Continuously hitting our head on a brick wall is both pointless and painful. Resisting our Father and His ways is similar. Far better that we should know Him, praise Him, and participate with Him in His will and ways.
"Praise the LORD! Praise the LORD, O my soul! I will praise the LORD while I live; I will sing praises to my God while I have my being. Do not trust in princes, In mortal man, in whom there is no salvation. His spirit departs, he returns to the earth; In that very day his thoughts perish." (Psalm 146:1-4)
Government leaders daily make the news, and generally in a negative way. Corruption and greed lead to disappointment, anarchy, and ultimately revolution. And yet, lasting reform is elusive. There is no "salvation" in mortal man, who is ultimately destined for death in the truest sense of the word. All will one day "give up the ghost" (cease breathing), as well as cease thinking. Why trust, then, in mortal leaders?
Better that our hope and confidence should be in the LORD Yahweh, the only true God. "How blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob, Whose hope is in the LORD his God, Who made heaven and earth, The sea and all that is in them; Who keeps faith forever; Who executes justice for the oppressed; Who gives food to the hungry. The LORD sets the prisoners free. The LORD opens the eyes of the blind; The LORD raises up those who are bowed down; The LORD loves the righteous; The LORD protects the strangers; He supports the fatherless and the widow, But He thwarts the way of the wicked. The LORD will reign forever, Your God, O Zion, to all generations. Praise the LORD!" (Psalm 146:5-10)
True help and hope is with our Father, and His plan. As an active advocate of the poor and oppressed, He desires to bring us alongside those He has compassion for. A godly heart will be drawn to the hopeless and hurting, for it is with these that the Father is working. Little wonder that Jesus, His Son, would declare the blessedness of the poor in spirit, the mourning, the meek, the merciful, the pure in heart, the peacemaker, and the persecuted.
A cynical sage once said, "the more I know people, the more I like my dog". Perhaps he was dyslexic, because it is God who is to be preferred to mere mortals. Humans and human plans are sure to disappoint and fail, but there is a God who never has and never will disappoint. A choice to trust Him, and follow Him in His compassion for the helpless and hurting, is a sure pathway to true purpose and peace.
Know and praise Your Father. Become intimately acquainted with His Son, for this is life (John 17:3). Serve those who are hurting, because you will find both the Father, and His Son, Jesus, there. In these ways, we come to better understand, live, declare, and demonstrate the kingdom of God.
Steve
©Steve Taylor, 2011
"Praise the LORD! Praise the LORD, O my soul! I will praise the LORD while I live; I will sing praises to my God while I have my being. Do not trust in princes, In mortal man, in whom there is no salvation. His spirit departs, he returns to the earth; In that very day his thoughts perish." (Psalm 146:1-4)
Government leaders daily make the news, and generally in a negative way. Corruption and greed lead to disappointment, anarchy, and ultimately revolution. And yet, lasting reform is elusive. There is no "salvation" in mortal man, who is ultimately destined for death in the truest sense of the word. All will one day "give up the ghost" (cease breathing), as well as cease thinking. Why trust, then, in mortal leaders?
Better that our hope and confidence should be in the LORD Yahweh, the only true God. "How blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob, Whose hope is in the LORD his God, Who made heaven and earth, The sea and all that is in them; Who keeps faith forever; Who executes justice for the oppressed; Who gives food to the hungry. The LORD sets the prisoners free. The LORD opens the eyes of the blind; The LORD raises up those who are bowed down; The LORD loves the righteous; The LORD protects the strangers; He supports the fatherless and the widow, But He thwarts the way of the wicked. The LORD will reign forever, Your God, O Zion, to all generations. Praise the LORD!" (Psalm 146:5-10)
True help and hope is with our Father, and His plan. As an active advocate of the poor and oppressed, He desires to bring us alongside those He has compassion for. A godly heart will be drawn to the hopeless and hurting, for it is with these that the Father is working. Little wonder that Jesus, His Son, would declare the blessedness of the poor in spirit, the mourning, the meek, the merciful, the pure in heart, the peacemaker, and the persecuted.
A cynical sage once said, "the more I know people, the more I like my dog". Perhaps he was dyslexic, because it is God who is to be preferred to mere mortals. Humans and human plans are sure to disappoint and fail, but there is a God who never has and never will disappoint. A choice to trust Him, and follow Him in His compassion for the helpless and hurting, is a sure pathway to true purpose and peace.
Know and praise Your Father. Become intimately acquainted with His Son, for this is life (John 17:3). Serve those who are hurting, because you will find both the Father, and His Son, Jesus, there. In these ways, we come to better understand, live, declare, and demonstrate the kingdom of God.
Steve
©Steve Taylor, 2011
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