Thoughts for another day
July 30, 2010
Today's verse: Ps. 135:14. For the Lord defends His people, shows mercy to His servants. (NAB – copyright acknowledged)
(Pls. read the above before you read further. Thanks)
When was the last time you had a problem and you yelled out to the Lord in your anguish asking Him to defend you? Gather your thoughts and you’ll discover that at the point of pain, we hardly look upwards, leave alone yelling out! That’s the way we are and that’s how we continue in life. This despite, God repeatedly saying, ‘Come to Me.’
Many Christian lives are really, lives of tragedy; because we don’t trust Him enough to remind Him at all times of what we’re going through. I’ve said before that when we face a situation of difficulty, we immediately turn to a human being; why not to God? Well, you’ll say, because we see human beings. Yes, I agree with you there but tell me: don’t you depend on the oxygen you breathe but do you see it? You see the oxygen cylinders, particularly in hospitals, but do we order oxygen cylinders to breathe because we see them? Ah, now you’ll say, when there’s abundant oxygen in the air, why order oxygen cylinders? Similarly, the earth is filled with His glory; He is so abundantly manifest in the earth through His creation before us, why then do we still not believe that He is and consequently yell to Him first when we land into difficulty?
And importantly as Scripture says, He defends His people. He absolves us of all wrongdoing when we turn and seek pardon; and Scripture also says, He shows His mercy to His people. Are we His people? Are we then not eligible for His mercy and if you think we’re not, look at the Cross. Don’t you see the tear filled eyes of Jesus beckoning and looking at you with much compassion? Now if His mercy is to us, then won’t His power be seen in our lives? It has to my friend for it is in His nature to be merciful and to give us what we seek. Only, will He find us with such faith and will He be sure that we will be glad that He worked the miracle in our lives and glorify His Name?
July 30, 2010
Today's verse: Ps. 135:14. For the Lord defends His people, shows mercy to His servants. (NAB – copyright acknowledged)
(Pls. read the above before you read further. Thanks)
When was the last time you had a problem and you yelled out to the Lord in your anguish asking Him to defend you? Gather your thoughts and you’ll discover that at the point of pain, we hardly look upwards, leave alone yelling out! That’s the way we are and that’s how we continue in life. This despite, God repeatedly saying, ‘Come to Me.’
Many Christian lives are really, lives of tragedy; because we don’t trust Him enough to remind Him at all times of what we’re going through. I’ve said before that when we face a situation of difficulty, we immediately turn to a human being; why not to God? Well, you’ll say, because we see human beings. Yes, I agree with you there but tell me: don’t you depend on the oxygen you breathe but do you see it? You see the oxygen cylinders, particularly in hospitals, but do we order oxygen cylinders to breathe because we see them? Ah, now you’ll say, when there’s abundant oxygen in the air, why order oxygen cylinders? Similarly, the earth is filled with His glory; He is so abundantly manifest in the earth through His creation before us, why then do we still not believe that He is and consequently yell to Him first when we land into difficulty?
And importantly as Scripture says, He defends His people. He absolves us of all wrongdoing when we turn and seek pardon; and Scripture also says, He shows His mercy to His people. Are we His people? Are we then not eligible for His mercy and if you think we’re not, look at the Cross. Don’t you see the tear filled eyes of Jesus beckoning and looking at you with much compassion? Now if His mercy is to us, then won’t His power be seen in our lives? It has to my friend for it is in His nature to be merciful and to give us what we seek. Only, will He find us with such faith and will He be sure that we will be glad that He worked the miracle in our lives and glorify His Name?
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