Date: Saturday,
June 27, 2015
Chapters: Psalms
90-94
Message Title: Under The Wings Of God

Hello
My Friend,

We may not realize it, but the things that we
go through, the trials and affliction, especially when they are
unexplained, may have nothing to do with us, but those around us.
Even though every person is responsible for their own actions, we
still suffer under someone else's. Sin rarely causes just the one in
sin to suffer, it affects everyone around them. You get enough people
living immoral and corrupt lives and it's going to start affecting
our cities, and eventually our nations, which is why just about every
country is facing some kind of judgment today. While we cannot avoid
being in the midst of judgment, but we can get under the wings of God
for His protection. “He that dwelleth in the
secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the
Almighty. I will say of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress: my
God; in him will I trust. Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare
of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence. He shall cover thee
with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his truth
shall be thy shield and buckler.” - Psalms 91:1-4.

In
the blink of an eye, everything we see will vanish, it will all be a
vapor, in fact, we will be a vapor here on earth anyway. We cannot
know how long we have here, but we can make a difference, we can
trust God and walk in His ways. “For a
thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past, and
as a watch in the night. Thou carriest them away as with a flood;
they are as a sleep: in the morning they are like grass which groweth
up. In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up; in the evening it
is cut down, and withereth. For we are consumed by thine anger, and
by thy wrath are we troubled. Thou hast set our iniquities before
thee, our secret sins in the light of thy countenance. For all our
days are passed away in thy wrath: we spend our years as a tale that
is told. Make us glad according to the days wherein thou hast
afflicted us, and the years wherein we have seen evil. Let thy work
appear unto thy servants, and thy glory unto their children. And let
the beauty of the LORD our God be upon us: and establish thou the
work of our hands upon us; yea, the work of our hands establish thou
it.” - Psalms 90:4-9,15-17.

Things happen
suddenly and unexpectedly, we cannot do anything about our past, but
we can do something about now, after all, that is why God gives us
now, there is no guarantee of tomorrow. “The
Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count
slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any
should perish, but that all should come to repentance. But the day of
the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens
shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with
fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be
burned up. Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what
manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and
godliness,” - 2 Peter 3:9-11.

It is our job as
saved, born again Christians, to show the world Christ through our
actions, and our actions need to be those that are pleasing to God if
we want them to truly see Christ in us. We are not perfect, we are
going to mess up, the pressures of this world will get to us, but we
can show Christ through us, and we will be blessed for that. “For
thou, LORD, hast made me glad through thy work: I will triumph in the
works of thy hands. O LORD, how great are thy works! and thy thoughts
are very deep. A brutish man knoweth not; neither doth a fool
understand this. When the wicked spring as the grass, and when all
the workers of iniquity do flourish; it is that they shall be
destroyed for ever: But thou, LORD, art most high for evermore. Those
that be planted in the house of the LORD shall flourish in the courts
of our God. They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall
be fat and flourishing; To shew that the LORD is upright: he is my
rock, and there is no unrighteousness in him.” - Psalms
92:4-8,13-15.

When we live for Christ we shine, not like
false Christians do, as you cannot see Him through them, but like
true Christians do. True Christians are those who read and follow the
Word of God, not rewrite it, not omit the parts they do not want to
follow, but they become hears and doers of His Word. Again, they are
not perfect, but they follow the perfect one. We cannot stop
judgment, but we can live in a way that pleases God and shows His Son
through us. “Wherefore seeing we also are
compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside
every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us
run with patience the race that is set before us, Looking unto Jesus
the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set
before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at
the right hand of the throne of God.” - Hebrews
12:1,2.

It's not always the heathens that cause judgment,
many of God's very own are at the center of His judgment. God has and
will always chasten His own before He goes after the heathens first,
but His mercy always keeps us from that total destruction. “The
LORD knoweth the thoughts of man, that they are vanity. Blessed is
the man whom thou chastenest, O LORD, and teachest him out of thy
law; That thou mayest give him rest from the days of adversity, until
the pit be digged for the wicked. 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? Unless the LORD had been
my help, my soul had almost dwelt in silence. When I said, My foot
slippeth; thy mercy, O LORD, held me up.” - Psalms
94:11-18.

It is by the mercies of God that none of us get
the punishment we deserve for our actions, God at any time could
destroy anyone for even denying His existence, yet His mercy is upon
all. Now, His grace is another thing, that is what saves us from the
punishment we deserve. Grace is the unmerited favor of God, the
rewards He gives us even though we deserve a punishment. We are saved
simply by knowing A, B, C, A: Admitting we are sinners, B: Believing
that Jesus died a sinless death on the cross, was buried, and three
days later arose to defeat death, and C: Confess that we cannot be
saved without Him and need Him. What we do after we are saved is
another story, no, we cannot lose our salvation, but we can be
chastened, and we are if we live in a way that God does not care for.


“But what saith it? The word is
nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the word of
faith, which we preach; That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the
Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him
from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth
unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto
salvation. For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall
not be ashamed. For there is no difference between the Jew and the
Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon
him. For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be
saved.” - Romans 10:8-13.

Today's
Prayer: God, Everywhere we turn it's evident that Your
judgment is upon the earth, and Your Son will be here sooner than we
think. Thank You for Your mercy and grace to save a sinner like me
through my belief and faith in Your Son, and thank You for not giving
me what I really deserve. Lord, I want to live in a way that is
pleasing to You, lead me and guide me, keep me looking to Your Word
on how to do that and not to anyone else who may lead me astray. Give
us the strength to endure the afflictions we face as Your judgment
unfolds, keep us safe and protected, and let us be a godly testimony
of Your Son living in us. In Jesus' name. Amen.

God Bless
You, I am praying for you,
Christina

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