Tuesday... So whose fault is it, really?

Psalm 115:16 (NLT), "The heavens belong to the Lord, but he has given the earth to all humanity."

Tuesday... So whose fault is it, really?

Yes, we love to play the blame game. When something happens in our world so many want to blame God. It's his fault. But is it really?

The Psalmist writes in Psalm 115:16 (NLT), "The heavens belong to the Lord, but he has given the earth to all humanity." If I am given something then how I use it or abuse it is my fault.

Let's say that our children blame us as parents. Well, we did have a hand in bringing them into the world. They didn't choose to be born but they do have a responsibility as they grow older. We each one are free to make our own choices and we are responsible for those choices. But it is so fun to play the blame game.

Yes, we as parents must take some responsibility because we are not perfect but that is not true of God. He had this world all laid out for us but our representatives made a self-centered choice so God gave the earth to all humanity. It's kind of like, you think you know what is best so here I am giving it to you.

Now he did give us a life manual that we could follow and he gave himself for us to obey his way of living and he also gave his Son to die for us but we still have the ability to choose.

The Psalmist starts this Psalm in verse 1 by saying, "Not to us, O Lord, not to us, but to your name goes all the glory for your unfailing love and faithfulness." And that is a great place to start.

He goes on in verse 2, "Why let the nations say, 'Where is their God?'" I mean, if he is a loving and faithful God then why is all of this bad happening? Where is he? And verse 3 says, "Our God is in the heavens, and he does as he wishes" And the same could be true here on earth if Adam and Eve would have put their total trust in God and if each one of us would put our trust on him now here on earth. We still have a choice.

He goes on in verses 4-8, "Their idols are merely things of silver and gold, shaped by human hands. They have mouths but cannot speak, and eyes but cannot see. They have ears but cannot hear, and noses but cannot smell. They have hands but cannot feel, and feet but cannot walk, and throats but cannot make a sound. And those who make idols just like them, as are all who trust in them." And there is where the fault lies. It lies in those idols that we have made and that we worship.

Matthew 15:8-9 says, "These people honor me with their lips, but there hearts are far from me. Their worship is a farce, for they teach man-made ideas as command from God."

Psalm 115:11 says, "All who fear the Lord, trust the Lord! He is your helper and your shield." Verse 13, "He will bless those who fear the Lord, both great and lowly."

Yes there is trouble all around us because he gave us the earth. It wasn't his plan. But know this. Verses 14-15 (AMP) says, "May the Lord give you [great] increase, You and your children. May you be blessed of the Lord, Who made heaven and earth." We do have a choice.

Verse 17 says, "The dead do not praise the Lord, nor do any who go down in silence." That is one choice. The other is, verse 18, "But as for us, we will bless and affectionately and gratefully praise the Lord from this time forth and forever. Praise the Lord! (Hallelujah!)

Let's put our trust in the living God! Now that is a living forever choice. Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning

Friday... We have this hope of expectancy.

Psalm 5:3 (NLT), "Listen to my voice in the morning Lord. Each morning I bring my requests to you and wait expectantly." Friday... We have this hope of expectancy. Now David found a great way to start his day. He says in Psalm 5:1-3 (NLT), "O LORD, hear me as I pray." And that is a great place to start. It really is. Morning sunrise He goes on, "Listen to my cry for help, my King, my God, for I pray to no one but you." And that is so important. We don't try to pump ourselves up by ourself. No, we pray to no one but you, God, my LORD, my King. Now this relationship with God is so, so very important. And then David says, "Listen to my voice in the morning, LORD. Each morning I bring my requests to you" And that is so great. And then he says, "and wait expectantly." Yes, we have this hope of expectancy. We are experienced. That is what a relationship with God and a moment by moment connection does. It makes a difference in our daily wa...

Friday... Yes, we can know this to be true.

Psalm 12:6 (NLT), "The Lord's promises are pure, like silver refined in a furnace, purified seven times over." Friday... Yes, we can know this to be true. Maybe this is what you want to say in this day in which we live. Psalm 12:1-2 (MSG) says, "Quick, I need your helping hand! The last decent person just went down, all the friends I depend on gone. Everyone talks in lie language; lies slide off their oily lips. They doubletalk with forked tongues." Do you ever feel that way?" Have you found that to be true? Well David the writer of this Psalm continues and says in verse 6 something to encourage us, to lift us up, to give us hope. Psalm 12:6 (NLT) says, "The Lord's promises are pure, like silver refined in a furnace, purified seven times over." The Message Paraphrase says verses 6-8 this way, "God's words are pure words, pure silver words refined seven times in the fires of his word-kiln, pure on earth as well as in heaven, God, keep ...

Friday... So what is it that you really fear?

1 Corinthians 15:57 (NLT), "But thank God! He gives us victory over sin and death through our Lord Jesus Christ." Friday... So what is it that you really fear? Yes, fear holds us back. It seems to take hold of us so that we can't even really enjoy living. Now I have found that one of the best ways to handle fear is to solve the problem of what we fear. Let's say that death is what we really fear. Everyday we wake up afraid to get up because we are afraid to do anything because we are afraid to die. And that is so understandable. Now I have found the solution to fearing death. I have through faith taken care of my fear to die. 1 Corinthians 15:57 (NLT) says, "But thank God! He gives us victory over sin and death through our Lord Jesus Christ." Verse 22 (CEV) says, "Adam brought death to all of us, and Christ will bring life to all of us." Death was not God's plan. Adam was created for an eternal life but he and his partner, Eve blew it and sin a...

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