Psalm 40:8. I will delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart.
More wonderful words of wisdom from Bruh Dave! Sometimes I wonder if his son, Solomon, was really wiser than him. He wrote and did so many things chocked full of wisdom – and stupidity too – that it’s hard to judge between them both. However, that’s not really important right now, but come to think of it, it’s an interesting debate we can get into at a later stage. What’s important at this time, is for us to realize that a believer’s walk is never easy, especially in this current world, where fleshly lusts have free rein and accumulation of material possessions is the standard used to judge success. I know I’ve said this before, and daresay I will mention it several times again, but it’s imperative that we keep that idea at the forefront of our minds, especially new believers, who get captivated by all the good times and grand promises of the Most High, only to be confronted by rougher times than they’ve ever had and seemingly unanswered prayers. They’ve got to realize that it’s not all fun and games. Yes, the good times will happen, and the grand promises will be kept, but only if we do our part too. As Bruh Dave says, we must delight in doing His will, being obedient to His rules, which we have safely stored in our hearts. And even that doesn’t guarantee that we’ll have an easy life. In fact J.C pointedly stated that His disciples, His followers, would have lots of difficult times – Stephen stoned, John beheaded, Paul beaten and jailed several times, many disciples, prophets, missionaries etc, abused and imprisoned from then even till today – simply because they preached a different message and lived by His dictates; a kind, humane, generous, merciful, loving, patient, helpful, humble, peaceful, sincere spiritual life, everything that’s contradictory to the worldly life that glorifies the flesh and material things. So we can’t ever forget that we’re not out for a simple Sunday evening jaunt in the park. We’re soldiers in the Lord’s Army. We’ve always got to be aware, be alert, on guard, because the enemy is always on the alert, ready to gleefully pounce at the slightest opportunity to make us look bad, to cause us to damage the reputation of the Church, other believers and ultimately Our Heavenly Father. We definitely don’t want it to be said of us, that we profaned His Holy Name before the heathen, like the Israelites in yesterday’s Bit. We’ve got to avoid that at all costs. And Friends, the only way to do that successfully is to keep our hearts brimming and bristling, overflowing with His Word and His LOVE. This will make us happy to do His bidding, help us to avoid temptation and totally rebuff the enemy. Much LOVE…much filling of our hearts with His Word…and a powerful thumbs down to the powers of darkness!
More wonderful words of wisdom from Bruh Dave! Sometimes I wonder if his son, Solomon, was really wiser than him. He wrote and did so many things chocked full of wisdom – and stupidity too – that it’s hard to judge between them both. However, that’s not really important right now, but come to think of it, it’s an interesting debate we can get into at a later stage. What’s important at this time, is for us to realize that a believer’s walk is never easy, especially in this current world, where fleshly lusts have free rein and accumulation of material possessions is the standard used to judge success. I know I’ve said this before, and daresay I will mention it several times again, but it’s imperative that we keep that idea at the forefront of our minds, especially new believers, who get captivated by all the good times and grand promises of the Most High, only to be confronted by rougher times than they’ve ever had and seemingly unanswered prayers. They’ve got to realize that it’s not all fun and games. Yes, the good times will happen, and the grand promises will be kept, but only if we do our part too. As Bruh Dave says, we must delight in doing His will, being obedient to His rules, which we have safely stored in our hearts. And even that doesn’t guarantee that we’ll have an easy life. In fact J.C pointedly stated that His disciples, His followers, would have lots of difficult times – Stephen stoned, John beheaded, Paul beaten and jailed several times, many disciples, prophets, missionaries etc, abused and imprisoned from then even till today – simply because they preached a different message and lived by His dictates; a kind, humane, generous, merciful, loving, patient, helpful, humble, peaceful, sincere spiritual life, everything that’s contradictory to the worldly life that glorifies the flesh and material things. So we can’t ever forget that we’re not out for a simple Sunday evening jaunt in the park. We’re soldiers in the Lord’s Army. We’ve always got to be aware, be alert, on guard, because the enemy is always on the alert, ready to gleefully pounce at the slightest opportunity to make us look bad, to cause us to damage the reputation of the Church, other believers and ultimately Our Heavenly Father. We definitely don’t want it to be said of us, that we profaned His Holy Name before the heathen, like the Israelites in yesterday’s Bit. We’ve got to avoid that at all costs. And Friends, the only way to do that successfully is to keep our hearts brimming and bristling, overflowing with His Word and His LOVE. This will make us happy to do His bidding, help us to avoid temptation and totally rebuff the enemy. Much LOVE…much filling of our hearts with His Word…and a powerful thumbs down to the powers of darkness!
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