FROG! Psalms 103-104; Hebrews 2

May the mumbling commence!

Here is your FROG lesson for the day – Fully Rely on God.  Make no mistake – all creation is dependent upon God.  Read from Psalm One-hundred Four:

O Lord, what a variety of things you have made!

In wisdom you have made them all.

The earth is full of your creatures. 

Here is the ocean, vast and wide,

teeming with life of every kind,

both great and small. 

See the ships sailing along,

and Leviathan, which you made to play in the sea. 

Every one of these depends on you

to give them their food as they need it. 

When you supply it, they gather it.

You open your hand to feed them, and they are satisfied. 

But if you turn away from them, they panic.

When you take away their breath, they die and turn again to dust. 

When you send your Spirit,

new life is born to replenish all the living of the earth. (Verses 24-30)

God has created us.  We belong to him.  Everything we need (and many things we want) is supplied by the Lord.  When God withholds from us, we crumple and die.  Where the Spirit of the Lord moves, new life is born.  There can be no denying it.

We depend upon our High Priest, Jesus.  Thank the Lord that his obedience was complete and his experience aptly suits him to have compassion on us.  Yes, thank and praise our Maker.  Read from Hebrews chapter two:

Because God's children are human beings – made of flesh and blood – Jesus also became flesh and blood by being born in human form. For only as a human being could he die, and only by dying could he break the power of the Devil, who had the power of death.  Only in this way could he deliver those who have lived all their lives as slaves to the fear of dying. 

We all know that Jesus came to help the descendants of Abraham, not to help the angels.  Therefore, it was necessary for Jesus to be in every respect like us, his brothers and sisters, so that he could be our merciful and faithful High Priest before God. He then could offer a sacrifice that would take away the sins of the people.  Since he himself has gone through suffering and temptation, he is able to help us when we are being tempted.   (Verses 14-18)

Yes, Jesus has been there and conquered that.  Depend upon him.

Enough mumbling for now…

Peace Out