Month: August 2020

Psalm 5, the heart of man!

Psa 5:1-3, … GIVE EAR TO MY WORDS, O LORD, CONSIDER MY MEDITATION. GIVE HEED TO THE VOICE OF MY CRY, MY KING AND MY GOD, FOR TO YOU I WILL PRAY. MY VOICE YOU SHALL HEAR IN THE MORNING, O LORD; IN THE MORNING I WILL DIRECT IT TO YOU, AND I WILL LOOK UP. 

EVERY MORNING DAVID ROSE UP TO PRAY TO GOD, TO GIVE HIM THE BEST OF THE DAY! JESUS DID THE SAME! DO WE?

Mar 1:35-36, NOW IN THE MORNING, HAVING RISEN A LONG WHILE BEFORE DAYLIGHT, HE WENT OUT AND DEPARTED TO A SOLITARY PLACE; AND THERE HE PRAYED. And Simon and those who were with Him searched for Him.

WHILE JESUS WAS PRAYING PETER AND THE OTHERS WERE SNORING! PRAYER TO JESUS WAS MORE IMPORTANT THAN HIS PHYSICAL NEEDS!  BUT IN CONTRAST VERSES 4-6!

Psa 5:4-6, FOR YOU ARE NOT A GOD WHO TAKES PLEASURE IN WICKEDNESS, NOR SHALL EVIL DWELL WITH YOU. THE BOASTFUL SHALL NOT STAND IN YOUR SIGHT; YOU HATE ALL WORKERS OF INIQUITY. YOU SHALL DESTROY THOSE WHO SPEAK FALSEHOOD; THE LORD ABHORS THE BLOODTHIRSTY AND DECEITFUL MAN.

As we draw closer to HIM we can clearly see man’s depravity! GOD IS A GOD OF LOVE; THAT IS HIS NATURE! YET SCRIPTURES SAYS THE LORD HATES 7 THINGS!

Pro 6:16-19, These six things the LORD hates, Yes, seven are an abomination to Him: A PROUD LOOK, A LYING TONGUE, HANDS THAT SHED INNOCENT BLOOD, A HEART THAT DEVISES WICKED PLANS, FEET THAT ARE SWIFT IN RUNNING TO EVIL, A FALSE WITNESS WHO SPEAKS LIES, And ONE WHO SOWS DISCORD AMONG BRETHREN.

The sad reality is this is found in ALL MEN AND WOMEN! No one is exempt from this truth! BUT HE CAN TRANSFORM OUR HEARTS AND MIND; EVEN THE HARDEN PERSON!

Eze 36:26, I WILL GIVE YOU A NEW HEART and PUT A NEW SPIRIT WITHIN YOU; I WILL TAKE THE HEART OF STONE OUT OF YOUR FLESH AND GIVE YOU A HEART OF FLESH.

1Pe 3:12, FOR THE EYES OF THE LORD ARE ON THE RIGHTEOUS, AND HIS EARS ARE OPEN TO THEIR PRAYERS; BUT THE FACE OF THE LORD IS AGAINST THOSE WHO DO EVIL.” 

Psalm 4, Rest in HIM!

Psa 4:1, …HEAR ME WHEN I CALL, O GOD OF MY RIGHTEOUSNESS! YOU HAVE RELIEVED ME IN MY DISTRESS; HAVE MERCY ON ME, AND HEAR MY PRAYER. 

“LORD YOU HAVE ANSWERED ME BEFORE, HEAR ME AGAIN”! DAVID IS PASSIONATE IN HIS PRAYER TO GOD AND KNOWS THAT HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS COMES FROM THE LORD! HOW DO WE PRAY TO HIM, DO WE STIR OURSELVES UP IN PRAYER?

Isa 64:7, And THERE IS NO ONE WHO CALLS ON YOUR NAME, WHO STIRS HIMSELF UP TO TAKE HOLD OF YOU; …

Psa 4:3, But know that the LORD HAS SET APART FOR HIMSELF HIM WHO IS GODLY; THE LORD WILL HEAR WHEN I CALL TO HIM.

David said “HIM WHO IS GODLY, NOT PERFECT!” IN THE EYES OF THE LORD NO MAN, BESIDES HIS SON, IS PERFECT! FOR HE KNOWS THAT WERE MERE DUST! WILL THE LORD HEAR US WHEN WE PRAY?

