"Greeting Everyone in the Name of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ"
Today's Blog Title: "A Meditation on Wealth and Wickedness"
Today's Scripture Reading: Psalm 49:1-20
Today's Key Verse: Psalm 49:15 "But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave, For he shall receive me."
This psalm reads almost like a passage from the Book of Proverbs (another favorite old Testament Book of mine), with it's bold contrast between the destinies of wicked and righteous. It addresses an age old question: the prosperity of the wicked. The psalmist lived in a day when MANY evil men were boasting of their wealth.
This psalm was therefore written to enable God's people to raise above the ungodly drive for riches. There is first an invitation to listen: the poet calls on all men because the psalm has a universal application. Second, he demonstrates how woefully inadequate riches are: on the day of one's death they cannot be redeemed. Finally, the divergent destinies of the wicked and the righteous are vividly stated: the wicked man has no hope beyond this life, but the righteous man will be resurrected to eternal life.
This psalm has five parts: (1) a call for understanding (verses 1-4); (2) a declaration of the vanity of trusting in wealth (verses 5-9); (3) a declaration of the worthlessness of possessions after death (verses 10-12); (4) a description of God's redemption (verses 13-15); (5) the conclusion that there is no need to fear the rich (verses 16-20).
Today's Hymn: "My Hope Is Built On Not Less" (verse 2)
When darkness seems to hide His face, I rest on His unchanging grace
In every high and storm gale, My anchor holds within the veil
On Christ the solid rock I stand, All other ground is sinking sand
All other ground is sinking sand
Heavenly Father, Lord Jesus, Holy Spirit How we as your children do rest our faith on Your unchanging grace. When we have the stormy parts of our life's, how we depend on You to pick us up and carry us through. Just as You walked on the water Lord, We want to walk in the Light of Your Glory. May we always keep our feet on the solid rock Lord, which is You.
Amen
Today's Biblical Truth: "Only God has the power to deliver us from death and hell"
Click on the link at http://www.cindi-davis.blogspot.com/ for Today's Bible Verse from Exodus 20:14 which is the seventh Commandment from God's Ten Commandments..blogspot.com
Have a God Filled and Spirit Led Day. Go in Peace and Serve the Lord with Gladness. ove God More Today and always remember that when you have a spiritual dilemma in your life and you yell out, "I CAN'T", God Whispers to you, "BUT I CAN".
Your Sister in Christ
Cindi
Today's Blog Title: "A Meditation on Wealth and Wickedness"
Today's Scripture Reading: Psalm 49:1-20
Today's Key Verse: Psalm 49:15 "But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave, For he shall receive me."
This psalm reads almost like a passage from the Book of Proverbs (another favorite old Testament Book of mine), with it's bold contrast between the destinies of wicked and righteous. It addresses an age old question: the prosperity of the wicked. The psalmist lived in a day when MANY evil men were boasting of their wealth.
This psalm was therefore written to enable God's people to raise above the ungodly drive for riches. There is first an invitation to listen: the poet calls on all men because the psalm has a universal application. Second, he demonstrates how woefully inadequate riches are: on the day of one's death they cannot be redeemed. Finally, the divergent destinies of the wicked and the righteous are vividly stated: the wicked man has no hope beyond this life, but the righteous man will be resurrected to eternal life.
This psalm has five parts: (1) a call for understanding (verses 1-4); (2) a declaration of the vanity of trusting in wealth (verses 5-9); (3) a declaration of the worthlessness of possessions after death (verses 10-12); (4) a description of God's redemption (verses 13-15); (5) the conclusion that there is no need to fear the rich (verses 16-20).
Today's Hymn: "My Hope Is Built On Not Less" (verse 2)
When darkness seems to hide His face, I rest on His unchanging grace
In every high and storm gale, My anchor holds within the veil
On Christ the solid rock I stand, All other ground is sinking sand
All other ground is sinking sand
Heavenly Father, Lord Jesus, Holy Spirit How we as your children do rest our faith on Your unchanging grace. When we have the stormy parts of our life's, how we depend on You to pick us up and carry us through. Just as You walked on the water Lord, We want to walk in the Light of Your Glory. May we always keep our feet on the solid rock Lord, which is You.
Amen
Today's Biblical Truth: "Only God has the power to deliver us from death and hell"
Click on the link at http://www.cindi-davis.blogspot.com/ for Today's Bible Verse from Exodus 20:14 which is the seventh Commandment from God's Ten Commandments..blogspot.com
Have a God Filled and Spirit Led Day. Go in Peace and Serve the Lord with Gladness. ove God More Today and always remember that when you have a spiritual dilemma in your life and you yell out, "I CAN'T", God Whispers to you, "BUT I CAN".
Your Sister in Christ
Cindi
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