“My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments: for length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee.” Proverbs 3:1-2 (KJB)
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Christmas Day Two Hundred Twenty and Nine #2
What do I want for Christmas?
I want to learn to count properly; because I just noticed that on Sunday May 08, 2016 I numbered that day as “Two Hundred Thirty and One” and it should have been “Two Hundred Thirty and Two”.
I am counting backwards from the day following Christmas Day of 2015. I thought I was doing better than that.
Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.” James 5:16 (KJV)
If this messed up anyone’s day please forgive me. I am smiling as I write.
I could go back and correct each error, but I will let it remain with this notice in place.
No King, No Rule; Anarchy
“In those days there was no king in Israel: every man did that which was right in his own eyes.” Judges 21:25 (KJV)
Please remember chapter 17 verse six; 18:1, and 19:1 as we look at the above verse. It seems the final five chapters of Judges shows very clearly what happens when there is no “king”; no rule of law, nor prophetic revelation from God heard, and heeded.
When people think they can rule themselves; especially without God, then there will be chaos in the end.
In a note from my daily journal I wrote of this verse,
Judges shows what happens when there is no rule; especially when they choose not to let God rule; but go their own way. It also shows that God is merciful and gracious, and provides a way for those who call on Him from a broken and contrite heart.
This story continues even into 1 Samuel. It is seen in Ruth 1 when Elimelech takes Naomi, and his two sons to Moab; and there Elimelech and his two sons die. O the sorrow we place on our families because we go our own way, doing what is right in our own eyes.
BUT, we have a Saviour, and His name is Jesus.
Listening to His Story
We have heard with our ears, O God, our fathers have told us, what work Thou didst in their days, in the times of old. Psalm 44:1 (KJV)
How often do we pay attention to the history of the past? We often hear some people say things like “History is written by the people who won the wars”. Only a one sided story in other words, and in many cases that may be the truth.
I love reading the Word of God. It is about GOD. It is about our beginning, and our end of this life. It is His story. It is about God working to call a people to Himself. It is about God delivering a people from sin, its condemnation, and the wrath of God upon sin, and upon His own Son whom He sent to be the Redeemer of mankind.
Someone might ask, “What if “Our fathers” were wrong, or just flat out told a lie?” Do we have no confidence in our fathers of the faith? We cannot however, only believe because of what the fathers have told us in Scripture. We must believe because we too have heard God for ourselves. We have seen Him move. We have seen Him work changing the lives of people who came to Him. Beginning with ourselves we see the change.
It is often because of His story from the past that we are led to believe Him today. His story from the past is His story still today. The history we speak of is usually of what happened in years past. The story of God, and His salvation is His story that lives today, and into the future.
Listen to what the faithful “Fathers” have told us; then we can believe the faithful Father today.
Broken Pieces 