Date: Sunday,
July 05, 2015
Chapters: Psalms
120-128
Message Title: Man
Made Gods

Hello My Friend,

God may have
chosen Israel to put His name out there as the one and only Living
God that blesses those that trust in Him, but they were to be the
example for the rest of the nations to follow. Whenever I see the
name Israel in the Bible I put my own country there because just as
Israel was blessed when they trusted God so is every other nation.
Likewise, if the nation rejects God it gets judged, much of the wars,
natural disasters, and chaos of the world today is God's judgment
upon that nation. The more the nation pushes God out the more it is
going to get judged, but there is an upside to all of this, God's
people, those in Israel or any other nation who believe in and have
received Christ will be saved from that judgment. “In
my distress I cried unto the LORD, and he heard me. Deliver my soul,
O LORD, from lying lips, and from a deceitful tongue. What shall be
given unto thee? or what shall be done unto thee, thou false tongue?
Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper.” - Psalms
120:1-4.

Those coals of juniper are a shadow of what is to
come of so called men of God, who are leading and deceiving billions
of people with their lies. Willfully ignoring and ignorance to the
truth does not save anyone, in fact, unbelief in the truth is just as
bad as believing their lies, it all sends people straight to hell.
“But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the
abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and
idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which
burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.”
- Revelation 21:8.

Throughout the Bible you will often
read that God is above all gods or something similar. There is only
One God, who is alive, and the Creator of all things, any other god a
man made god. People make gods out of everything, objects, statues,
pictures, people, but their god will never save their soul. Only
coming to the Living God can a soul be saved. “Unto
thee lift I up mine eyes, O thou that dwellest in the heavens.
Behold, as the eyes of servants look unto the hand of their masters,
and as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress; so our
eyes wait upon the LORD our God, until that he have mercy upon us.
Have mercy upon us, O LORD, have mercy upon us: for we are
exceedingly filled with contempt. Our soul is exceedingly filled with
the scorning of those that are at ease, and with the contempt of the
proud.” - Psalms 123.

A lot of saved Christians
really do believe that they are serving the Living God, but sadly,
they are serving a false god. Often man made gods are created when
people want to live in sin, yet want God in their lives too, they
justify their actions by creating a God that would be okay with their
living in sin. Yet God's mercy still endures, even when we are not
living the way God wants us to live. “If it
had not been the LORD who was on our side, now may Israel say; If it
had not been the LORD who was on our side, when men rose up against
us: Then they had swallowed us up quick, when their wrath was kindled
against us: Then the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream had gone
over our soul: Then the proud waters had gone over our soul. Blessed
be the LORD, who hath not given us as a prey to their teeth.”
- Psalms 124:1-6.

Believe it or not, anything can become a
persons god, a love interest, a career, a hobby, money, possessions,
anything that is worshiped more than God Himself becomes a man made
god. How does this happen? The soul desires life and when it is
feeling lifeless it will either look to the flesh or the Spirit
(which is God) to find life. If one is seeking life through the
things of the flesh than the soul thirsts for more to fulfill the
flesh, and this is where so many faithful Christians turn from the
Living God to a man made god, they still want God in their lives, but
they also want to fulfill their flesh. “For
the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the
flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot
do the things that ye would.” - Galatians 5:17.

We
must remember that anything we do under the hand of God will prosper,
if we do it on our own, it will not. “Except
the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except
the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain. It
is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of
sorrows: for so he giveth his beloved sleep. Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is
his reward.” - Psalms
127:1-3.

People can trust in their false gods all they
want, they can trust in their fame, fortune, talents, or success, but
unless they know the Living God they will not be apart of His
heritage. “Charge them that are rich in this
world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches,
but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy; That
they do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to distribute,
willing to communicate; Laying up in store for themselves a good
foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold on
eternal life.” - 1 Timothy 6:17-19.

The most
important thing of all is knowing the Lord Jesus Christ as your
personal Saviour, He alone is the only way to reach the Living God.
Without Jesus everything just exists, you might enjoy things for a
season, but it will not last. True hope and faith only comes through
Jesus Christ who gives us life through His death, burial, and
resurrection. If you have been taught anything else you have been
lied to and are trusting in a man made god. “And
this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this
life is in his Son. He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath
not the Son of God hath not life. These things have I written unto
you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that
ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son
of God.” - I John 5:11-13.

Today's
Prayer: God, Thank You for sending Your Son to make it
easier to have a relationship with You. While I do not always
understand the things I go through, I know that with patience and
faith You will give me the victory. Lord, lead me and guide me, let
me learn to completely trust in You, the only living God, let me not
make man made gods out of anything that seems to bring me comfort,
but trust only what You can give me comfort in. In Jesus' name. Amen.


God Bless You, I am praying for
you,
Christina

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