The LORD allowed me to be 75 this morning and I am playing
with the Shasta Brass at the First Christian church. They have beautiful
flowers around that church, including the illustration above. I didn't sleep too
well last night but God is faithful and so must we be; not having faith in our
flesh but more in his presence to make us overcome the flesh. So much in the
world is vanity, even negative thinking is vanity. We give God the glory. A
verse stands out this week:
Mic 6:6 Wherewith shall I come before the LORD, and bow
myself before the high God? shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with
calves of a year old?
Mic 6:7 Will the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, or with ten thousands of rivers of oil? shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?
Mic 6:8 He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?
Mic 6:7 Will the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, or with ten thousands of rivers of oil? shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?
Mic 6:8 He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?
God requires that we : do justly, do what is right, to love
mercy; mercy is important. We all have opinions, past hurts, people who are
not pleasant to be around, but we are to love mercy and do what is right. We are
to walk humbly before God, because we still do sin and are not perfect. A just
God punishes sin, so we stay close to Jesus who has covered us with his blood
atonement for sins. God is not angry with us now, as we are in His beloved son.
We are to walk humbly with the LORD. With him, not apart from him, as the hymn
says: "Just a closer walk with thee." Something else is required of us; our love
for God and others. Jesus found one thing lacking in the church at Ephesus. They
had left their first love. God is our first love, his son we love and we shall
see him at his soon return. Time is running out, but he will be right on
time.
Rev 2:2 I know thy works, and
thy labour, and thy patience, and how thou canst not bear them which are evil:
and thou hast tried them which say they are apostles, and are not, and hast
found them liars:
Rev 2:3 And hast borne, and hast patience, and for my name's sake hast laboured, and hast not fainted.
Rev 2:4 Nevertheless I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love.
Rev 2:5 Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen, and repent, and do the first works; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will remove thy candlestick out of his place, except thou repent.
Rev 2:3 And hast borne, and hast patience, and for my name's sake hast laboured, and hast not fainted.
Rev 2:4 Nevertheless I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love.
Rev 2:5 Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen, and repent, and do the first works; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will remove thy candlestick out of his place, except thou repent.
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