Whats is on your mind? Daily manna! Sunday 07, September 2014. TOPIC: Count Your Blessings TEXT: PSALM 119:49-56;[King James Version (KJV)] 49 Remember the word unto thy servant, upon which thou hast caused me to hope. 50 This is my comfort in my affliction: for thy word hath quickened me. 51 The proud have had me greatly in derision: yet have I not declined from thy law. 52 I remembered thy judgments of old, O Lord ; and have comforted myself. 53 Horror hath taken hold upon me because of the wicked that forsake thy law. 54 Thy statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage. 55 I have remembered thy name, O Lord , in the night, and have kept thy law. 56 This I had, because I kept thy precepts. Key verse:“I remembered thy judgments of old, O LORD; and have comforted myself” (Psalm 119:52). A preacher of the gospel, one day, said to his congregation:“I can tell you the greatest cure for discouragement. It will work every time. Take out a sheet of paper and begin to write down everything you can remember to be thankful for such as: deliverances the Lord has brought; the way He has led; the blessings He has given you; the victories He has brought; and the encouragements He has been (Deuteronomy 5:15; 8:2; 32:7-12; 11:2-7; Joshua 23:14). Soon you will not be discouraged.” This was what built the psalmist’s hope in God. In our passage today, he spoke of the afflictions and horror he had suffered in the hands of the wicked. He was persecuted beyond measure, but he was comforted in one thing - the righteous judgment of the Almighty God. From the creation of the world, wicked men had always persecuted the righteous. The Holy Bible is replete with the cruel activities of the wicked over the righteous. Although the wicked appear to be having a field day, they will not continue indefinitely. The Bible tells us that“many sorrows shall be to the wicked, but he that trusted in the LORD, mercy shall compass him about” (Psalm 32:10). Yet, let it be noted that the godly life is not complete without persecution:“Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution” (2 Timothy 3:12). In the midst of persecution, the psalmist urges believers in Christ to remember the righteous judgement of God. Today, as children of God and pilgrims in the land of the living, what do we remember? Do we remember the ability of God to deliver? Do we remember the power of God to save to the uttermost? Do we remember the righteous judgment of God? Do we remember that vengeance belongs to God? It is indeed in remembering all these that we shall, like Paul the Apostle, term all the activities of the wicked against us as a“light affliction which is but for a moment”, with“far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory.” THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: Our hopelessness and our helplessness are no barrier to God
Posted on: Sun, 07 Sep 2014 10:58:04 +0000
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