"Just To Know...."

"Teach me Your Way, O Lord; I will walk in Your Truth; Unite my heart to fear Your Name." (Psalm 86:11)

Later on, David asks the Lord, "Show me a sign for good...."  Today I received one.

I was listening to my Pandora app this morning and the song came up, "Tis So Sweet To Trust In Jesus."  What a glorious song; what a glorious Savior is Jesus, the Christ.

"Tis so sweet to trust in Jesus,

Just to take Him at His word,

Just to rest upon His promise, 

Just to know, 'Thus saith the Lord!'"

This last phrase really impacted me this morning, "Just to know, 'Thus saith the Lord!"

Is this, "Just to know," sufficient for you and me today?  With all the hundreds of thousands of books written for the Church Community, it really all comes back to this, "Just to take Him at His Word,..Just to know, 'Thus saith the Lord!"  Press on, Fellow Sojourner.  Jesus', "Thus saith," is sufficient for us.

"Jesus, Jesus, how I trust [You]!

How I've prove [You] o'er and o'er.

Jesus, Jesus, Precious Jesus!

Oh for grace to trust [You] more."  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.'"

Hebrews 12:2

“Him Who Rides Through The Deserts”

"Sing to God; sing praises to His Name; lift up a song to Him Who rides through the deserts, Whose Name is The Lord, and exult before Him."  (Psalm 68:4)

Sometimes I think that what catches my eye (and heart) may seem strange to others.  I must say, however, that many times the "ancient ways" and expressions put "it" best, e.g, "....Him Who rides through the deserts."  Our text is a glorious revelation of the Blessed Trinity.

Jesus never engages us with things "deep."  Someone once said of a Bible teacher, "He puts the cookies down where you can reach them."  Jesus is not out to make things difficult for you and me.  He Who constantly reminds us, "I Am the Bread of Life," is for us.  As His Word tells us, Jesus does, "all things well."

Father, in Jesus' Name, thank You for Your "reachable" Food.  Amen. 

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Participating In "The Return" On the Washington Mall

"Have mercy on us, O Lord, have mercy on us!  For we are exceedingly filled with contempt."  (Psalm 123:3)

I prayed this a while earlier for our nation and the global community.  The Enemy, "who is a liar and the father of lies," is spreading what the Bible calls, "the lie."  But Jesus Christ, Who Himself is, "the Way, the Truth, and the Life," sealed the enemy's doom in His Blood of the Cross, death and resurrection!

A friend of ours and I are heading out this morning for Washington, DC, to participate in "The Return."  There is a gathering tonight from 18:00-21:00, and tomorrow from 09:00 to 21:00.  A part of this will be a march, beginning at noon tomorrow, from the Lincoln Memorial to the Capitol Building, stopping along the way to pray at key sites.  Any prayers appreciated.

Today is Psalm 121 to 125 day. I prayed Psalm 121 as follows:  "I lift up my eyes to the hills--from whence comes my help?  My help comes from You, Lord, Who made heaven and earth.  You will not allow my foot to be moved (slip)....You, Lord, are my keeper (Protector); You are my shade at my right hand.  The sun shall not strike me by day, nor the moon by night.  You shall preserve (keep) me from all evil;  You shall preserve my soul.  You shall preserve (keep) my going out and my coming in from this time forth, and even forevermore."  What a glorious prayer Book!!

Father, in Jesus' Name, I cannot pray it better.  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.'"

Hebrews 12:2

Beware Of "Taking Stock"

"So David said to Joab and to the leaders of the people, 'Go, number Israel from Beersheba to Dan, and bring the number of them to me that I may know it.'"  (1 Chronicles 21:2)

Apparently David had a lapse here.  "Trust in the Lord with all your heart," was replaced by, "I need to make sure I have enough assets to win my battles."  This was followed by a stern rebuke and judgment on Israel. 

According to our text, David seems to have had a "trust-lapse."  He had succumbed to the belief that his deliverance and Israel's survival was dependent on numbers; the bigger the army, the greater the possibility of victory.  Now if you read David's Psalms and and other writings about him, you see that David did trust in the Lord God---- most of the time.  We see in our text, however, a sort of forgetfulness.  There is just no, "most of the time," in our walk in Jesus Christ.  Jesus teaches us that it is all or nothing!  A moment of not trusting Jesus can bring disastrous results.

Our Lord Jesus Christ still asks you and me what He asked Martha, "Do you believe this?"  If we do, we will not go out and number our assets.  I encourage all of us to remember and live by what Jonathan said to his armor bearer, and, I might add, is a foundational Biblical Principle: "For nothing restrains the Lord from saving by many or by few."

Father, in Jesus' Name, convict me any time I attempt to number my assets.  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.'"

Hebrews 12:2