I've been debating for a while now if I would continue this blog or not. The Lord keeps talking to me, but I haven't posted anything since September. As this question came back up in my mind today, God directed me to Psalm 73:26 (NIV): "My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart
and my portion forever." When I get these scriptures, I go back and read the scriptures surrounding it. Today, I read the entire Psalm and it made my heart sing.
I realized then that during the holiday season, we as a human people are full of thankfulness and joy and good will towards each other. But what about the rest of the year - January 3, February 15, March 15, April 4, May 11, June 6.....and so on? These dates mean something to me, but they aren't holidays on a calendar. They are normal days for everyone else. But, can we as a people standing on the WORD of God show this same good will and joy and thankfulness on every ordinary calendar day?
I am so glad that my love for God is based on Him and my covenant with Him. I embrace a discipleship relationship and renounce a church member relationship. Here's the difference - freedom. As a disciple of Christ, I am free to do as He says without being bogged down in the judgement zone of others. As a church member, I was constantly concerned with what others think.
So today, I leave you with this Word from God. And, I pray it lightens and enlightens you.
Psalm 73 (MSG)
1-5 No doubt about it! God is good— good to good people, good to the good-hearted. But I nearly missed it, missed seeing his goodness.I was looking the other way, looking up to the people At the top, envying the wicked who have it made,Who have nothing to worry about, not a care in the whole wide world.
6-10 Pretentious with arrogance, they wear the latest fashions in violence,Pampered and overfed, decked out in silk bows of silliness.They jeer, using words to kill; they bully their way with words.They’re full of hot air, loudmouths disturbing the peace.People actually listen to them—can you believe it? Like thirsty puppies, they lap up their words.
11-14 What’s going on here? Is God out to lunch? Nobody’s tending the store.The wicked get by with everything; they have it made, piling up riches. I’ve been stupid to play by the rules; what has it gotten me?A long run of bad luck, that’s what— a slap in the face every time I walk out the door.
15-20 If I’d have given in and talked like this, I would have betrayed your dear children.Still, when I tried to figure it out, all I got was a splitting headache . . .Until I entered the sanctuary of God. Then I saw the whole picture:The slippery road you’ve put them on, with a final crash in a ditch of delusions.In the blink of an eye, disaster! A blind curve in the dark, and—nightmare!We wake up and rub our eyes. . . . Nothing. There’s nothing to them. And there never was.
21-24 When I was beleaguered and bitter, totally consumed by envy,I was totally ignorant, a dumb ox in your very presence.I’m still in your presence, but you’ve taken my hand.You wisely and tenderly lead me, and then you bless me.
25-28 You’re all I want in heaven! You’re all I want on earth!When my skin sags and my bones get brittle, God is rock-firm and faithful.Look! Those who left you are falling apart! Deserters, they’ll never be heard from again.But I’m in the very presence of God— oh, how refreshing it is!I’ve made Lord God my home. God, I’m telling the world what you do!
Be A Blessing and Not Just Blessed
Nakya