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Wednesday... But will it protect us, will it keep us safe?


Wednesday... But will it protect us, will it keep us safe?

We have a very high wall in the back of our backyard and we have walls on the sides but there is a gate that is not so tall at the front of our yard. Now we can look out on those tall walls and really feel safe, but are we?

Let's says you are a great arguer and you feel you can argue yourself out of any situation even arguing with God about that sin that you are holding on to. But are you that smart?

Or let's say you are headed to Alaska and you want to be safe so you take a big ship and you feel safe.

Proverbs 17:19 (NLT) knocks down two of those. It says, "Anyone who loves to quarrel loves sin; anyone who trusts in high walls invites disaster."

And then Psalm 107:23 (MSG) says, "Some of you set sail in big ships; you put to sea to do business in faraway ports." They felt safe but were they?

What we put our faith in that isn't God will not really protect us. Now God can put an angel at the gate, He can through His Word refute any argument that you have and He has the power over the sea.

The Psalm continues in verses 23-27, "Out at sea you saw God in action, saw his breathtaking ways with the ocean; With a word he called up the wind - an ocean storm, towering waves! You shot high in the sky, then the bottom dropped out; your hearts were stuck in your throats. You were spun like a top, you reeled like a druck, you didn't know which end was up." 

Now before 2020 we could have thought that our life was safe. We had the high wall, we could argue with the best and we were safe on a big ship. But were we really?

Now here is the key. Many have put their trust in God. Verses 28-30 (NLT) says, "'Lord, help!' they cried in their trouble, and he saved them from their distress. He calmed the storm to a whisper and stilled the waves. What a blessing was that stillness as he brought them safely into harbor."

Now many are still in the storm because they are putting their trust in themselves, the walls and the boat.

But for those of us who have put our trust in God, verses 31-32 says "Let them praise the Lord for his great love and for the wonderful things he has done for them. Let them exalt him publicly before the leaders of the nation."

Yes, we can argue that our way is right or that we are protected with a mask or a shot or that the political party that we follow will take care of us. But will it really protect us, will it keep us safe? 

Listen, we need to be praising the Lord for his great love and for the wonderful things he has done for us. And we need to be exalting him publicly before the leaders of the nation. Now who is to say that God doesn't use the high walls and the human intelligence but it still comes from Him. Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning

 

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