Saturday, May 30, 2020

Stand Up – Stand Fast!

“For the Lord will not cast off His people, neither will He forsake His inheritance. But judgment shall return unto Righteousness: and all the upright in heart shall follow it. Who will rise up for Me against the evildoers? or who will Stand Up for Me against the workers of iniquity?” ~ Psalm 94:14-16  --- “Watch ye, Stand Fast in the Faith, … be strong.  ~1 Cor 16:13
   I am like David of old, when he said: “I was glad when they said unto me, let us go unto the House of the Lord!” There is no place for me like the House of the Lord! This is a wonderful Song of  David as he declares his Joy in the House of the Lord. Very interesting the Psalms just before this one, Ps. 120 a Psalm of great distress, then Ps 121 – David begins to lift up his eyes unto the hills, from where his help cometh and he proclaims his help comes from the Lord, who made the heavens and earth! Now we come to the Psalm of this Message: Ps. 122 Joy overtakes David as he visualizes coming into the Tabernacle, the House of the Lord! The Tabernacle, the Temple was David’s chief concern in life. The House of the Lord does not save us, but it is God’s place for humanity to gather and come collectively into His Presence together. The Family of God is of great importance and thus it will be even more from these days of crisis.  In Psalm 94 above we take courage, for we are reminded that God will not cast off His People. However it is time to return to righteousness, to Stand for God, to Stand fast in Faith, and be strong! Oh Church remember who God is! Isa 48:12-14 -–“Hearken unto Me, …My called; I Am He; I Am the First, I also Am the Last. Mine hand also hath laid the foundation of the earth, and my right hand hath spanned the heavens: when I call unto them, they Stand up together. All ye, assemble yourselves, and hear; which among you hath declared these things? The Lord hath Loved him:” What an awesome time we are living in, if we could get pass beyond the works of the enemy and see the Salvation of our God. He has given us Jesus and He has written in His word the antidote for this crisis! “Put on the ‘whole’ Armor of God, that ye may be able to Stand against the wiles of the devil!” Another part of that Passage says: Put it on to “withstand” the evil day, and having done all, Stand! I want to encourage the saints today to Stand Fast in One Spirit, with one mind striving together for the Faith of what we believe – and that is God is in charge.  Loving you and Praying for you, Pastor

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