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VACATION!

Written by FAVORED1 on January 4, 2010 – 4:10 pm -

Monday, January 4, 2010

I hate the two-faced, but I love Your clear-cut revelation. You’re my place of quiet retreat; I wait for Your Word to renew me. Get out of my life, evildoers, so I can keep my GOD’s commands. Take my side as You promised; I’ll live then for sure. Don’t disappoint all my grand hopes. Stick with me and I’ll be all right; I’ll give total allegiance to Your definitions of life. Expose all who drift away from Your sayings; their casual idolatry is lethal. You reject earth’s wicked as so much rubbish; therefore I lovingly embrace everything You say. I shiver in awe before You; Your decisions leave me speechless with reverence.
[Psalm 119:113 Message]

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I hate vain thoughts: but Thy law do I love. Thou art my hiding place and my shield: I hope in Thy word. Depart from me, ye evildoers: for I will keep the commandments of my God. Uphold me according unto Thy word, that I may live: and let me not be ashamed of my hope. Hold Thou me up, and I shall be safe: and I will have respect unto Thy statutes continually. Thou hast trodden down all them that err from Thy statutes: for their deceit is falsehood. Thou puttest away all the wicked of the earth like dross: therefore I love Thy testimonies. My flesh trembleth for fear of Thee; and I am afraid of Thy judgments.

[Psalm 119:113-120 King James Version]

VACATION!

Good Afternoon Beloved,

Happy Monday!… this Psalm makes me think of a nice, relaxing vacation. It reminds me that in His “presence is fullness of joy” and at His “right hand there are pleasures forevermore”[Psalm 16:11]. God’s promises are yes and AMEN. They are a done deal… forever sealed in Heaven and earth. As we rest in the knowledge of who He is, we are better equipped to deal with people and who they are. This verse and many others, never gloss over the fact that there are evildoers. People who do evil just because. No rhyme or reason. There are people who are so bound in jealousy, envy and anger that they are really dangerous. God has given us discernment to ‘feel out’ situations, and wisdom to handle them. We are charged not to ignore warning signals that God places in our spirit. It is for our own protection as is the law of God. For an unbelieving world, the Bible is a rule book of ‘dos and don’ts’. It assaults the lowly nature of our existence because that rebellious spirit does not want to be told what to do. Even when it doesn’t know to do, it still does not want someone telling it what to do. For the heart that declares a love for the law of God (His Word) we have found a refuge… a hiding place from the terrors of the world. A place where we can be built up, and equipped to handle whatever happens in life.