Today’s Scrip-Bit 9 December 2020 Psalm 145:1.

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Psalm 145:1.     ​I will extol (praise) thee, my God, O king; and I will bless thy name for ever and ever.

‘Oh Lord, why Lord eh? Yuh know I wanted to go out the street today and do some things that I believe would bring glory to your name, so why yuh make the day so dark and dreary and wet and snowy eh? Yuh know the ole fella don’t like to go out in them conditions… Chuh man Lord! 

Now ah not really complaining, (smile) and yuh know is not the cold I’m on about, but it’s just so much better and safer and more encouraging when the place dry and sunny. And though I know that you’ll protect me in both my comings and goings, that doesn’t mean I have to like the nasty weather. 

And yes Lord, if you say I should sacrifice and go out the street later, then you know that I will, even though I don’t like it. And that’s my resolve for today Lord! Thank You for all the many blessings you keep sending me. I LOVE and worship you with all my heart. Amen!’ 

Ah friends, the ole fella is only human, please remember that, and not as young and spry as he used to be, so though my head may be a bit muddled, there’s nothing wrong whatsoever with my heart, and after that plaintive concern above, I went looking for something from our One Year Book of Bible Promises with writings by Ruth Harms Calkin to sort of purge my soul. (smile) 

And this is what I came up with. It’s titled ‘Celebration!’ Please pray with me: ‘When I think of Your lavish goodness The longings You’ve satisfied The forgiveness You’ve granted The promises You’ve kept When I think of Your irresistible LOVE Your ceaseless care Your unfailing protection… 

Oh Lord God I want to raise flags And fly banners And sound bugles. I want to run with lighted torches And praise You From the mountaintop. I want to write symphonies And shout for joy. I want to throw a festive party For ten thousand guests. I want to celebrate with streamers And bright lights And an elaborate banquet.’ (And the Lord replies) ‘Fine dear child I’m ready.’ 

Oh yes my faithful brethren, that’s how we ought to feel about our great and wonderful God! And He’s certainly up to any celebrations we want to throw on His behalf! Nobody likes a party in their honour like our God! I think the three words that best describe Him are majestic, magnificent and magnanimous! They just seem to encompass all that He is in our poor, finite vocabulary. 

And we ought to celebrate Him everyday, for without Him, where would we be eh? I hate to really contemplate the answer to that question yes. So I’ll just leave it alone and simply be grateful for all the many blessings, the awesome grace and undeserved mercy He showers me each and every day! 

And that’s why I can’t understand why we don’t acknowledge and reverence the Lord more than we do. He’s done, is doing, and has promised to do so much for us… but giving Him a li’l LOVE, a li’l thanks and praise, we find it so hard, behave as though it’s pulling teeth without anesthetic… 

Chuh mih people, our God deserves much more and much better than what we grudgingly and ‘chinksily’ offer Him, as though we doing Him some big favour. Steups! Is a good thing that ‘The Lord is gracious, and full of compassion; slow to anger, and of great mercy.’ (Ps. 145:8) Otherwise we’d already been consumed by hellfire and damnation yes! 

Anyway friends, is time we change the not so important attitude we have towards our Maker to one of oh so important; more important than anything or anyone else! And when we do, we’ll see a wonderful change in our lives. But enough of me, let’s hear the Bible Promise for our poem today. 

And they are momentous and marvellous and indisputable words of Bruh David, from psalm 145 – The Lord is gracious. ‘I will extol (praise) thee, my God, O king; and I will bless thy name for ever and ever. Everyday will I bless thee; and I will praise thy name for ever and ever.’ (Ps. 145:1-2) 

Yeh precious people, Bruh David found those words so nice that he had to say them twice! (smile) And so should we! And what he says afterwards is also wonderful and of great value. ‘Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised; and his greatness is unsearchable (beyond our understanding). One generation shall praise thy works to another, and shall declare thy mighty acts. 

I will speak of the glorious honour (splendour) of thy majesty, and of thy wondrous works. And men shall speak of the might of thy terrible (awesome) acts: and I will declare thy greatness. They shall abundantly utter (eagerly bubble forth) the memory of thy great goodness, and shall sing of thy righteousness.’ (Ps. 145:3-7) 

Mama Mia! Now that’s how the Lord’s people are supposed to behave! But unfortunately we’re not doing it to the extent needed and necessary. In the first place, our generation hasn’t really praised the Lord’s works to the upcoming one, that’s why they have very little or no knowledge of Him and are falling for the world system of Beelzebub. We haven’t spoken enough about God’s mighty works, or His awesome acts, or His majestic splendour! No wonder the new generation doesn’t hold Him in high regard! 

We certainly aren’t eagerly bubbling forth reciting His great goodness and singing of His divine righteousness. But yuh know what friends? It’s not too late for us to begin doing better. For remember that while there is life, there is ALWAYS Hope! And hopefully (smile) this scathing commentary on our rather unsatisfactory behaviour will touch our hearts and bring us to our knees, and ultimately raise the level of our hope and faith. That’s my prayer for us this cloudy, snowy Wednesday morning. 

And now, let’s go home declaring (awright!) our Wednesday Wail, letting all and sundry know of our wonderful position in Christ Jesus our marvellous Lord and Saviour. Altogether now: ‘Wednesday, Wednesday, Wednesday: I’m so glad to be alive on this Wednesday! Wednesday, Wednesday, Wednesday: Thank God the breath of life is still flowing through me on this Wednesday! I am halfway home. My hands are fixed securely on the plough, and I’m not turning back. I’m not looking back at the past, not focusing on what has gone before. But my eyes are fixed straight ahead; straight ahead to a glorious future with Jesus. Glory Hallelujah!’ 

