Sunday, Lord's Day, June 22, 2014

A different kind of worship today.

I was out of town, visiting my adult daughters in another state......traveling home today.

I got up before anyone else, and read Psalm 123, which was the text for the sermon tonight.

On the way home, though I did listen to a CD message on I Thessalonians and Hosea given to me by an elder and friend.   I gave them back tonight, so I don't have the speaker's names.  It was produced by Westminster Seminary, I believe.

I was having difficulty driving and concentrating, but this I did pick up from the I Thessalonians passage.....Stand fast.  Hold on. Do not be led astray.  I can recall more of it, but not to write about, as I was driving and not taking notes.  

Hosea.   What a powerful message.   Again, I can't recall the speaker's name, but the message was very powerful.   About opposites.....How God judges and woos us at the same time.   How he loves us yet, again, judges us.

Psalm 123:  Eyes of hope.

As a servant is so in tune with his master by watching his every move, and anticipates his desire before he speaks it, so we need to be in tune with our God......studying Him, knowing Him, and anticipating His desires of us.

As the maidservant knows that her mistress provides everything for her, so she serves willingly, we should serve our God from a heart that knows total dependence upon Him.

We are weary, Lord.   Weary of the contempt of the ungodly.   Weary of the scorn of those who do not look to You for their sustenance. Have mercy on us, Oh Lord.
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Today, I feel scattered and fragmented.  Too many things to process and no real time to sit and process any of it.   Life clashes all around me, and I respond with anger, contempt, pride and irritability.

But......I know where to run to, Who to cry to, and where to find the wisdom, peace and calm that I need.  So....I will stand fast, hold on, and remember all that the Father is. I will lift up eyes to Him, as the maidservant to her master and the servant who studies his master so intently.

And tomorrow is another day.