Saturday, March 5, 2011

March 4, 2011 (Various Psalms)

One of today's Psalms has some of my absolute favorite verses in it:

25:14 Friendship with the Lord is reserved for those who fear him.
      With them he shares the secrets of his covenant.
 15 My eyes are always looking to the Lord for help,
      for he alone can rescue me from the traps of my enemies.

I love the thought of being God's friend. I'm looking forward to my time away with God in a few weeks. I want Him to share some of His secrets with me.

Here's part of another one I like:


33:13 The Lord looks down from heaven
      and sees the whole human race.
 
14 From his throne he observes
      all who live on the earth.
 
15 He made their hearts,
      so he understands everything they do.
 
16 The best-equipped army cannot save a king,
      nor is great strength enough to save a warrior.
 
17 Don’t count on your warhorse to give you victory—
      for all its strength, it cannot save you.


 18 But the Lord watches over those who fear him,
      those who rely on his unfailing love.
 
19 He rescues them from death
      and keeps them alive in times of famine.
 20 We put our hope in the Lord.
      He is our help and our shield.
 
21 In him our hearts rejoice,
      for we trust in his holy name.
 
22 Let your unfailing love surround us, Lord,
      for our hope is in you alone.


And now some real words of wisdom:

39:4 “Lord, remind me how brief my time on earth will be.
      Remind me that my days are numbered—
      and that my life is fleeing away.
 5 You have made my life no longer than the width of my hand.
      My entire lifetime is just a moment to you;
      human existence is but a breath.”
                         

 6 We are merely moving shadows,
      and all our busy rushing ends in nothing.
   We heap up wealth,
      for someone else to spend.
 
7 And so, Lord, where do I put my hope?
      My only hope is in you.

Our time on earth is brief. It's time to not just know these truths in our head, but in our hearts. All our busy rushing ends in nothing. How much time are we spending with Him? Hearing from His word and sharing what we have found with others. That is what REALLY matters.

1 comment:

  1. God wants us to obey him totally and to use our short little pathetic lives to honor him by the way we live so that our full lives in heaven will be as good as can be. This is a selfish reason, but how many people join Christianity selflessly?

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