Psa 103:14, FOR HE KNOWS OUR FRAME; HE REMEMBERS THAT WE ARE DUST. 

Psa 4:6-7, There are many who say, “WHO WILL SHOW US ANY GOOD?” LORD, LIFT UP THE LIGHT OF YOUR COUNTENANCE UPON US. YOU HAVE PUT GLADNESS IN MY HEART, …

THERE ARE MANY CYNICAL PEOPLE WHO HAVE NEVER EXPERIENCE GOD OR EXPERIENCE HIM ONLY TO ATTRIBUTE IT TO COINCIDENCE! BUT DAVID KNOWS HIS GOD; IN DUE TIME THE LORD WILL ANSWER HIS CALL AND OURS IF WE TRUST AND SEEK HIM!

Psa 4:8, I WILL BOTH LIE DOWN IN PEACE, AND SLEEP; FOR YOU ALONE, O LORD, MAKE ME DWELL IN SAFETY.  

During trials sleep often goes out the door, for you mind can’t rest thinking of what can happen! DAVID KNEW HIS GOD, AND HE DIDN’T LOOK AT HIS CIRCUMSTANCES OR DWELL IN WHAT MAY NEVER COME; HE LOOKED TO GOD ALONE! HIS COMFORT WAS IN KNOWING THAT THE LORD WILL TURN THIS AROUND! IN KNOWING HIM AND SEEKING HIM WE CAN HAVE REST EVEN IN OUR WORSE MOMENTS! TRUST IN HIM!

Pro 3:24, When you lie down, you will not be afraid; Yes, you will lie down and your sleep will be sweet. 

Psalm 3, True faith is greater than your circumstances!

Psa 3:1-2, A Psalm of David When He Fled from Absalom His Son. LORD, HOW THEY HAVE INCREASED WHO TROUBLE ME! MANY ARE THEY WHO RISE UP AGAINST ME. MANY ARE THEY WHO SAY OF ME, “THERE IS NO HELP FOR HIM IN GOD.” Selah

David’s own son rebelled against him, and the men of Israel turned on their king (2Sa 15:13 & 2Sa 16:8)! Many believed or felt like David lost favor with GOD! IT’S NOT HOW YOU FEEL OR HOW IT LOOKS TO OTHERS ON THE OUTSIDE; IN GOD THERE IS ALWAYS HOPE FOR THOSE WHO LOVE HIM!

Rom 8:31, …IF GOD IS FOR US, WHO CAN BE AGAINST US? 

Psa 3:3-4, But You, O LORD, ARE A SHIELD FOR ME, MY GLORY AND THE ONE WHO LIFTS UP MY HEAD. I CRIED TO THE LORD WITH MY VOICE, AND HE HEARD ME FROM HIS HOLY HILL. Selah

David’s true strength came from knowing his GOD, IT’S NOT ABOUT FEELINGS! WHEN YOU KNOW YOUR GOD, AS DAVID DID, THEN YOU WILL REALIZE THAT NO MATTER WHERE YOUR AT HE WILL ALWAYS HERE YOU FOR HE PROMISED TO ALWAYS BE WITH THEM WHEREVER THEY MAY GO! HE IS FAITHFUL!

Jos 1:9, HAVE I NOT COMMANDED YOU? BE STRONG AND OF GOOD COURAGE; DO NOT BE AFRAID, NOR BE DISMAYED, FOR THE LORD YOUR GOD IS WITH YOU WHEREVER YOU GO.” 

We have the same promises that David did! DO YOU BELIEVE IT? DO YOU KNOW THAT HE IS FAITHFUL TO HIS WORD?

Num 23:19, “GOD IS NOT A MAN, THAT HE SHOULD LIE, NOR A SON OF MAN, THAT HE SHOULD REPENT. HAS HE SAID, AND WILL HE NOT DO? Or HAS HE SPOKEN, AND WILL HE NOT MAKE IT GOOD? 

Psa 89:34-35, MY COVENANT I WILL NOT BREAK, NOR ALTER THE WORD THAT HAS GONE OUT OF MY LIPS. ONCE I HAVE SWORN BY MY HOLINESS; I WILL NOT LIE TO DAVID:

NOR WILL HE LIE TO ANYONE! AS THE WORLD SEEMS TO BE CRUMBLING BEFORE YOUR VERY EYES, LEAN ON THE ONE WHO HAS THE FINAL WORD ON THE MATTER! LEAN NOT ON YOUR FEELING OR UNDERSTANDING, BUT ON THE KING OF kings and LORD OF lords!

