Thursday March 26, 2020

Psalms 25

To you, O Lord, I lift up my soul.
O my God, in you I trust; let me not be put to shame; let not my enemies exult over me.
Indeed, none who wait for you shall be put to shame; they shall be ashamed who are wantonly treacherous.
Make me to know your ways, O Lord; teach me your paths.
Lead me in your truth and teach me, for you are the God of my salvation; for you I wait all the day long.
Remember your mercy, O Lord, and your steadfast love, for they have been from of old.
Remember not the sins of my youth or my transgressions; according to your steadfast love remember me, for the sake of your goodness, O Lord!

Do you see growth?
I do. When we are young we know everything;   as we get older we realize how much we don't know.  

1. David ask God to teach him his ways
2. David had an desire to learn from God. 
3. He inquired of the Lord. 

A good leader asks for help.

A good Christian asks for help.
A great God will gladly HELP us. It is common theme in the Psalms. A King in need. He had good times and bad times but one thing he does consistently and that is seek God. He praises God. He asked God questions. God wants to help us. I really do believe it.  

God helped Joshua
He helped David

God always knows we need help.
It just takes us time to realize it. 


What about injustice?
We do not have the answers of why? 
But Let God be the governing force concerning what we do or say in our circumstances. 

Matthew the first book of the New Testament

According to the dictionary we have two major portions of the Bible: 
the Mosaic or old covenant or dispensation, 
or the Christian or new covenant or dispensation.

 the New Testament.

a covenant, especially between God and humans.

Matthew 2 7-25

7. Then Herod sent for the wise men [astrologers] secretly, and accurately to the last point ascertained from them the time of the appearing of the star [that is, how long the star had made itself visible since its rising in the east]. 

8. Then he sent them to Bethlehem, saying, Go and search for the child carefully and diligently, and when you have found him, bring me word, that I too may come and worship him. 

9. When they listened to the King, they went their way, and behold, the star which had been seen in the east  in its rising went before them until it came and stood over the place where the young child was. 

10. When they saw the star, they were thrilled with ecstatic joy. 

11. And on going into the house, they saw the child with Mary his mother, and they fell down and worshiped him. Then opening their treasure bags, they presented him with gifts--gold and frankincense and myrrh. 

12. And receiving an answer to their asking, they were divinely instructed and warned in a dream not to go back to Herod; so they departed to their own country by a different way. 

13. Now after they had gone, behold, and angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, Get up! take unto you the young Child and his mother and flee to Egypt; and remain there till I tell you [otherwise], for Herod intends to search for the child in order to destroy him. 

14. And having risen, he took the child and his mother by night and withdrew to Egypt. 

15. And remained there until Herod's death, This was to fulfill what the Lord has spoken by the prophet, Out of Egypt have I called my son. 

16. Then Herod, when he realized that he had been misled by the wise men, was furiously enraged, and he sent and put to death all the male children in Bethlehem and in all that territory who were two years and under, reckoning according to the date which he had investigated diligently and learned exactly from the wise men. 
17. Then was fulfilled what was spoken by the prophet Jeremiah:
18. A voice was heard in Ramah, wailing and loud lamentation , Rachel weeping for her children; and she refuse to be comforted, because they were no more. 
19. But when Herod died, behold, and angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt.
20. And said, Rise take unto you the child and his mother and go to the Land of Israel, for those who sought the Child's life are dead. 
21. Then he awoke and arose and took the child and his mother and came into the land of Israel. 
22. But because he heard that Archelaus was ruling over Judea in the place of his father Herod, he was afraid to go there. And being divinely warned in a dream, he withdrew to the region of Galilee, 
23. He went and dwelt in a town called Nazareth, so that what was spoken through the prophets might be fulfilled: he shall be called a Nazarene [branch, separated one]. 

Have a great day