May 19 - Psalm 79-82

Good morning everyone,

As we begin reading today we need to keep one thing in mind, when God commands us to do or not to do something it would be a wise decision to obey His command, for if (more like “for when”) we don’t, there is always a consequence of choice to follow. God’s patience with us does not exhaust quickly or easily but there will come a time when He will shake his Almighty head and say, “Alrighty then, I told you what would happen “if”.” God will sometime use others to bring us to our knees, in the case of Israel, often other countries, to show them the error of their ways, to bring them back to their senses. 

Psalms 79 and 80 were written at a time when Israel had allowed the trinkets of the enemy, the seductions of the world to not only infiltrate but rule their behavior, so God used Nebuchadnezzar and Babylon to burn them to the ground. Thousands upon thousands lost their lives while the rest were marched off into captivity. I call that “tough love.”

It may look a little different in 2014, but God is still here, doing same thing today. When our personal lives get so busy that we quit making time for God, when we have quit talking to Him, consulting Him, when we totally eliminate Him for other “stuff” of the world; the idols, the sin, we will find there will be a distance between us and God. He will not watch you dis Him, He will turn his back to you while you choose to live with sin, the same way He turned His back on Jesus when He took on all of our sins at the cross. As a result we will suffer. Our joy is drained, our relationships will be effected, our health and happiness may also be in distress as little by little we die inside.  

The good news is God loves you! He loves me! He love us so very much and though he will not look on our sin, God will find a way to get your attention, often having to hit us where it hurts, perhaps using an illness, or the loss of your job or the death of a loved one, or some other “foreign country” to get your eyes back on Him. “If you … then He will” If you will but repent and love Him, He will shower you with blessings beyond all measure. This is our God. Hebrews 13:5 says, Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, because God has said, “Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you.”

We may leave God, but He will never leave us.  No matter how bleak the situation, no matter how empty the feeling comes, God will never leave you!  His promises are true.  His word is above all!  We can move forward because, He goes before us.  And if God be for us, who can be against us?Amen?!

Have a great day friends and to God be the glory.

God bless you all …