Psalm 2, the foolish rage!!

Psa 2:1-3, WHY DO THE NATIONS RAGE, And the people plot a vain thing? The kings of the earth set themselves, And the rulers take counsel together, AGAINST THE LORD AND AGAINST HIS ANOINTED, saying, “LET US BREAK THEIR BONDS IN PIECES AND CAST AWAY THEIR CORDS FROM US.”

The LORD is a bondage-breaker, YET to the unbeliever HIS word, HIS laws, HIS guidance is nothing but a burden to them! “WE WANT IT OUR WAY NOT YOURS! LEAVE US ALONE!”

Psa 2:4-6, HE WHO SITS IN THE HEAVENS SHALL LAUGH; The LORD shall hold them in derision. THEN HE SHALL SPEAK TO THEM IN HIS WRATH, And distress them in His deep displeasure: “YET I HAVE SET MY KING ON MY HOLY HILL OF ZION.”

Like ants plotting to destroy an elephant, the elephant will just laugh! The LORD will speak to these men in HIS wrath and tell them about HIS SON! Christ the LORD! THEIR ONLY HOPE!

Luk 9:35, AND A VOICE CAME OUT OF THE CLOUD, SAYING, “THIS IS MY BELOVED SON. HEAR HIM!” 

Psa 2:10-12, Now therefore, BE WISE, O KINGS; BE INSTRUCTED, YOU JUDGES OF THE EARTH. Serve the LORD with fear, And rejoice with trembling. KISS THE SON, lest He be angry, And you perish in the way, When His wrath is kindled but a little. BLESSED ARE ALL THOSE WHO PUT THEIR TRUST IN HIM.

Hos 14:9, Who is wise? Let him understand these things. Who is prudent? Let him know them. FOR THE WAYS OF THE LORD ARE RIGHT; THE RIGHTEOUS WALK IN THEM, BUT TRANSGRESSORS STUMBLE IN THEM. 

SUBMITTING YOURSELF TO THE CHRIST JESUS IS BY FAR THE WISES THING ANY MAN CAN DO! FOR THIS WORLD IS PASSING AWAY, BUT IN HIM WE SHALL LIVE FOREVER!

1Jn 2:17, … the world is passing away, and the lust of it; BUT HE WHO DOES THE WILL OF GOD ABIDES FOREVER. 

Pro 16:20, HE WHO HEEDS THE WORD WISELY WILL FIND GOOD, AND WHOEVER TRUSTS IN THE LORD, HAPPY IS HE.

Psalm 1, our choice in life!

Psa 1:1, BLESSED IS THE MAN Who walks NOT in the counsel of the ungodly, NOR stands in the path of sinners, NOR sits in the seat of the scornful;

We all have a choice in life whether to walk in the ways of man or in the way of GOD! There are only two paths to take! Choose wisely!

Pro 14:12, THERE IS A WAY THAT SEEMS RIGHT TO A MAN, BUT ITS END IS THE WAY OF DEATH.

Psa 1:2, BUT HIS DELIGHT IS IN THE LAW OF THE LORD, AND IN HIS LAW HE MEDITATES DAY AND NIGHT.

WE HAVE ALL HEARD THIS SAYING “LIFE IS SHORT, SO ENJOY IT”, BUT THE LORD SAYS “ETERNITY IS LONG PREPARE FOR IT”! GET TO KNOW YOUR CREATOR; FOR IN KNOWING HIM COMES TRUE PROSPERITY!

Jos 1:8, This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate in it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written in it. FOR THEN YOU WILL MAKE YOUR WAY PROSPEROUS, AND THEN YOU WILL HAVE GOOD SUCCESS. 

Psa 1:3, HE SHALL BE LIKE A TREE PLANTED BY THE RIVERS OF WATER, THAT BRINGS FORTH ITS FRUIT IN ITS SEASON, WHOSE LEAF ALSO SHALL NOT WITHER; AND WHATEVER HE DOES SHALL PROSPER.

Psa 92:12, THE RIGHTEOUS SHALL FLOURISH LIKE A PALM TREE, HE SHALL GROW LIKE A CEDAR IN LEBANON. 

As Christians we know that were sinners saved by grace; calling us righteous makes no sense! BUT IN HIS EYES WE ARE! HE HAS WASHED US FROM OUR IMPURITIES AND CLOTHED US WITH HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS NOT OURS!

