"Blessed is the man...who...in His law meditates day and night." (Psalm 1)
Why? It is because of what Jesus says to us. They are His Words, "God-Breathed" Words, "The words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life."
This is Psalm 1 day of the month. Now if I were to ask most who they consider to be the "blessed" people, they probably would not reply that it was those, "....who...in His law meditate[] day and night." But the Bible says otherwise. When that was true of me, I knew even then that the problem was not, "...in His law"; it was "in" me.
Some have probably already deleted this devotional because it looks like just more of the same. Maybe they are also of the people who would "delete" the Bible for the same reason. I have written this before, but it bears repeating. Every time I read through the Bible I am hearing Jesus, Who Is called in that "repeating" Bible, "The Word of God," repeating Himself. Why? I don't know, but I suspect part of it could be that the Bible is literally "all we can handle," and without the Word of God, whatever else I may read, or whomever else I may listen to just has no firm, solid foundation; and, whatever "blessings" I may encounter are just illusory. Anyone or anything not rooted in, "the words of God," cannot be as the person, "....who dug deep and laid the foundation on the rock. And when the flood arose, the stream beat vehemently against that house, and could not shake it, for it was founded on the rock."
In the summer of 1970, my "house" came under, "the flood arose, the stream vehemently against that house," and almost shook it to destruction. But it was Jesus Who "came" to me and brought me to His Words. I am here today, loving and serving Jesus Christ, loving and serving you because of Father's Word, "The Word of God," Jesus, and the Holy Spirit testifying to Jesus in His Words-------------------------- nothing more, nothing less.
Father, in Jesus' Name, "Sing them over again to me, wonderful words of life." Amen.
Why? It is because of what Jesus says to us. They are His Words, "God-Breathed" Words, "The words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life."
This is Psalm 1 day of the month. Now if I were to ask most who they consider to be the "blessed" people, they probably would not reply that it was those, "....who...in His law meditate[] day and night." But the Bible says otherwise. When that was true of me, I knew even then that the problem was not, "...in His law"; it was "in" me.
Some have probably already deleted this devotional because it looks like just more of the same. Maybe they are also of the people who would "delete" the Bible for the same reason. I have written this before, but it bears repeating. Every time I read through the Bible I am hearing Jesus, Who Is called in that "repeating" Bible, "The Word of God," repeating Himself. Why? I don't know, but I suspect part of it could be that the Bible is literally "all we can handle," and without the Word of God, whatever else I may read, or whomever else I may listen to just has no firm, solid foundation; and, whatever "blessings" I may encounter are just illusory. Anyone or anything not rooted in, "the words of God," cannot be as the person, "....who dug deep and laid the foundation on the rock. And when the flood arose, the stream beat vehemently against that house, and could not shake it, for it was founded on the rock."
In the summer of 1970, my "house" came under, "the flood arose, the stream vehemently against that house," and almost shook it to destruction. But it was Jesus Who "came" to me and brought me to His Words. I am here today, loving and serving Jesus Christ, loving and serving you because of Father's Word, "The Word of God," Jesus, and the Holy Spirit testifying to Jesus in His Words-------------------------- nothing more, nothing less.
Father, in Jesus' Name, "Sing them over again to me, wonderful words of life." Amen.
When Peter, an 18 year old Norwegian, "heard the call to evangelize China, on that day he not only emptied his wallet into the collection plate, but included a small note with the words, 'and my life.'"
"Looking unto Jesus"
Hebrews 12:2
"Looking unto Jesus"
Hebrews 12:2
