Wednesday... They have been a constant.

Psalm 125:1 (AMP), "Those who trust and rely on the Lord [with confident expectation] are like Mount Zion, which cannot be moved but remains forever."

Wednesday... They have been a constant.

I have lived in Las Vegas, Nevada two different times for a total of 19 years. Now when we first moved here there were mountains all around this city. And they still are there. I'm sure that these same mountains were here when the first explorers had a drink in the Meadows. And I'm sure they were here way before anyone ever saw them. These mountains have been a constant.

When we first came here in the nineties, there were many people. But we now have houses where there were no houses back then. This town has grown but something could happen and all humans could leave but the mountains will be a constant, they will still be here.

Now it is important for us to see that God has been a constant even before the mountains and before people. He has for sure been a constant.

Now I remember when parking was free on the Strip. It isn't now. I remember two casinos on Rancho that were built when we lived here, but they have been torn down in the last two years. They are gone. What man builds may not be constant but that is what too many times we admire and put our trust in.

I remember when Eisenhower was President. But no more. Trump is now President. Life changes but the mountains are still here. And that is what God reminds us of in Psalm 125:1 (AMP). It says, "Those who trust and rely on the Lord [with confident expectation] are like Mount Zion, which cannot be moved but remains forever." That is so important for us to remember and to live by and put our trust in and rely on. For sure God is an eternal constant and the mountains around us are a reminder of that fact.

Moses said in Deuteronomy 5:32-33, "Therefore you shall pay attention and be careful to do just as the Lord your God has commanded you; you shall not turn aside to the right or to the left [deviating from My commandments]. You shall walk [that is, live each and every day] in all the ways which the Lord your God has commanded you, so that you may live and so that it may be well with you, and that you may live long in the land which you will possess." Moses was reminding the people of Israel of the covenant that God made with them at Mount Sinai. God spoke to them from a mountain

The New Living Translation says Psalm 125:1-2 this way, "Those who trust in the Lord as as secure and Mount Zion; they will not be defeated but will endure forever. Just as the mountains surround Jerusalem, so the Lord surrounds his people, both now and forever."

And then verses 4-5a (AMP) says, "Do good, O Lord, to those who are good and to those who are upright in their hearts. But" and this is so important for us to remember, "But as for those who turn aside to their crooked ways [in unresponsiveness to God], the Lord will lead them away with those who do evil." And that is also so important for us to realize.

Again verse 1 says, "Those who trust and rely on the Lord [with confident expectation] are like Mount Zion, which cannot be moved but remains forever." And then verse 2 says, "As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so the Lord surrounds his people from this time forth and forever." God has been and is and will be constant! 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...

Monday... Three ifs and two thens. They go together!

Monday... Three ifs and two thens. They go together! They really do. And this is what caught my attention this morning as I was reading Proverbs 2. Verse 1 (NRSVUE) says, "My child, if you accept my words and treasure my commands within you." Verse 3 (NIV), "Indeed i f you call out for insight and cry aloud for understanding, Verse 4, and if you look for it as for silver and search for it as for hidden treasure, Verse 5, then you will understand the fear of the Lord and find the knowledge of God." And verses 9-11, " Then you will understand what is right and just and fair - every good path. For wisdom will enter your heart, and knowledge will be pleasant to your soul. Discretion will protect you, and understanding will guard you." There will always be some effort we must do, some ifs for the thens to be realized in our lives. So many of us want to understand without the ifs. But the thens are so worth, so very worth the effort. Verses 5-6 in the Ampli...

Wednesday... Our unless can turn into useless.

Wednesday... Our unless can turn into useless. It really can. I have found that unless I give the correct email of my wife then I can't get what I wanted. I put an extra i in her email and I have been working for 5 days to get it changed. Unless has been useless. The writer of Psalm 94 uses this word and shows how important it is. Verses 17-19 (NLT) says, "Unless the Lord had helped me, I would have soon settled in the silence of the grave. I cried out, 'I'm slipping!' but your unfailing love, O Lord, supported me. When doubts filled my mind, your comfort gave me renewed hope and cheer." "Unless the Lord had helped me." So many people go on and on and on striving to live their life on their own but they keep slipping and doubting and living without hope and cheer. Yes the Lord has such unfailing love for us, he really does but unless we have a relationship with him and we turn to him and ask him for help then the unless turns in to useless because h...

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