Thoughts for another day

Feb. 26, 2014.

Today's verse:  Is. 57:15. For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.  (KJV)

(Pls. read the above before you read further.  Thanks)

If we’re the kind of Christians that see beyond the veneer of people and can read between the lines, then we see the agony of many people etched in places you can’t see; and I see misery even among many, many Christian people.  It’s simply because we don’t know who we’re in Christ.  For that matter, have you ever been asked by a priest or pastor or even a lay preacher who you are in Christ?  I bet not for many of these people, I dare say, don’t themselves know who they are in Christ and therefore the church of God stands stunted and powerless. 

I take myself back to the time of David as a young shepherd boy, sent by Jesse his father to the valley of Elah where the Israelites were lined up against the Philistines.  When goliath emerged, they ran away in fear; and for David it would’ve been rather amusing to see the people of covenant run away from an un-covenanted person (cf. 1 Sam. 17).  In fact David asks, v 26, ‘who’s this uncircumcised philistine who dare defy the armies of the Living God!’ See how David recognized the covenant over the Israelites and calls them ‘armies of the Living God!’  He lifts them off the mire of the ordinary and puts them as God’s people; which each one of them had to do, but nobody did, except David.  That’s the problem with us Christians who’re so crushed, dejected and powerless.  And in many cases we’re just unwilling to wait for God’s mighty hand to work in our lives, but go back to worldly solutions…and I might say, it’s simply because our faith is too shallow to hold on.

But fear not, for today God says that ‘He, the high and lofty One who inhabits eternity, He the Holy God Who dwells in the high and holy place and with us, the humble and contrite of spirit, will revive our spirits.  Yea, God Himself is here with us to heal our hearts and minds and make us strong.  He is there to revitalize us and bring us into a position of strength to win, both for our spiritual selves and our physical and material selves.  Believe what He says and now on, it’ll be a different you.