Psalm 75:7 But God is the judge: he putteth one down, and setteth up another.
Oh Friends, Today’s Bit will be short and sweet! And all God’s people shouted: ‘Glory Hallelujah!’ It will also contain, perhaps the most important lesson we need to learn as human beings; that the Lord God Jehovah, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob is El Numero Uno! Yes Friends, He is Number ONE! No ifs ands and buts about that. But before we get into it, here’s a quote that perfectly exemplifies out theme. It’s attributed to Roger Ascham, (1515-1568) an English scholar and writer, also tutor to Queen Elizabeth I, and says: ‘It is costly wisdom that is bought by experience.’ And mih people, that’s the living truth! There are many ways to obtain wisdom, but unfortunately the most expensive is paying the price through personal experience. As I’ve told my children from day one, the best way to learn is from the mistakes of others. We have all been designated to make some mistakes, but why make more than has been allotted to us eh? There’s a lesson to be learned from every mistake, but many of us don’t learn it and just keep on making the same ones over and over, very often with disastrous results. So it’s essential we try to learn not only from our own errors, but also from those of others. Believe me Friends, all the possible mistakes have already been made. As Cousin Sol says, there’s nothing new under the sun. Whatever we do now, somebody has already done and paid the price. So why do it again since the price doesn’t usually get cheaper, but more expensive with each redoing? But that’s the hard headedness of man; the stubborn, rebellious nature that dictates; ‘I want to see for myself.’ Hn! And sadly Friends, the biggest mistake man has been making from the beginning of time is ignoring the Lord God Jehovah; considering Him of little or no account, taking Him lightly, disregarding Him as a soft touch, easily bamboozled, easily conned. I really don’t know why, for there’s absolutely no wisdom in that approach, and no reason whatsoever to do it. In fact the exact opposite is true. We ought to be taking the Most High God very seriously from all the examples we have of His might, power, glory and anger. Adam and Eve didn’t listen, and consequently paid a horrific price, which we’re still paying even today. The Israelites, God’s specially chosen people, didn’t listen either, not once, but several times, and they too paid a high price; wandering in the wilderness for forty long years, and also being in captivity and slavery on several occasions. And the Good Book isn’t the only place we can find examples of foolish decisions, but man’s history is literally riddled with them, that’s why there’s been so much dissension, wars and all the other negatives throughout that time. But the real head shaker is that despite all the disastrous examples there are of ignoring God or taking Him too lightly, so many of us still do it. Oh my people, if we don’t understand and/or appreciate anything else in this earthly life, please, I beg of us, please understand this one thing, which the psalmist Asaph put so succinctly many years ago. ‘But God is the judge.’ Friends, that’s the most important thing for us to understand and acknowledge. Asaph was so sure of this fact that earlier on in another psalm titled ‘God is the judge,’ he emphatically says: ‘And the heavens shall declare his righteousness: for God is judge himself. Selah.’ (Ps.50:6) Oh my people, why is that so hard to understand and accept eh? Now in the next part of the Bit the psalmist explains his statement: ‘he putteth down one, and setteth up another.’ That says it all right there Friends! If He has the power to raise up as well as to humble, why do we insist on treating Him like a nonentity eh? When we go before our earthly judges we behave ourselves, treat them with courtesy and respect, beg, plead and grovel for mercy because they have power over our earthly lives. But the Mighty One, who has overall control of our physical and spiritual lives, we conveniently ignore, until we find ourselves in trouble. My brethren, I know I promised that this will be short and sweet, but right now the Spirit’s guiding me to the Song of Hannah to prove the point. Please listen closely to Hannah’s words when the Lord changed her barren state and gave her a son, Samuel. ‘My heart rejoiceth in the Lord, mine horn (strength) is exalted in the Lord; my mouth is enlarged (smiles) over mine enemies; because I rejoice in thy salvation. There is none holy as the Lord: for there is none besides thee: neither is there any rock like our God…The Lord killeth and maketh alive: he bringeth down to the grave, and bringeth up. The Lord maketh poor, and maketh rich: he bringeth low, and lifteth up…The adversaries of the Lord shall be broken to pieces; out of heaven shall he thunder upon them: the Lord shall judge the ends of the earth; and he shall give strength unto his king, and exalt the horn of his anointed.’ (1 Sam.2:1-2,6-7,10) Oh Friends, if that doesn’t wake us up to the reality of God’s omnipotence, then I don’t know what will. Please, mih people let’s take Him seriously, for He is our be all and end all. If we depart this life without doing so, then to put it mildly; crapaud smoke we pipe. We’ll be lost in eternal death and damnation, keeping Lucifer company forever. Now is that wisdom? Not on yuh life! Well let’s show the world some wisdom then nuh. Much LOVE!…he who hath ears to hear…let him hear…for when you don’t hear…you always feel…
