Back from vacation: The Better Part, week #37

 

The Facebook posts I didn't share last week, with a starter for this one:

The Better Part, Day #191:

 

 

Psa 50:14 You made promises to God Most High, so give him what you promised. Bring your sacrifices and thank offerings.

Psa 50:15 God says, "Call me when trouble comes. I will help you, and you will honor me."

Psa 50:16 But God says to the wicked, "Stop quoting my laws! Stop talking about my agreement!

Psa 50:17 You hate for me to tell you what to do. You ignore what I say.

Psa 50:18 You see a thief and run to join him. You jump into bed with those who commit adultery.

Psa 50:19 You say evil things and tell lies.

Psa 50:20 You sit around talking about people, finding fault with your own brothers. 

 

Just in case you try to imagine God will compromise with your sin. #Pointingatthemirror

 

 

 

The Better Part, day #192:

 

Charles Stanley reminded me of two very important pieces of this verse:

 

 

Col 3:23 Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men, 24 knowing that from the Lord you will receive the inheritance as your reward. You are serving the Lord Christ.

 

 

One, it doesn't say, "As long as the work is easy", or, "As long as the boss is a nice guy." Two, the part of the reward that comes from serving the Lord doesn't come on the paycheck...

 

 

 

The Better Part, day #193:

 

 

I've been boning up for delving into Gideon on the Wednesday Bible Study, and I noticed that at the end of a Moses like "But what about..." session with the Angel of the Lord, he finally built an altar to the Lord of Peace. Wondering how he got there, I heard, "Read it backwards." And backwards, when you come to the first thing Gideon said was, "If you are God, where are the miracles you once did?" and God answered, basically, "YOU are My miracle!"

 

 

Like Gideon, if we go through believing He is God, that we can have His strength, we can be His miracle in our own lives...

 

 

The Better Part Day #194:

 

 

Mar 8:23 And he took the blind man by the hand and led him out of the village, and when he had spit on his eyes and laid his hands on him, he asked him, "Do you see anything?"

Mar 8:24 And he looked up and said, "I see men, but they look like trees, walking."

Mar 8:25 Then Jesus laid his hands on his eyes again; and he opened his eyes, his sight was restored, and he saw everything clearly. 

 

 

Pastor Denny pointed out that this miracle- the only one that Jesus "had to do it twice", was a living parable for what happened next. That was Him asking the Disciples the 2 questions, "Who do people say I am?", which brought a group of answers that did NOT name Him Messiah, and "Who do YOU say I am?", to which Peter answered, "The Christ (Messiah) of God." 

 

 Pastor Denny showed us that before, they saw a fuzzy version of Him; now, they were beginning to see clearer. But this also applies to us, like Paul said, "For we see as through a mirror darkly..." and one day we will see clearly, if we follow Jesus to the ends of His teaching.