Friday... But it is so old.

Psalm 102:27 (NLT), "But you are always the same; you will live forever."

Friday... But it so old.

Some would ask "Why do you read such an old book?" For someone who wants to keep up with all the new stuff, that would be a good question. But the writer of Psalm 102:27 in the Bible (NLT) says, "But you are always the same; you will live forever." So who is the Psalmist writing about?

There was a time when some of the great thinkers thought that the world was flat. but then they realized that it is round. They say, this is it, no this is it. Yes, we do need to keep up with what is being taught today and the changes that are happening in our thinking. But I also like to learn about the one who has always been the same who will live forever. There is real confidence and security in that.

Verses 23-27 says, "He broke my strength in midlife, cutting short my days. But I cried to him, 'O my God, who lives forever, don't take my life while I am young! Long ago you laid the foundation of the earth and made the heavens with your hands. They will perish, but you will remain forever; they will wear out like old clothing. You will change them like a garment and discard them. But you are always the same; you will live forever.'" And then verse 28 in the NIRV says, "Our children will live with you. Their sons and daughters will be safe in your care." I want to know that and I want to know how I also will be safe in his care and how interested he is in me and what I am going through and what I need to do in my life.

Yes, God has not changed. He has had to respond in different ways because of how we respond to him. Yes, he created us and the world out of love but we didn't do what he wanted and he changed his response to us. Yes, he still loves us and if we would have obeyed him the world would have been so different. But still everything that happens to the world and to us will go through his love. I want to know and understand that.

Verses 18-20 (NLT) says, "Let this be recorded for future generations, so that a people not yet born will praise the LORD. Tell them the LORD looked down from his heavenly sanctuary. He looked down from heaven to hear the groans of the prisoners, to release those condemned to die." I want to know that. I want to see his response to what happens.

Now he did send his Son, Jesus to die for us, to win us back if we accept his gift. I want to know that. I Peter 2:4-5 says, "Christ is the living stone. People did not accept him, but God chose him. God placed the highest value on him. You also are like living stones. As you come to Christ you are being built into a house for worship. There you will be holy priests. You will offering spiritual sacrifices. God will accept them because of what Jesus Christ has done." I want to know that and I will go on reading to understand what that means for me.

Yes, I read a newspaper everyday. I seek out through many methods what is being discovered, what is happening each day. That is also important. But so is this old book, the Bible. It is the first thing I read every morning because it tells me about God who is always the same and who will live forever and what that means to me, personally and those I love. 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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