Oh Friends, Today’s Bit will be short and sweet! And all God’s people shouted: ‘Glory Hallelujah!’ It will also contain, perhaps the most important lesson we need to learn as human beings; that the Lord God Jehovah, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob is El Numero Uno! Yes Friends, He is Number ONE! No ifs ands and buts about that. But before we get into it, here’s a quote that perfectly exemplifies out theme. It’s attributed to Roger Ascham, (1515-1568) an English scholar and writer, also tutor to Queen Elizabeth I, and says: ‘It is costly wisdom that is bought by experience.’ And mih people, that’s the living truth! There are many ways to obtain wisdom, but unfortunately the most expensive is paying the price through personal experience. As I’ve told my children from day one, the best way to learn is from the mistakes of others. We have all been designated to make some mistakes, but why make more than has been allotted to us eh? There’s a lesson to be learned from every mistake, but many of us don’t learn it and just keep on making the same ones over and over, very often with disastrous results. So it’s essential we try to learn not only from our own errors, but also from those of others. Believe me Friends, all the possible mistakes have already been made. As Cousin Sol says, there’s nothing new under the sun. Whatever we do now, somebody has already done and paid the price. So why do it again since the price doesn’t usually get cheaper, but more expensive with each redoing? But that’s the hard headedness of man; the stubborn, rebellious nature that dictates; ‘I want to see for myself.’ Hn! And sadly Friends, the biggest mistake man has been making from the beginning of time is ignoring the Lord God Jehovah; considering Him of little or no account, taking Him lightly, disregarding Him as a soft touch, easily bamboozled, easily conned. I really don’t know why, for there’s absolutely no wisdom in that approach, and no reason whatsoever to do it. In fact the exact opposite is true. We ought to be taking the Most High God very seriously from all the examples we have of His might, power, glory and anger. Adam and Eve didn’t listen, and consequently paid a horrific price, which we’re still paying even today. The Israelites, God’s specially chosen people, didn’t listen either, not once, but several times, and they too paid a high price; wandering in the wilderness for forty long years, and also being in captivity and slavery on several occasions. And the Good Book isn’t the only place we can find examples of foolish decisions, but man’s history is literally riddled with them, that’s why there’s been so much dissension, wars and all the other negatives throughout that time. But the real head shaker is that despite all the disastrous examples there are of ignoring God or taking Him too lightly, so many of us still do it. Oh my people, if we don’t understand and/or appreciate anything else in this earthly life, please, I beg of us, please understand this one thing, which the psalmist Asaph put so succinctly many years ago. ‘But God is the judge.’ Friends, that’s the most important thing for us to understand and acknowledge. Asaph was so sure of this fact that earlier on in another psalm titled ‘God is the judge,’ he emphatically says: ‘And the heavens shall declare his righteousness: for God is judge himself. Selah.’ (Ps.50:6) Oh my people, why is that so hard to understand and accept eh? Now in the next part of the Bit the psalmist explains his statement: ‘he putteth down one, and setteth up another.’ That says it all right there Friends! If He has the power to raise up as well as to humble, why do we insist on treating Him like a nonentity eh? When we go before our earthly judges we behave ourselves, treat them with courtesy and respect, beg, plead and grovel for mercy because they have power over our earthly lives. But the Mighty One, who has overall control of our physical and spiritual lives, we conveniently ignore, until we find ourselves in trouble. My brethren, I know I promised that this will be short and sweet, but right now the Spirit’s guiding me to the Song of Hannah to prove the point. Please listen closely to Hannah’s words when the Lord changed her barren state and gave her a son, Samuel. ‘My heart rejoiceth in the Lord, mine horn (strength) is exalted in the Lord; my mouth is enlarged (smiles) over mine enemies; because I rejoice in thy salvation. There is none holy as the Lord: for there is none besides thee: neither is there any rock like our God…The Lord killeth and maketh alive: he bringeth down to the grave, and bringeth up. The Lord maketh poor, and maketh rich: he bringeth low, and lifteth up…The adversaries of the Lord shall be broken to pieces; out of heaven shall he thunder upon them: the Lord shall judge the ends of the earth; and he shall give strength unto his king, and exalt the horn of his anointed.’ (1 Sam.2:1-2,6-7,10) Oh Friends, if that doesn’t wake us up to the reality of God’s omnipotence, then I don’t know what will. Please, mih people let’s take Him seriously, for He is our be all and end all. If we depart this life without doing so, then to put it mildly; crapaud smoke we pipe. We’ll be lost in eternal death and damnation, keeping Lucifer company forever. Now is that wisdom? Not on yuh life! Well let’s show the world some wisdom then nuh. Much LOVE!…he who hath ears to hear…let him hear…for when you don’t hear…you always feel…
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