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Job 39:13 “The wings of the ostrich wave proudly, but are they the pinions and plumage of love?
Job 39:14 For she leaves her eggs to the earth and lets them be warmed on the ground,
Job 39:15 forgetting that a foot may crush them and that the wild beast may trample them.
Job 39:16 She deals cruelly with her young, as if they were not hers; though her labor be in vain, yet she has no fear,
Job 39:17 because God has made her forget wisdom and given her no share in understanding.
Job 39:18 When she rouses herself to flee, she laughs at the horse and his rider.(ESV)
The LORD is talking to Job from the whirlwind. God is sovereign and he made all his creation unique, and for his pleasure. Here he describes the Ostrich. The wings wave proudly, but they cannot fly, nor are they like the Peacock for attracting a mate. In my thoughts, the bird is a strange bird and like some people, rather gangly and not so useful, in comparison to others.
She seems to have no regard for her eggs that are left on the ground where they may be stepped on. I know that those eggs are rather large, but are vulnerable to heavier animals. She deals cruelly with her young. Well? Many humans kill their babies or abuse them although they were created in God's image and for his glory and fellowship. The Ostrich seems to have no fear, and God has given her no wisdom or understanding. Many humans are not too bright, but when they meet Jesus they are given wisdom from God that the wise of the world do not have. How many of the "experts" really know what is going on with this pandemic?
The Ostrich can kick with those long legs and when she decides to run she can outrun a horse! "She laughs at the horse and his rider." Wow, what a creation. Glory to God, for he makes wonderful things.
Let us not bury (one's) head in the sand. To avoid, or try to avoid, a particular situation out of fear.The phrase refers to the common but mistaken belief that ostriches bury their heads in the sand when frightened, so as to avoid being seen.
Blessed are those who dedicate themselves to truth and goodness and are the people of God. Some strange birds, some are wise people, and they make good friends. Arise people of God, people of faith, do not fear. Be what you were created to be. Let freedom reign.
Gen 27:32 His father Isaac said to him, “Who are you?” He answered, “I am your son, your firstborn, Esau.”
Gen 27:33 Then Isaac trembled very violently and said, “Who was it then that hunted game and brought it to me, and I ate it all before you came, and I have blessed him? Yes, and he shall be blessed.”
Gen 27:34 As soon as Esau heard the words of his father, he cried out with an exceedingly great and bitter cry and said to his father, “Bless me, even me also, O my father!”
Gen 27:35 But he said, “Your brother came deceitfully, and he has taken away your blessing.”
Gen 27:36 Esau said, “Is he not rightly named Jacob? For he has cheated me these two times. He took away my birthright, and behold, now he has taken away my blessing.” Then he said, “Have you not reserved a blessing for me?”
Isaac's wife Rebecca had heard from the LORD concerning the two sons that were in her womb.
Gen 25:22 The children struggled together within her, and she said, “If it is thus, why is this happening to me?” So she went to inquire of the LORD.
Gen 25:23 And the LORD said to her, “Two nations are in your womb, and two peoples from within you shall be divided; the one shall be stronger than the other, the older shall serve the younger.”
Rebecca loved Jacob more than Esau and she came up with a plan to trick her near blind husband into blessing Jacob as though he were the first born. Isaac loved Esau because he was a rugged hairy man of the earth. He loved the venison he brought to him. Esau had earlier given his birthright to Jacob in exchange for a bowl of red stew. The tricking of Isaac to bless Jacob worked, but what were the consequences? Would the LORD have made Jacob over Esau in another way? Yes, of course. By using trickery Jacob and Esau would become enemies. This would continue even to this day. Jacob became the nation Israel and Esau was the Father of the Arab nations.
1Co 6:19 Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own,
1Co 6:20 for you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body.
A temple is a place to worship God. A Christian may go to a church building but the presence of the Holy Spirit makes our body a temple of the Holy Spirit. God is spirit and he dwells in the born again believer. Jesus told Nicodemus, the Pharisee that you are first born of water, a natural birth, (some say it is the water of the word of God) and you must be born again of the Holy Spirit.
Joh 3:5 Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God.
Joh 3:6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
Jesus had the Holy Spirit.
Luk 3:21 Now when all the people were baptized, and when Jesus also had been baptized and was praying, the heavens were opened,
Luk 3:22 and the Holy Spirit descended on him in bodily form, like a dove; and a voice came from heaven, “You are my beloved Son; with you I am well pleased.”
One of my favorite verses is John 14:27, that promises peace. and it follows the receiving of the Holy Spirit in vs 26.
Joh 14:26 But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.
Joh 14:27 Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.
If you have asked Jesus to forgive your sins and come into your heart, he is with the Holy Spirit. A wise teacher spoke of how to receive the Holy Spirit; you pray and ask God the Father.
Luk 11:13 If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?
The Baptism of the Holy Spirit or the filling, requires diligence.
Heb 11:6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
Jesus paid the price so that we may partake of the Holy Spirit and overcome our natural self. We worship him in Spirit and in truth.
Joh 4:23 But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him.
