD had been my help, my soul had almost dwelt in silence. When I said, My foot slips, thy mercy, O LORD HELD ME UP. In the multitude of my thoughts within me Thy comforts delight my soul. Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with Thee, which frames mischief by a law? They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood, but the LORD is my defence; and my God is the rock of my refuge. He shall bring upon them their own iniquity, and shall cut them off in their own wickedness; yes the LORD our God shall cut them off.” Job 8:20,21 “GOD will not cast away a perfect man, neither will He help the evildoers: He fill his mouth with laughing and lips with rejoicing.” May I turn to the LORD for His loving touch and lean not to my own understanding, but LET GOD HOLD ME, comfort me, teach me, and direct me all my days!
THE LIVING GOD SAID, “WOE”
Well have you ever heard so many #lawyers, #politicians, #newscasters and #talk shows participants vehemently shouting their opinions on the character of public officials? Technology has given a voice to all who want the attention or a platform. The old saying “Talk is Cheap” is definitely viral today! Most story lines which are addressed over and over seem to me to be direct attacks aiming to destroy the individual. As I see and hear many opinions expressed on various people and subjects, I see a pattern of behavior that is told in the Holy Bible. Jesus Christ did not mince words when He said, “WOE UNTO YOU, LAWYERS! FOR YOU HAVE TAKEN AWAY THE KEY OF KNOWLEDGE: YOU ENTERED NOT IN YOURSELVES, AND THEM THAT WERE ENTERING IN YOU KEPT OUT. He said these things unto them, as the scribes and Pharisees began to criticize Him vehemently, and to provoke Him to speak of many things: Laying wait for Him, and seeking to catch something out of His mouth, that they might accuse Him.” Luke 11:52-54 Again I say, “Everything old is new again”. Rev.12:12 “WOE to those inhabiters of the earth and sea – for the devil is come down unto you having great wrath because he knows that he has but a short time!” What is the answer? THE LIVING GOD’S WORD – JESUS CHRIST. 1John4: “Trust not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God; because many false prophets are gone out into the world. You know the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God… Rev.4:4 greater is He that is in you than he that is in the world. Those that are of the world speak of the world and the world hears them. We are of God: he that knows God hears us; he that is not of God does not hear us. That is how we recognize the spirit of truth from the spirit of error. . 1John3:23 “This is His commandment, That we should believe on the name of His Son, Jesus Christ and love one another.” You choose.
THE LIVING GOD – SIN
The song title of an old favorite hit, ” What’s love got to do with it” goes right along with the question, “What’s sin got to do with GOD? Just read what the love of God did for us by sacrificing His only son to cleanse our sinfulness as recorded in 11Corth. 5:21 “GOD MADE JESUS TO BE SIN FOR US, WHO KNEW NO SIN; THAT WE MIGHT BE MADE THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD IN HIM” 17.”if anyone is in Christ Jesus, they become a new creature as old things are passed away; and all things become new.” Through loving care of you as a babe and young child, did your parents bathe you to remove all the stench and dirt from your body? “And such were some of you, but now you are washed – you are (sanitized} sanctified and justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God.” 1Corth.6:11 Have you acknowledged your sins need to be covered by Jesus cleansing blood? Ps. 51:3 “For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is ever before me. 2. Wash me throughly from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.” God through Christ became our sin on that cross as He died giving His blood to cover and cleanse our sins before our Father GOD. Now this is the miracle of miracles for us to have eternal life with GOD. The choice is yours – Choose you this day to be washed clean by His righteous blood! You see love has everything to do with it….
THE LIVING GOD – TAUGHT
School is back in session. Do we ever stop learning? I know I am constantly faced with new information, concepts, inventions, and change! When I received a B.S. degree, I had only just begun on my adventure in acquired knowledge. In order to teach school, there are many hours of study and preparation. Through the past fifty years, I have taught numerous children in public schools, private school, and church Sunday schools all the while learning more than I taught. The one book that has remained constant in my search for knowledge has been the Bible – the word of GOD. “O GOD, THOU HAS TAUGHT ME FROM MY YOUTH: and hitherto have I declared thy wondrous works. Now when I am old and greyheaded, O GOD, forsake me not until I have shown Thy strength unto this generation, and Thy power to every one that is to come.” Psalm 71:17,18 “They shall all be TAUGHT OF GOD“John 6:45 “LORD, TEACH US TO PRAY, and Jesus said, When you pray, say, Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be Thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, as in heaven, so in earth. Give us day by day our daily bread and forgive us our sins; as we forgive everyone that is indebted to us. Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.” Luke 11:2-4 May we listen and learn from GOD’s WORDS.
THE LIVING GOD IS NEVER WEARY
Are you weary? Webster’s dictionary states weariness comes from having one’s strength impaired by toil, suffering, fatigue, or having one’s patience, tolerance, or liking exhausted. Now that sounds to me like all of our present day society! If you listen to what is being presented by every news feed or broadcast, one would stay depressed; however, they have the latest pill for your problem and even include all the side effects to those miracle pills. So what you gonna do? Just keep on keeping on with the same ol same ol? How is that working out for you? Listen to the word of the Lord in Isaiah 40:28,29 “Have you not known? Have you not heard, that the EVERLASTING GOD, THE LORD, THE CREATOR OF THE ENDS OF THE EARTH DOES NOT FAINT AND IS NEVER WEARY...there is no searching of His understanding. He gives power to the faint and to them that have no might He increases strength..31. they that wait upon the LORD SHALL RENEW THEIR STRENGTH they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run and not be weary; and walk and not faint. I claim these words today from Ps.55:22 “Cast your burden upon the LORD, and He shall sustain you”