Tuesday, December 10, 2013
Cold Winds
The winds of winter can blow oh so cold. The winds of life can do the same, it seems. When we face the cold winds of winter, we take precautions to make certain our family and friends are watched out for closely so that no harm from the elements should come to them. The winds of life are the same, but the players are different.
In life many times there are those that think it is important to same something about us that is not flattering. Some even will join together to speak in a way that is intended to bring about our demise, whether they be thieves, or businesses, or banks, etc. But the scripture is clear about this.
Psalms 83:1 Keep not thou silence, O God: hold not thy peace, and be not still, O God.
2 For, lo, thine enemies make a tumult: and they that hate thee have lifted up the head.
3 They have taken crafty counsel against thy people, and consulted against thy hidden ones.
4 They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance.
Here in Psalms 83 we see the winds of evil blowing from the lips of those that would intend us harm.
Psalms 56:2 Mine enemies would daily swallow me up: for they be many that fight against me, O thou most High.
3 What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee.
4 In God I will praise his word, in God I have put my trust; I will not fear what flesh can do unto me.
5 Every day they wrest my words: all their thoughts are against me for evil.
6 They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, they mark my steps, when they wait for my soul.
In Psalms 56 we see that the battle is repetitive and it is daily. We know God never sleeps. It seems darkness does not take many days off either. But we have hope. We can use each of these moments, as we make it through them to the other side, to build ourselves and others up. The psalmist says that God has delivered him from death, certainly He will deliver him from this current struggle.
Psalms 56:8 Thou tellest my wanderings: put thou my tears into thy bottle: are they not in thy book?
9 When I cry unto thee, then shall mine enemies turn back: this I know; for God is for me.
10 In God will I praise his word: in the Lord will I praise his word.
11 In God have I put my trust: I will not be afraid what man can do unto me.
12 Thy vows are upon me, O God: I will render praises unto thee.
13 For thou hast delivered my soul from death: wilt not thou deliver my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of the living?
We never know all that has transpired or what God has in store for us or those that we know. Sometimes we are built up by learning more, sometimes others are built up, and sometimes both. It is like the man that was born blind that Jesus healed. Sometimes it is so we can all be built up by seeing God’s glory.
John 9:2 And his disciples asked him, saying, Master, who did sin, this man, or his parents, that he was born blind?
3 Jesus answered, Neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents: but that the works of God should be made manifest in him.
4 I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work.
5 As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.
Let us not turn away from the work of our Carpenter, both teaching us to build and building us into His image.
Prayer
Father, we praise and thank You for Your gifts to men. Thank You for being the Mighty God and Ruler of the universe. We call to You today to help those in need, and bring those we can help across our path that we may be a part of the work of Your kingdom. Let us help someone today, Father, before the sun goes down. In Jesus’ (Yeshua’s) name.