Friday, February 9, 2018

I Will Extol

“I will extol thee, my God, O king; and I will bless thy name for ever and ever. Every day will I bless thee; and I will praise thy name for ever and ever. Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised; and his greatness is unsearchable. One generation shall praise thy works to another, and shall declare thy mighty acts. I will speak of the glorious honour of thy majesty, and of thy wondrous works. And men shall speak of the might of thy terrible acts: and I will declare thy greatness. They shall abundantly utter the memory of thy great goodness, and shall sing of thy righteousness. The Lord is gracious, and full of compassion; slow to anger, and of great mercy. The Lord is good to all: and his tender mercies are over all his works. All thy works shall praise thee, O Lord; and thy saints shall bless thee. They shall speak of the glory of thy kingdom, and talk of thy power; To make known to the sons of men his mighty acts, and the glorious majesty of his kingdom. Thy kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and thy dominion endureth throughout all generations.” Psalms‬ ‭145:1-13‬ ‭KJV‬‬

Wow! David was truly lifting The Lord up with his whole heart in this Psalm! His belief echoing in his every word! I feel his heart soaring as he extols God's love for His own! 

Do you do that? 

Do you have THAT kind of belief in your Savior? 

Do you believe  in the inerrancy of The Word of God? 

Do you believe it is relevant for today? 

Where DO you stand?

I was speaking with a man last week about this very subject. He had been reading in Revelation in his Sunday School, and after just a few words expressed his unbelief with, "well the Bible was written by man!" 

Is that how you view it? Do you question its validity? Is that why you seldom, if ever, read it?

You see, for most of my life I was like that! I was also in church and "carried" my "Holy Bible" every week but, I had never READ it! And then I was challenged to read it! That was in 2010 - after 5 years, I'm still reading it - daily! (Now, 9 read throughs)

So, I had to set that man straight! 

The Bible IS the infallible Word of God; written by men inspired by The Creator of the universe! And IT has changed my life! He, through promptings by His Holy Spirit, and through His Word, speaks to me, also! 

AND He wants to speak with you!

“The Lord upholdeth all that fall, and raiseth up all those that be bowed down. The eyes of all wait upon thee; and thou givest them their meat in due season. Thou openest thine hand, and satisfiest the desire of every living thing.” Psalms‬ ‭145:14-16‬ ‭KJV‬‬

Yes, David knew Him intimately and trusted Him implicitly! God had proven Himself to be relevant to David, through The Torah! He lived by it and loved The Law! 

"The LORD is righteous in all His ways, Gracious in all His works. The LORD is near to all who call upon Him, To all who call upon Him in truth. He will fulfill the desire of those who fear Him; He also will hear their cry and save them. The LORD preserves all who love Him, But all the wicked He will destroy. My mouth shall speak the praise of the LORD, And all flesh shall bless His holy name Forever and ever." (‭Psalms‬ ‭145‬:‭17-21‬ NKJV)

“The Lord is righteous in all his ways, and holy in all his works. The Lord is nigh unto all them that call upon him, to all that call upon him in truth. He will fulfil the desire of them that fear him: he also will hear their cry, and will save them. The Lord preserveth all them that love him: but all the wicked will he destroy. My mouth shall speak the praise of the Lord: and let all flesh bless his holy name for ever and ever.” Psalms‬ ‭145:17-21‬ ‭KJV‬‬

Yes, my heart soars with David, when I read this Psalm, because my heart echos his words! My mouth SHALL speak the praises of my LORD! He IS RIGHTEOUS in all His ways! He IS near to all who call on Him in truth! He IS Truth!

If you aren't  believing; if you aren't reading; if you aren't saying, 'Oh yeah!', then examine your heart! Because time is running out! 

“For it is written, As I live, saith the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God.” Romans‬ ‭14:11‬ ‭KJV‬‬

Yes, one day, in the not so distant future, EVERY knee WILL bow, either willingly or not!  

If you won't bow now, you WILL bow then!

I challenge you to read your Bible and prove me wrong! 

Repent while there is still time!

Jesus speaking:
“He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day.”
‭‭John‬ ‭12:48‬ ‭KJV‬‬

Even so - MARANATHA! 
From  3/12/15

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