Isa 61:10  I will greatly rejoice in the LORD, My soul shall be joyful in my God; FOR HE HAS CLOTHED ME WITH THE GARMENTS OF SALVATION, HE HAS COVERED ME WITH THE ROBE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS, As a bridegroom decks himself with ornaments, And as a bride adorns herself with her jewels. 

THERE IS ONLY ONE WAY TO LIFE AND IT’S FOUND IN OUR LORD AND SAVIOR CHRIST JESUS! CHOOSE WISELY!

Job 42, Reunion in Heaven!

Job 42:1,5-6, THEN JOB ANSWERED THE LORD AND SAID: ….”I have heard of You by the hearing of the ear, But now my eye sees You. THEREFORE I ABHOR MYSELF, AND REPENT IN DUST AND ASHES.”

Job basically said, “I TAKE BACK WHAT I HAVE SAID, AND I REPENT BEFORE MY MAKER”! Before he heard and read about GOD, BUT NOW HE SEES HIS PRESENCE IN THE WHIRLWIND!

Psa 51:17, The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit, A broken and a contrite heart—These, O God, You will not despise.

Job 42:7, And so it was, after the LORD had spoken these words to Job, THAT THE LORD SAID TO ELIPHAZ THE TEMANITE, “MY WRATH IS AROUSED AGAINST YOU AND YOUR TWO FRIENDS, FOR YOU HAVE NOT SPOKEN OF ME WHAT IS RIGHT, AS MY SERVANT JOB HAS. 

Job’s three friends are now scared for they have seen the wrath that Job endured, and NOW HIS WRATH IS ON THEM!

Heb 10:30-31, For we know Him who said, “VENGEANCE IS MINE, I WILL REPAY,” says the Lord. And again, “THE LORD WILL JUDGE HIS PEOPLE.” IT IS A FEARFUL THING TO FALL INTO THE HANDS OF THE LIVING GOD.

Job 42:10, And the LORD restored Job’s losses WHEN he prayed for his friends. INDEED THE LORD GAVE JOB TWICE AS MUCH AS HE HAD BEFORE.

IF YOU COMPARE JOB 1:3 TO JOB 42:12, YOU WILL FIND THAT INDEED GOD GAVE JOB DOUBLE OF WHAT HE HAD BEFORE! BUT WHAT ABOUT HIS CHILDREN?

Job 1:2, AND SEVEN SONS AND THREE DAUGHTERS WERE BORN TO HIM. 

Job 42:13, HE ALSO HAD SEVEN SONS AND THREE DAUGHTERS.

You see, Job never lost the first 10 children, and in Heaven he is with all 20 of his kids! ONE DAY WE WILL EXPERIENCE A GREAT REUNION IN HEAVEN WITH FAMILY MEMBERS AND FRIENDS WHO LOVE THE LORD! THE SHEER JOY THAT AWAITS US IS BEYOND OUR IMAGINATION! BE READY FOR HE IS NEAR!!

1Co 2:9, But as it is written: “EYE HAS NOT SEEN, NOR EAR HEARD, NOR HAVE ENTERED INTO THE HEART OF MAN THE THINGS WHICH GOD HAS PREPARED FOR THOSE WHO LOVE HIM.” 

Job 41, The Serpent satan!

Job 41:1-3, “Can you draw out Leviathan with a hook, Or snare his tongue with a line which you lower? Can you put a reed through his nose, Or pierce his jaw with a hook? Will he make many supplications to you? Will he speak softly to you?

While some believe the Leviathan to be a crocodile, I BELIEVE IT TO BE A DRAGON-LIKE DINOSAUR which can’t be tamed!

Job 41:10, No one is so fierce that he would dare stir him up. WHO THEN IS ABLE TO STAND AGAINST ME? 

If man isn’t able to stand against this mighty beast WHAT HOPE DO WE HAVE TO STAND AGAINST THE CREATOR OF HEAVEN AND EARTH?

Job 41:11, WHO HAS PRECEDED ME, THAT I SHOULD PAY HIM? EVERYTHING UNDER HEAVEN IS MINE. 