And brother, if we endure till the end, that future will be even more glorious than our finite minds can comprehend! Much LOVE!

…God made man to be…first and foremost…an instrument of praise an adoration… 

Todays Scrip-Bit 13 November 2018 Psalm 145:1.

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Psalm 145:1.   ​I will extol (praise) thee, my God, O king; and I will bless thy name for ever and ever.
 

Oh friends I don’t want to get you all into the bad habit of expecting the Bit this early every day, so please look on this as a simple aberration. (smile) But I have to go into the big city of Toronto for a couple of medical appointments this morning, which means I won’t be back till late this afternoon, and I don’t want it to be too late either. 

Not to worry though, for this morning we’ll be in full ‘Celebration’ mode with the poem of the same name from our One Year Book of Bible Promises, with writings by Ruth Harms Calkin. So let’s get to it without any further talk nuh. 

Please pray with me: ‘When I think of Your lavish goodness The longings You’ve satisfied The forgiveness You’ve granted The promises You’ve kept When I think of Your irresistible LOVE Your ceaseless care Your unfailing protection…

O Lord God I want to raise flags And fly banners And sound bugles I want to run with lighted torches And praise You From the mountaintop I want to write symphonies And shout for joy. I want to throw a festive party For ten thousand guests. I want to celebrate with streamers And bright lights And an elaborate banquet… Fine dear child. I’m ready.’ 

Oh friends, when you think of God’s great goodness and LOVING-kindness towards you, don’t you just want to jump for joy and shout it from the mountaintops? I surely hope so, else you would not be truly grateful for all the care, protection, forgiveness, protection, etc. etc. that our wonderful God has so undeservedly bestowed on us. 

And I just LOVE God’s answer to all our joyful celebrations: ‘Bring it on! I’m ready to celebrate!’ And don’t think that the Lord doesn’t like to party nuh, just think about all the celebrations that go on in heaven…especially when one lost sheep is found and/or saved. Brother! The whole of heaven erupts with joy and gladness! 

In all seriousness though my people, we ought to celebrate God’s inimitable, limitless, unparalleled goodness every day that we draw breath on this His marvellous creation called earth. Because without it, our lives would have been so much more miserable and worthless, and difficult and calamitous than they currently are. 

And the Bible promise for that poem is also our Bit for today; these marvellous words of praise from Bruh David: ‘I will extol (praise) thee, my God, O king; and I will bless thy name for ever and ever.’ Yes my fellow believers, that’s how we ought to conjure up thanks and praise for Almighty God! 

And hear how Bruh David continues nuh: ‘Every day will I bless thee; and I will praise thy name for ever and ever. Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised; and his greatness is unsearchable (beyond our understanding).’ (Ps.145:2-3)

And is it ever my brethren! Just like His ways and thoughts are higher than ours, so is His goodness and LOVING-kindness outside the realm of our puny and finite minds! That’s why we need to continually and continuously show our thanks and gratitude for His unlimited grace, mercy and forgiveness. 

And Bruh David continues: ‘One generation shall praise thy works to another, and shall declare thy mighty acts. I will speak of (meditate on) the glorious honour (splendour) of thy majesty, and of thy wondrous works.’ (Ps.145:4-5) Now that’s where this generation has not come up to scratch my fellow believers! 

We have certainly not praised God’s goodness and His mighty works to our children in the new generation as much as ought to have done! That’s why they are so lost and wandering all over the place, falling for any nonsense with which some false teacher or preacher fills their ears. Remember, if we don’t teach them right at home, somebody will be able to teach them wrong out in the great big, evil world in which we now dwell. 

Oh friends, unfortunately we’ve taken the wrong road and attitude to our children. I guess because we had it somewhat hard and the Good Book and church were sometimes driven into us, we subconsciously, or otherwise, rebelled against that method of raising children, and went to the other extreme, being overly soft, sparing the whip and spoiling the child, which is even worse. And now we lament the poor fruits that our insincere labour has borne. 

Remember, the human animal only appreciates stuff and grows in maturity when it experiences tough times. And I daresay that our children of this generation have not experienced enough tough and godly times, otherwise they would have been way more appreciative of the good life they’ve had. And we don’t have anyone but ourselves to blame. 

Yuh think I wanted to go to church every Sunday morning and Sunday School every Sunday afternoon? Certainly not! But I had to go. And it eventually stood me in good stead; if nothing else, I knew right from wrong, which a lot of our children don’t know.

Anyway my people, it’s not too late to try and instill some godly virtues in our children, for as they say, while there is life, there is hope. So let’s see what amends we can make in the time we have left nuh. 

Now let’s go home declaring our Tuesday Mantra, letting the world know who and whose we are. And I have to laugh because there is some reason that I keep spelling ‘declaring’ wrong…Oh I spelled it right there. (smile)

Now in strong voice and sincere sense of purpose: ‘In God’s eyes, I’m not what I do. I’m not what I have. I’m not what people say about me. I am the beloved of God, that’s who I am. No one can take that from me. I don’t have to worry. I don’t have to hurry. I can trust my friend Jesus and share His LOVE with the world.  Amen!’ 

Now let’s go out and share that wonderful LOVE of Jesus with someone else nuh! Much LOVE!

…if the LOVE of Jesus truly dwells in is…then we’ll automatically want to share it…