SCRIP-BITS

Psalm 27:4.    One thing have I desired of the Lord, that I will seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the Lord, and to inquire in his temple.
 
Oh Friends, let’s praise the Lord for granting us yet another day on planet earth, filled with His awesome and unending mercies and blessings! And all God’s people cried out with joyful hearts: ‘Oh praise ye the name of the Lord, for He is indeed good to the undeserving children of men!’ Yes Friends, our God is good to us even though we’re not anywhere as good as we should be. But He LOVES with such a strong, unconditional LOVE that He can’t do otherwise but bless us. Now in the very first verse of Psalm 27, Bruh David states his case for worshipping the Lord with complete trust and confidence. ‘The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The Lord is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?’ (Ps.27:1) And as believers, the answer to those two questions my brethren is absolutely NOBODY! Then in our Bit, he goes on to voice his greatest desire: ‘One thing have I desired of the Lord, that I will seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to behold the beauty (delightfulness) of the Lord, and to inquire in his temple.’ What a fondness Bruh David had for the God of his fathers. Oh that we could be so fond of our Creator, Provider and Protector my people, that our fondest wish would be to seek Him out continually, to dwell in His house, to behold His delightfulness, His majesty and inquire after Him. Now obviously there wouldn’t be enough space in God’s physical house for all of us to dwell in at the same time, but as Bruh Paul declared to the Corinthians: ‘Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?’ (1 Cor.3:16) Therefore Friends, since our bodies are God’s temple, we can all have the opportunity to live with Him, observe His beauty and majesty, delight in His ways, and get to know Him intimately. Wow! What an exciting opportunity! And that’s what the Lord desires of us anyway. Then Bruh David goes on to state another of the many reasons why he LOVES the Lord God Jehovah: ‘For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion: in the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me; he shall set me upon a rock.’ (Ps.27:5) And isn’t that the awesome truth my people! In times of trouble, like now, the safest place in the world is in the arms of Jesus; protection safe, sure and secure, way above the problems that are bombarding us from every side. So why aren’t more, or rather all of us flocking to the safety of Jesus in these difficult time eh? I guess it’s a matter of faith, of belief and of trust. We foolishly place more trust in the man made solutions, which are what caused our problems in the first place. We don’t really belief that Jesus is who He says He is, though there’s lots of proof to verify it. ‘I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.’ (John 14:6) And until we each belief that with the utmost faith and sincerity my Friends, our lives will be forever troubled, in a troubled world of unbelief. We shall never have the peace, calm and contentedness, some of the things Jesus sacrificed His sinless life for us to have. Oh my brethren, let’s wake up and wise up this year of 2012 nuh, and truly come to realize that Jesus is the ONLY answer, the ONLY solution to the many serious problems currently facing our world. In the beauty of His Spirit we can find true rest and contentment. And we’re going to end today’s Bit with a rather appropriate poem from Dr. Robert Schuller’s Devotional titled Hours of Power. The name of the poem is BEAUTY: Thank you Father, for filling the world with beauty. I thank you for the beauty of life, the beauty of LOVE, the beauty of children, and the beauty of old people, (yes, old people are beautiful too – smile). I thank you for the beauty of Christ and for the beauty of any life when Christ is invited through the Holy Spirit. Thank you, Father, that you have made my life beautiful too. Oh Friends, when we put our sincere trust and faith in Christ, then we will see the beauty in all creation and glorify the Lord God with much enthusiasm and reverence. May all of us be able at some time soon to say those words and truly mean them. In Jesus’ Name. Amen. Much LOVE my beautiful people!…come to me…all ye that labour and are heavy laden…and I will give you rest…for my yoke is easy…and my burden is light… (Matt.11:28,30)