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

Tuesday... I wonder what would happen if we didn't take the credit?

Nehemiah 6:16b (NLT), "They realized this work had been done with the help of our God." Tuesday... I wonder what would happen if we didn't take the credit? Over in the Old Testament in the book of Nehemiah it tells of a major task that through the leadership of Nehemiah was accomplished. The walls of Jerusalem had been torn down and God had laid it on Nehemiah to build those walls back up. It was definitely an almost impossible task but Nehemiah 6:15-16 says, "So on October 2 the wall was finished - just fifty-two days after we had begun. When our enemies and the surrounding nations heard about it, they were frightened and humiliated. They realized this work had been done with the help of our God." Now, we so many times want to take credit for doing the impossible. It would make such a difference for us. But I wonder what would happen through us if God got the credit? Psalm 96 tells us what we are to do. Verses 2-3 says, "Sing to the LORD; praise his name. ...

Tuesday... We just have trouble listening.

1 Corinthians 13:7 (NLT), "Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance." Tuesday... We just have trouble listening. Over in Jeremiah 25:4 (NLT) it says, "Again and again the LORD has sent you his servants, the prophets, but you have not listened or even paid attention." And Jeremiah went on to tell what was going to happen. There will be consequences if we do not listen to what God says through his Word. Now the Apostle Paul over in 1 Corinthians was having a problem with some professed Christ followers who were having trouble at listening. And we too can have problems at listening. We can think that being a Christ follower means we do a lot of finger pointing and we give up on people who don't do what we say. We can even do that in our families. But Paul writes in 1 Corinthians 13:7 (NLT), "Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance." In verse ...

Thursday... Yet, now this is true.

Colossians 1:22a (NLT), "Yet now he has reconciled you to himself through the death of Christ in his physical body." Thursday... Yet, now this is true. Now Paul a prisoner in Rome is writing a letter to a church in Colossae. And in Colossians 1:21 (MSG) he says, "Once you were alienated from God and were hostile in your minds, engaging in evil deeds" The NLT says "This includes you who were once far away from God. You were his enemies, separated by your evil thoughts and actions." And that is where so many in this world live today. They are blowing it and they don't know what to do. Yes, they are hostile in their minds and they are engaging in evil deeds but there is Good News. Now Paul in verses 19-20 sets the stage for an answer to those who don't want to live that way. He says, "For God in all his fullness was pleased to live in Christ, and through him God reconciled everything to himself. He made peace with everything in heaven and earth b...

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