Psalm 86:11. Teach me thy way, O Lord; I will walk in thy truth: unite my heart (give me singleness of purpose) to fear (have reverential awe for) thy name.
Ah mih people, our God does move in mysterious ways yes…but the fallen angel Lucifer also moves in devious ways. But I’ll leave it up to you to judge who’s who and what’s what in this earlier situation. Hn!
Now I came down a while ago to write the Bit, but got involved in looking at a news article on some super yachts, 19 of them to be exact. Oh they were certainly beautiful and worth in the hundreds of millions.
After every one, I’d tell myself, enough now, time to get to the Bit. But I continued until around the 12th, there was a sudden outage of power and everything went black. I had to chuckle, thinking that might have been God’s way of getting me to stop looking at those expensive and exquisite yachts, or preventing me from loosing stuff that I had not saved.
However, when the computer was rebooted, the yachts appeared again, from right where I’d left off, and possibly the devil took over then, because I continued watching them until I got to the 19th.
Ah Lord eh! By the way, the cheapest was around ten million, the only one that low. The next cheapest was around 60, then they moved into the hundreds, with one owned by Chelsea Football club owner Abramovich costing over a billion.
Now there are two questions to be asked here: How did he come by all that loot? Note the term I used. (smile) And how much poverty and strife could that wasted money have eradicated eh? I guess we’ll never know.
But let’s remember friends that our heavenly Father is keeping account, and one day we’ll all have to answer for how we stewarded His earthly possessions. And I guess our Bit for today is rather appropriate for my wandering and unfocused mind. (smile)
‘Teach me thy way, O Lord; I will walk in thy truth: unite my heart (give me singleness of purpose) to fear (have reverential awe for) thy name.’
Yeh friends, the only way we can truly learn the Lord’s teachings is with His help. And Bruh David found out that principle the hard way; not only in his shepherding days, with the wild animals harassing the sheep, but more so later on when he was constantly running from Saul, who in his jealous wrath tried desperately to kill him.
And we have a passage from Psalm 119 that cries out –Give me understanding – which rather appropriately expands on the words of our Bit. ‘Teach me, O Lord, the way of thy statutes; and I shall keep it unto the end. Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; yea, I shall observe it with my whole heart.
Make me to go in the path of thy commandments; for therein do I delight. Incline my heart unto (cause me to long for) thy testimonies. Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity (looking at worthless things); and quicken (revive) thou me in thy way.
Stablish (establish) thy word unto thy servant, who is devoted to thy fear (fearing thee). Turn away my reproach which I fear: for thy judgements are good. Behold, I have longed after thy precepts: quicken (revive) me in thy righteousness.’ (Ps.119:33-40)
Oh my brethren, as I wrote that, I just realized that it sort of encapsulates all of our wants and fears, and that it would be an excellent prayer to reach out to God with when our spirits are low and we can’t understand the negative stuff that’s happening in our lives.
Please remember God’s promise as told through Jeremiah. ‘For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil (calamity), to give you an expected end (a future and a hope).
Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken (listen) unto you. And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart.’ (Jer.29:11-13)
So precious people of God, let’s never fear or forget to turn to our wonderful Creator when we are disturbed and unsure about ANYTHING in our lives. For He made us and has a marvellous plan in store for us, we just have to go to Him sincerely and ask for His guidance.
Remember too, He wants to be involved in EVERY aspect of our lives! And when we leave Him out of ANYTHING, He feels heartbroken. Nothing is too small or too unimportant for His consideration.
So my brethren, I do hope these few words (smile) offer encouragement and assurance and help us to keep looking to God ALL THE TIME, for that is exactly where our gaze is supposed to be fixed as true believers in Jesus Christ.
Now let’s go home declaring our Wednesday Wail in all sincerity and truth.‘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!’
Let’s keep that expectant attitude going now friends! Much LOVE!
…O ye saints…look ahead…look ahead.. to life in heaven with Jesus…
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