The Cure for the Brevity of Life

God made us and we no longer belong to our self. We are His people and He is our God. He is our Shepherd and we are the sheep of His pasture. The Lord calls the whole earth to shout joyfully to Him. We worship Him with gladness and come into His presence with joyful singing, because of all of the benefits He provides as we serve Him. We enter the gates of heaven with thanksgiving and we dance in His courts with praise (Psalm 100:1-4).

We give Him thanks and bless His name, because He is so good to us, and His loving kindness endures throughout eternity (Psalm 100:4-5). In the big scheme of eternity, our life lasts about as long as a shadow, which fades and disappears. However, God always was and always will be. Every generation knows who He is, even if they try to ignore or blaspheme Him. He laid the foundations of the earth and created every galaxy in the sky (Psalm 102:11-12).

His throne is established in heaven and His kingdom rules over all. His angels bless Him and are mighty in strength; they obey His voice and do His bidding. God lives and remains the same forever (Psalm 102:25-27). God formed us from the dust of the earth, and our days are as short as that of a blade of grass, which is here today and withers tomorrow. We flourish like a flower in the field when the wind ruffles its petals, and then we vanish. No one even remembers that we were here (Psalm 103:14-16).

If we choose to deny God’s name, we wear out like a garment of clothing, which He creates and then discards. Every created thing will perish, and only God will endure forever. However, His loving kindness never ends, and He lavishes it on those who fear Him. He even sheds His righteousness on those who keep His covenant and remember His precepts, as well as on their children and their children’s children (Psalm 103:14-18). He is worthy of all of our praise.

Prayer:

Lord God, we, Your servants, bless Your name and attempt to follow Your will in every area of life. We bless You with our thoughts, choices and feelings (Psalm 103:19-22). May Your glory endure forever and may You find joy in all of Your works (Psalm 104:31). I will sing praises to You for as along as I live. May the meditation of my heart be pleasing to You. You bring me so much joy (Psalm 104:33-34). So be exalted, O God, above the heavens and may Your glory be exalted above all the earth (Psalm 108:5).

Thought for the Day:

The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom; All who practice His commandments have a good understanding. – Psalm 111:10 

 

Pictures of God

 

God is so indescribable that Biblical writers used the best words they could find to depict Him in human terms. He is: a soldier (Exodus 15:3), a husband (Jeremiah 31:32), a true friend (Jeremiah 30:17), a savior (Isaiah 45:15), a caring shepherd (Psalm 23:1), a deliverer (Psalm 18:2), our good master (Psalm 123:2), our king (Psalm 10:16), a nurturing father (Psalm 89:26), a righteous judge (James 4:12) and so much more.

God is high and lifted up. He is larger than life and the train of His robe is all that will fit in His temple. His voice sounds like a thunderous waterfall or a loud trumpet; and it sends tremors throughout the earth (Revelation 14:2; Isaiah 6:1-4). God is exalted over every nation at the same time that He sits on His glorious throne in heaven. There is no God like Jehovah; yet, He is concerned with the affairs of our life on this earth (Psalm 113:4-6).

He puts a hunger in our soul for fellowship with Him, so that we will seek Him, reach out for Him and find Him. He is not far from any one of us. Once we surrender our will to His, we live, move and have our existence in Him as His children (Acts 17:27-28). God even provides for the creatures in nature. They store up His provision, which they receive from His open hand, and it satisfies them. By His Spirit He renews the earth and everything in it (Psalm 104:27-30).

No one can escape God’s presence. His influence reaches from heaven to hell, and from the seas to the mountains. He guides us no matter where we are dwelling. He turns our darkness into light (Psalm 139:7-12; Amos 9:2-4). Our God has always existed and He is coming back to the earth in order to rule and reign over mankind. There will be no more dying, sorrow, stress or depression under His leadership, as there is under the human leadership we suffer with now (Isaiah 35:10, 51:11).

Prayer:

Father God, You have always existed, and You are coming to rule in eternity. Even when our mortal body passes away, we will see You in our immortal body. Our heart yearns for that moment, in which we will see You face-to-face. We hope that it comes very soon (Job 19:25-27). Even now in our sin cursed world, You cause us to lie down in peace and You give us safety (Psalm 4:8). When we face trials and trouble, You are our stronghold and our refuge. Those who live in Your name and trust in Your faithfulness will never be forsaken (Deuteronomy 31:6-8).

Thought for the Day:

God keeps His eyes on us - not to harm us, but for our good. - Amos 9:4