Thank YOU, JESUS, for Your Word! I could NOT have hand-picked a better Psalm to read and to share today than Psalm 123!
1 Unto You do I lift up my eyes, O You Who are enthroned in heaven. 2 Behold, as the eyes of servants look to the hand of their master, and as the eyes of a maid to the hand of her mistress, so our eyes look to the Lord our God, until He has mercy and loving-kindness for us. 3 Have mercy on us, O Lord, have mercy on and loving-kindness for us, for we are exceedingly satiated with contempt. 4 Our life is exceedingly filled with the scorning and scoffing of those who are at ease and with the contempt of the proud (irresponsible tyrants who disregard God’s law).
There is SO much of the disregarding of God's law going on in the United States of America these days! If you have ever endured ridicule, contempt, hatefulness and other sorts of nasty and negative expressions and reactions to your stance on God's Word, then you know exactly what I am referring to! This is NOT the same world that I grew up in! There is no genuine, national love for God and His Word any more. The things that have come upon the United States of America are do, impart, to sown seeds of complacency, apathy and a total disregard in some cases for the authority of the Word of God. This IS to be expected! It happened to Israel time and again when they grew lazy, spoiled and not submitted to the God of the Bible. The wonderful Truth to remember, though, at this time is this that whenever Israel repented, He was right there to continue blessing them! We DO NOT have to wait for this nation to get right with God! We have THIS promise in 2 Chronicles 7:14:
14 and My people, who are called by My Name, humble themselves, and pray and seek (crave, require as a necessity) My face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear [them] from heaven, and forgive their sin and heal their land.
Notice that this says when GOD's people, not ALL people, will do this, HE will answer! By doing so, WE are able to continue sharing the Gospel in freedom with protection, provision and safety that will NOT depend on the economy or on who is in "power"! Next we have our New Covenant promises that are even better than those that this psalmist had (Hebrews 8:6)! We have those promises in John 10:10; 1 John 5:14-15; 3 John 2, to name a few! Find out what belongs to YOU as a born again child of the Living God! Stand strong in faith on His promises, and refuse to doubt, and you WILL see the salvation of God in your life! AMEN! Here is Hillsong Young and Free with "Lifeline":
Shalom in Him!