Everything seen and unseen are HIS! For HE created all things! Col 1:16

Isa 44:24, THUS SAYS THE LORD, YOUR REDEEMER, AND HE WHO FORMED YOU FROM THE WOMB: “I AM THE LORD, WHO MAKES ALL THINGS, WHO STRETCHES OUT THE HEAVENS ALL ALONE, WHO SPREADS ABROAD THE EARTH BY MYSELF; 

Job 41:33-34, ON EARTH THERE IS NOTHING LIKE HIM, Which is made without fear. He beholds every high thing; HE IS KING OVER ALL THE CHILDREN OF PRIDE.”

STILL DESCRIBING LEVIATHAN, BUT GOD IS COMPARING IT TO SATAN HIS OTHER CREATION!

Eze 28:14-15, “You were the anointed cherub who covers; I established you; You were on the holy mountain of God; You walked back and forth in the midst of fiery stones. You were perfect in your ways from the day you were created, TILL INIQUITY WAS FOUND IN YOU.

GOD IS TELLING JOB, WITHOUT HIM WE CAN’T STAND AGAINST THE LEVIATHAN NOR THE SERPENT SATAN!

Eph 6:11, PUT ON THE WHOLE ARMOR OF GOD, THAT YOU MAY BE ABLE TO STAND AGAINST THE WILES OF THE DEVIL.

Deu 31:6, BE STRONG AND OF GOOD COURAGE, DO NOT FEAR NOR BE AFRAID OF THEM; FOR THE LORD YOUR GOD, HE IS THE ONE WHO GOES WITH YOU. HE WILL NOT LEAVE YOU NOR FORSAKE YOU.

Job 40, GOD answers Job!

Job 40:1-2, Moreover the LORD answered Job, and said: “SHALL THE ONE WHO CONTENDS WITH THE ALMIGHTY CORRECT HIM? HE WHO REBUKES GOD, LET HIM ANSWER IT.”

GOD taught Job and the others about HIS knowledge, wisdom and glory in chapters 38-39, In order to tell Job, “I KNOW WHAT I’M DOING JOB! EVEN THOUGH YOU ARE SUFFERING NOW, YET YOUR SUFFERING WILL TEACH OTHERS!

Isa 55:8-9, “FOR MY THOUGHTS ARE NOT YOUR THOUGHTS, NOR ARE YOUR WAYS MY WAYS,” says the LORD. “FOR AS THE HEAVENS ARE HIGHER THAN THE EARTH, SO ARE MY WAYS HIGHER THAN YOUR WAYS, AND MY THOUGHTS THAN YOUR THOUGHTS.

Job 40:3-5, THEN JOB ANSWERED THE LORD and said: “BEHOLD, I AM VILE; WHAT SHALL I ANSWER YOU? I lay my hand over my mouth. Once I have spoken, but I will not answer; Yes, twice, BUT I WILL PROCEED NO FURTHER.”

JOB KNOWS THAT HE IS NOTHING COMPARED TO HIS MAKER! Before he wanted to question God, “WHAT ARE YOU DOING GOD? THAT IS NOT A GOOD PLAN GOD? ANSWER ME GOD!

Job 31:35, ….OH, THAT THE ALMIGHTY WOULD ANSWER ME…

Isa 64:8, But now, O LORD, YOU ARE OUR FATHER; WE ARE THE CLAY, AND YOU OUR POTTER; AND ALL WE ARE THE WORK OF YOUR HAND. 

Job 40:8-9, “WOULD YOU INDEED ANNUL MY JUDGMENT? WOULD YOU CONDEMN ME THAT YOU MAY BE JUSTIFIED? HAVE YOU AN ARM LIKE GOD? OR CAN YOU THUNDER WITH A VOICE LIKE HIS?

Rom 8:28, AND WE KNOW THAT ALL THINGS WORK TOGETHER FOR GOOD TO THOSE WHO LOVE GOD, TO THOSE WHO ARE THE CALLED ACCORDING TO HIS PURPOSE. 

THIS VERSE APPLIES ONLY TO THOSE WHO LOVE GOD OR ARE CALLED FOR HIS PURPOSE! GOD KNOWS WHAT HE IS DOING EVEN THOUGH YOUR SITUATION MAY LOOK CHAOTIC; TRUST IN HIM! HE REFINES US LIKE GOLD IN A FURNACE, THE IMPURITIES COME FLOWING TO THE TOP AND HE WIPES THEM AWAY! TRUST IN THE LORD YOUR MAKER; HIS WAYS ARE PERFECT BEYOND ARE UNDERSTANDING!