Psalm 23:1
“The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.”
What else should we want, but our Lord as our shepherd? Meditate on what all that entails.
Praise ye the Lord!!!
Praise ye the LORD. Praise God in his sanctuary: praise him in the firmament of his power. Praise him for his mighty acts: praise him according to his excellent greatness. Praise him with the sound of the trumpet: praise him with the psaltery and harp. Praise him with the timbrel and dance: praise him with stringed instruments and organs. Praise him upon the loud cymbals: praise him upon the high sounding cymbals. Let every thing that hath breath praise the LORD. Praise ye the LORD. Psalm 150
“Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart: for I am called by thy name, O Lord God of hosts.”
Have you ate at the table of the Master this morning? If not, why not? You want true joy and peace of mind and heart? Then go to God's Word every morning. Meditate on what you read all throughout the day. Commune with the Father continuously. Never ceasing to praise Him for His grace and mercy on His servant.
Praise ye the Lord!!!
“Pray for us: for we trust we have a good conscience, in all things willing to live honestly.”
Do you pray for your brothers and sisters in Christ? Not just in our morning and evening prayers or in times of public prayers. What of the times when someone comes to our thoughts throughout the day or even in the middle of the night? We are commanded to “pray without ceasing”. So who or what is on our mind throughout the day and into the evening hours?
We should be praying for each other often. Whether we know of a need or not. Fact is, we all need the prayers of our brethren. Living in this old wicked world, we all have struggles and temptations. Some more than others. But, we all have them.
Like the writer of our text verse says, if we are living in good conscience and willing to live honestly we need prayer. For it is then that the enemy seems to oftentimes be more active in our lives. Thus, a reason we need prayer.
Praise ye the Lord!!!
“Then said he unto me, Hast thou seen this, O son of man? turn thee yet again, and thou shalt see greater abominations than these.”
Three times God told Ezekiel “And thou shalt see greater abominations than these.” In verses 6, 13, & 15. And each time God showed Ezekiel more and more wickedness from the Temple in Jerusalem. All these abominations Ezekiel saw in chapter were being carried out in God's House. Paintings and statues of false gods were all over the walls. The statue of a false god was standing guard at the door. Even the women were worshiping a false god, Tammuz, the queen of heaven. And the priest allowed all this to happen and even participated and led in the worship of false gods in the very House of God.
And what do we see in many churches today? Though we do not worship the same as Israel was supposed to in Ezekiel's day. We are to be taking our worship of God just as seriously as they were. False gods and idols have no place where we come to worship God. God is a jealous God and will not tolerate abominations from His children. It was these abominations by God's people that caused the downfall of Israel, Judah, and Jerusalem. Is it any wonder our nation is in the shape it is in today? Look at the abominations of God's people in the land. Idols and false gods everywhere. And yet we expect God to protect us from the enemy.
Time and time again, God has warned His people in His Word about these things. And here we are, doing exactly what He told us not to do.
Praise ye the Lord!!!
“I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart.”
For the child of God, our greatest delight in this life should be pleasing our Heavenly Father by doing His will. Showing our love for our Heavenly Father by following His commandments should be our life long goal and our greatest joy.
Praise ye the Lord!!!