Tuesday, May 13, 2014

Searching Earnestly for God. Psalms 63-64; First Timothy 1

May the mumbling commence!

In this land of hustle and bustle, it is hard to find God at times.  It takes earnest searching.  Read from Psalm Sixty-three:

O God, you are my God;
I earnestly search for you.
My soul thirsts for you;
my whole body longs for you
in this parched and weary land where there is no water. (Verse 1)

Every part of our beings thirsts for God.  Nothing else can quench that thirst.  We need God.  And that earnest search will not be in vain.  In the Lord, we will find shelter… an echo of yesterday’s Psalms.  Read from the end of Psalm Sixty-four:

The godly will rejoice in the Lord and find shelter in him.
And those who do what is right will praise him.  (Verse 10)

Rejoice.  Find a joy that you would not have thought possible.  Shelter your life in God.  Do what is right… the path God has set before you.  In doing right, we praise the Lord.  It is that simple… and that hard.

Thank God for the salvation and reconciliation that is made possible through the work of Christ Jesus.  It is Good News for sinners like me and you.  Read from First Timothy chapter one:

This is a true saying, and everyone should believe it: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners – and I was the worst of them all.  But that is why God had mercy on me, so that Christ Jesus could use me as a prime example of his great patience with even the worst sinners. Then others will realize that they, too, can believe in him and receive eternal life.  Glory and honor to God forever and ever. He is the eternal King, the unseen one who never dies; he alone is God. Amen. (Verses 15-17)

Jesus came to the world to save sinners.  Let’s accept that gift anew each day.

Enough mumbling for now…


Peace Out

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