Joh 4:24 God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.
In the time of David there was a man named Nabal, pronounced Naval, meaning a "fool." When David and his men came to him asking for food, although he was wealthy he said no. David became angry and he and his men were going to kill "the fool" and all of his men servants.
His wife Abigail, meaning"my father is joy" heard of this, and she hastened to provide food for David and his men and to show them hospitality that her husband had refused to give to them.
1Sa 25:18 Then Abigail made haste, and took two hundred loaves, and two bottles of wine, and five sheep ready dressed, and five measures of parched corn, and an hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of figs, and laid them on asses.
1Sa 25:19 And she said unto her servants, Go on before me; behold, I come after you. But she told not her husband Nabal.
David received the food. Meanwhile Nabal had prepared a feast for himself and his servants and was very drunk. In the morning after Abigail told him how she had prevented David and his men from killing him.
1Sa 25:36 And Abigail came to Nabal; and, behold, he held a feast in his house, like the feast of a king; and Nabal's heart was merry within him, for he was very drunken: wherefore she told him nothing, less or more, until the morning light.
1Sa 25:37 But it came to pass in the morning, when the wine was gone out of Nabal, and his wife had told him these things, that his heart died within him, and he became as a stone.
1Sa 25:38 And it came to pass about ten days after, that the LORD smote Nabal, that he died.
David was so impressed with Abigail that he took her as his wife. I will end this story thanking my LORD that he gave me a good wife. She is with Jesus now enjoying his hospitality. For all you who have good spouses and who show hospitality, just know how blessed that you are.
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Rom 3:23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,
I'm a good person. I know I am better than some people, we may think. My truth and then there is your truth? These are our values? Wait a minute, what does God say? The Bible says that sin keeps us from our creator. There is good and there is bad, because God has given us his standard, such as the ten commandments, they show us that we sin, we miss the mark of God's holy character. There is no sin with God. What are we to do then?
Rom 3:24 and are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus,
By the grace of God we are justified, to declare, pronounce, one to be just, righteous, or such as he ought to be. It is a gift, not earned. This through the redemption, liberation procured by the payment of a ransom. Who paid the ransom? Jesus Christ. How is this so?
Rom 3:25 whom God put forward as a propitiation by his blood, to be received by faith. This was to show God's righteousness, because in his divine forbearance he had passed over former sins.
Jesus paid the ransom; Jesus who God put forward as a propitiation, the removing of guilt of sin by being the atonement for sins by the shedding of his blood. The removing of guilt is ours through faith in Jesus as our sin offering. This was to show God's righteousness, because in his divine forbearance, his tolerance, he had passed over former sins.
Rom 3:26 It was to show his righteousness at the present time, so that he might be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus.
Through faith in the shed blood of Jesus, God can be acting in righteousness and justice by declaring us free of guilt because we have faith in Jesus.
The fact that Jesus went to the cross as payment for our sins is magnified by his being resurrected on the third day. He saves us from sin and he gives us eternal life with God, the Father and all who believe in Jesus. We become the spiritual Bride of Christ and take on his name as the adopted children of God and fellow heirs with Jesus. Billy Graham would always call sinners to be saved.
Pray now: I know that I am a sinner, and I am sorry for my sins. I believe that Jesus died for our sins and I ask him to forgive my sins and come into my life. Thank you for forgiving me and giving me a new life. Amen.
Eph 2:8 For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God,
Eph 2:9 not a result of works, so that no one may boast.
Psa 16:11 You make known to me the path of life; in your presence there is fullness of joy; at your right hand are pleasures forevermore.
I like to start my day with good news from the Bible. This morning I turned on a Christian station live broadcast and it was world news. It was not good news. It was about a biological war and drug war with China. Ugh, I turned away from that to a preacher and heard the story of the good Samaritan. The important thought was that the Samaritan had a loving heart and did not judge the man in need, instead he took care of him. We care for each other, but must stay our distance apart. Prayers have no physical restraints.
I use a Roku device to get computer sites, TV programs and movies. Watching scenes of people casually hanging out, hugging, shaking hands, sitting in buildings in large groups
is like watching a distant time in the past. We didn't know it but we were in the good ol days. I miss our Thursday Breakfast prayer group meetings in a local restaurant. It must be harder for those living alone, no one to blame? (haha) We are not supposed to go to the ocean. I think the fresh air and sunlight would do us good. Last Sunday my daughter and I went for a drive to the lake. A lot of cars were parked above the lake and we saw young girls (snowflakes) in their bikinis melting in the sun as they were getting an early tan. There were people fishing and boating here in Northern California. As the old ballad goes, "No, no, they can't take that away from me." Yes, I miss playing my horn in the bands too.
My daughter shared that the library pays the over 60 employees to stay home. Maybe I can work at the library? Pleased to be around at 80, not getting paid to stay home, but I did receive the stimulus check. One commentator was saying that the retired people might need to return to doing what they used to do for employment. Now more than ever we need people who can do things. Have a blessed day. Lets not be without humor and a loving heart, We are a joyful people.
