Hello My Friend/Guest,
Today is
Wednesday July 15, 2009 and we are continuing our studies in the book
of Psalm, please read chapter 119 in your Bible or Click
Here to read it.
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%20119&version=9
Today's
Message: Way of Life
Is
one truly happy with a worldly life? Happiness is the outcome of a
right relationship with God and living according to the way of life
taught by His Word.
I forgot to mention that Psalm
107 begins part five of the book of Psalm which centers around the
Word of God. Psalm 119 is the longest chapter in the entire Bible and
the entire Psalm is dedicated to God's Word, we are to delight in it
and in His commands. “Blessed are the
undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the LORD. Blessed are
they that keep his testimonies, and that seek him with the whole
heart. They also do no iniquity: they walk in his ways. Thou hast
commanded us to keep thy precepts diligently. O that my ways were
directed to keep thy statutes! Then shall I not be ashamed, when I
have respect unto all thy commandments. I will praise thee with
uprightness of heart, when I shall have learned thy righteous
judgments.” - Psalm 119:1-7. The
word undefiled means that we are to keep our thoughts and body pure
and uncorrupted. The psalmist is saying that all who walk with God
become blessed as they learn to keep their thoughts and body from
being corrupted. Let's face it, there is a difference between doing
something unknowingly and doing something intentionally, we all know
when our thoughts and actions do not line up with God's Word.
However, if we wholeheartedly seek God we are a testimony of the
wonderful life that can be lived by following Him diligently.
In
His Word, God has provided everything we need to be the person He
planned for us to be and to accomplish the purpose for which He
created us. We are to delight in His Word and long to understand it
so we know exactly what God's Will for our lives are. “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 thy testimonies, and not to
covetousness...............And I will delight myself in thy
commandments, which I have loved. My hands also will I lift up unto
thy commandments, which I have loved; and I will meditate in thy
statutes. Remember the word unto thy servant, upon which thou hast
caused me to hope. This is my comfort in my affliction: for thy word
hath quickened me.” - Psalm 119:33-36,47-50. Those who learn
and study God's Word begin to understand what God's Will for their
lives are. The once corrupted life turns to a more fulfilled life
that gives one hope and comfort through all circumstances.
I truly believe that the majority of those who do not follow God do so because they know their lives will change dramatically. Time and time again I hear people say, “I am going to live my life the way I want because it is the only life I have”. It is sad to hear those words because people with that attitude have no idea what they are missing and what is waiting for them after this temporal life on earth is over. Can you honestly say that you are truly happy doing things you really do not want to do because it is what your friends are doing? Look around, are any of the people you hang around truly your friends? Is going out every weekend drinking and partying truly the life to life? Does giving yourself to every person that looks at you really make you feel as though you are someone special? Do you really think that your soul mate can be found in a bar? “Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.” - I John 2:15-17. It is much harder and unsatisfying to try and fit in with the world than to just live for God. The world can care less about us, but God loves us and wants to see us truly happy and successful.
Trust me, I have lived in the world, I thought that I had a boring life and was missing something, boy was I missing something and it was not anything that the world had to offer. I was missing Jesus and in the process defiled my thoughts and body in order to seek something I had all along and that was God's Word. All I had to do to find it was call on Jesus and all my past and everything I did in it was redeemed. I thank Jesus every morning for taking me out of the wasteful life that I lived when all I did was search for things that had no meaning. Praise God! We can not change the past, but we can change today, when we call on Jesus He gives us new meaning of what life truly is about and I pray that all will see this before it is too late. “Rejoice in the Lord always: and again I say, Rejoice. Let your moderation be known unto all men. The Lord is at hand. Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things. Those things, which ye have both learned, and received, and heard, and seen in me, do: and the God of peace shall be with you.” - Philippians 4:4-9.
Today's Prayer:
Dear God,
Lord, it is Your desire that we stay faithful to Your teachings. Scripture gives many examples of those who knew to do right, but instead yielded to temptation. The consequences of their wrong actions inflicted a great deal of loss, life-long regret and emotional pain. Help us to avoid the traps Satan has set for the believers by not only reading Your Word, but applying its truth to our lives, and standing firm when the temptation to do wrong is ever before us. In Jesus' Name...........Amen.
Have a wonderful and blessed day/night and enjoy the rest of your week.
God Bless You,
Christina
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