Psalm 55:22-23 encourages and exhorts us to trust the Lord in every situation we face.
22 Cast your burden on the Lord [releasing the weight of it] and He will sustain you; He will never allow the [consistently] righteous to be moved (made to slip, fall, or fail). 23 But You, O God, will bring down the wicked into the pit of destruction; men of blood and treachery shall not live out half their days. But I will trust in, lean on, and confidently rely on You.
The righteous are those who have received Jesus Christ as Lord and personal Savior! Once we do this we will never be more righteous or less righteous than the moment of our new birth! When we sin by making selfish decisions and choices to do things our own way instead of God's way, our FELLOWSHIP with the Lord is affected, but our RELATIONSHIP is not! As long as we continue to trust in HIM, He will never allow us to fail! The choice is ours for the results we desire to have! Those who have chosen to reject Jesus can NOT have that promise! The certain end for those who refuse the God of the Bible and His free Gift of eternal life through Jesus Christ WILL have a certain end also, as shown in verse 23. That is why We are still here instead of living in the glorious Heaven of the Bible right now! God desires that NONE should have those certain results, but that ALL should repent and receive! Make sure that you are buying up every opportunity to share the great GOOD NEWS of the Gospel with everyone you come in contact with! This is God's #1 priority and it should be ours! AMEN!
Another verse that really stood out to me in our Bible Reading Plan for today is Mark 5:34:
34 And He said to her, Daughter, your faith (your trust and confidence in Me, springing from faith in God) has restored you to health. Go in (into) peace and be continually healed and freed from your [distressing bodily] disease.
Jesus was on His way to heal Jairus' daughter when He was touched by this woman who had such faith in Him that she went in public, which she was not allowed to do without shouting 'UNCLEAN' so that others could avoid her. She also touched Jesus, which was also against the Jewish law. Not only was she instantly healed of this horrible ailment, but Jesus declared the above to her! Jesus already did everything that HE needs to do for His people to walk in healing and health! We need to do our part by building our faith with the Word of God (Romans 10:17) until WE have this kind of faith that will not be denied! When we do, it will be unto us exactly as it was with her, and HE will be saying the same to us! AMEN! Let's get busy! Here is Hillsong with an older, but powerful, song called "Faith":
Shalom in Him!
