Thursday... So many do it alone.

Psalm 35:1 (NIV), "Contend, Lord, with those who contend with me; fight against those who fight against me.."

Thursday... So many do it alone.

I have started this month reading Genesis, the first book in the Bible and reading of the consequences of not doing what God has told our representatives, Adam and Eve to do. It was awesome how it all started. They were able to walk through the Garden of Eden and walk with God, have fellowship with God, talk personally with God, but they blew it for them and for us.

Now Genesis 5:1b-2 (AMP) says, "When God created man, He made Him in the likeness of God [not physical, but a spiritual personality and moral likeness]. He created them male and female, and blessed them and named them Mankind at the time they were created." And then it says in verse 5," So Adam lived nine hundred and thirty years in all, and he died."

Now that was a whole lot of years to live but it wasn't what God had planned. There was a tree in the middle of the garden and they could eat from it and if they did they would have lived forever. Death was not God's plan. But because they ate from the tree of knowledge of good and evil which God commanded them not eat, they then were driven from the Garden and an angle stood at the gate so they couldn't go and eat from the other tree, the tree of life and live forever. Death was not God's initial plan and having an uninterrupted relationship and fellowship with God was his plan.

But as soon as it all happened God started a new plan through Jesus, God's Son.

Now through it all God gave humans free choice. That's why he gave them the freedom to choose if they would eat from the the other tree. And in his new plan now we have the choice to have a relationship with God or not and there are great benefits if we do. Such as if we follow and do what God says then after death we will have the privilege again of eating from the tree of life and live forever.

Now King David had a relationship with God and he writes here in Psalm 35 of one of the benefits of having a relationship with God. And so many people do not have this privilege because they are living their life alone but we don't have to go through life alone.

Verses 1-3 (NIV) says, "Contend, Lord, with those who contend with me; fight against those who fight against me. Take up shield and armor; arise and come to my aid. Brandish spear and javelin against those who pursue me. Say to me, 'I am your salvation.'"

In Genesis 3:24 (NLT) it says, "After sending them out, the Lord God stationed mighty cherubim to the east of the Garden of Eden. And he placed a flaming sword that flashed back and forth to guard the way to the tree of life." Yes, the living forever was not possible for them but it is for those of us who turn to God for our salvation.

Psalm 35:9-10 (NIV) says, "Then my soul will rejoice in the Lord and delight in his salvation. My whole being will exclaim, 'Who is like you, Lord? You rescue the poor from those too strong for them, the poor and needy from those who rob them.'"

God's new plan still has him taking care of us but we must choose to follow him, to have a relationship with him, to be saved by him.

The Message Paraphrase says verses 1-3 this way, "Harass those hecklers, God, punch these bullies in the nose. Grab a weapon, anything at hand; stand up for me! Get ready to throw the spear, aim the javelin at the people who are out to get me." And this is so good, "Reassure me; let me hear you say, 'I'll save you.'"

And that is what he will do if we have a relationship with him. We don't do life alone. We do life with him.. Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning.

Friday... Yes, we need them. We really do

Psalm 8:3-4 (NLT), "When I look at the night sky and see the work of your fingers - the moon and the stars you set in place - what are mere mortals that you should think about them, human beings that you should care for them?" Friday... Yes, we need them. We really do. No, not the fact that I can go out my front door and look out at night at the marvels of the sky. I can do that and it is amazing and it takes my breath away each time I see it. Yes, that is a fact but the reality of who did that and the wisdom and the faith that I have to believe that and to marvel that the one who did that cares about me makes such a difference in how I live my life. Yes, God really does. That is so wonderful for us to believe. And that is why faith and wisdom are so important. Now whatever belief you have at how that marvel happened must also be believed through faith. And the sad thing to me is that more and more people have been taught that there is no God and therefore he did not have a h...

Wednesday... It didn't just happen.

Psalm 16;10 (NLT), "For you will not leave my soul among the dead or allow your holy one to rot in the grave." Wednesday... It didn't just happen. We are headed into a weekend of deep emotion. One that we really really love was killed and it didn't just happen. David in Psalm 16:10 (NLT) writes of this happening. He says about God, "For you will not leave my soul among the dead or allow your holy one to rot in the grave." We read over in the Gospels at the beginning of the New Testament in the Bible of the life of God's Son who came to earth to be our sacrifice so that our soul would not be left among the dead. Jesus came so that we wouldn't have to be buried at death and just left there. But he also shares that Jesus who was going to be killed as a sacrifice for our sins would not have to rot in a grave. David many generations before foretold this and that is what happened. Now that had to be a God thing. We can guess a lot about our future and we d...

Tuesday... Each one of us see and describe what we are going through differently but...

Tuesday... Each one of us see and describe what we are going through differently but... We each one have our own way of explaining what we are going through, don't we? Some of us are maximisers, other are minimizers and neither one is better. We each one are different and we see what we are facing differently but no matter what it is and how you see it and describe it, God can handle it! Now the writer of Psalm 46 shows the extremes. In verse 1 he states the basic reality and then he moves on into our fears and he maximizes them to make sure we really understand. Here is what Psalm 46:1-3 (NLT) says, "God is our refuge and strength, always ready to help in times of trouble. So we will not fear when earthquakes come and the mountains crumble into the sea. Let the oceans roar and foam. Let the mountains tremble as the waters surge!" So what do you fear? The Amplified Bible says verse 1 this way, "God is our refuge and strength [mighty and impenetrable], a very presen...

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