The Devotional
Comment: The apostle Paul in his epistle to
the Romans is discussing the temporary departure of the Glory of God in Israel,
the fault is not God since it is Israel as a nation who rejected God for the
worship of idols and the practice of immorality. (Romans 11:1-10). This rejection
in not final as some say today. This temporary trespass of the nation opens the
world (the Gentiles) to the riches of God. Today you and I can serve God, even
as Israel can. There is a Deliverer, His Name is Jesus Christ and He has taken
the SIN of the world away and has opened the door to eternal life for whoever calls upon the name of the LORD (Romans 10:13). Paul says “Oh, the
depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable
are His judgments and His ways past finding out – Romans 11:33.
Devotional: Psalm 119:169 -176 – Well here we
are looking at the last eight verses of Psalm 119. The Hebrew letter “TAU” is
shaped like a house. I believe this is important for the last section speaks
clearly of God’s overall protection. This provision of God is a statute for all
of His children, what a comfort it is to know that God has covered us according
to His Word. Even when we fail, His Word does not fail.
God gives
understanding to all of His children, when we pray He listens and provides His
wisdom to deliver us. This is never magical, God’s wisdom comes from His Word,
all we need to do is look into His Word and our lips will utter PRAISE to Him.
The teaching of his statutes and His commandments produce in us HIS
righteousness. His helping Hand will even guide us to use what He has given to
us properly. His precepts (His plans) for us is the salvation that we all long
for, He will not forsake us - Hebrews 13:5-6.
The soul is
alive forever, so why does the psalmist say “let my soul live”? While we might
not be able to fully understand this, there is this thought. We relate to people daily and it is what they see in us that gives light.
If the dominant “me” is present, that is my heart, they see just another man
like them. But if my soul is dominant (Spirit filled), they see God the Holy Spirit and
where the Spirit of God is, there too is Christ. This is the glory of the New
Covenant – 2 Corinthians 3:7-18, read this as it is awesome.
From time to
time we do stray but do not make light of this or open the door for opportunity
to stray. The time spent away from God is not recoverable, it is as serious as
the soul that goes into eternity without the love of God. Stewardship of our
time on earth will determine reward in eternity. Too often we do not consider
this; that while we do not forget the commandments of God, we do rely too heavily on
God to search for us as a lost sheep. This is a divided heart, even unstable at
times, see James 1:2-8, profit from the trials of the day and God will prosper
you.
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