Remember Who & Whose You Are

I apologize for the lapse in posts; the heat got to me Saturday, and I got ill and needed to recouperate.

On with our ascent. We are in Psalm 119… (ESV)

Gimel

Deal bountifully with your servant, that I may live and keep your word.
Open my eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of your law. God wants to be in every area of our lives, and want us to want Him to be in every area of our lives. We need His instruction, correction, encouragement, guiding and leading.
I am a sojourner on the earth; hide not your commandments from me! My soul is consumed with longing
for your rules at all times. We are just passing through. We may be here, but we’re not supposed to live here (according to the world’s standards, etc.) We are to live according to God’s standards, boundaries, rules/laws; so much so that our soul craves them above anything in this world.
You rebuke the insolent, accursed ones, who wander from your commandments. Mostly, this pertains to mockers of God; but it’s easy to get insolent when we’re going through stuff-especially when we don’t think we should be going through that stuff. We have to be careful. Don’t get insolent. Don’t even get petulant.
Take away from me scorn and contempt, for I have kept your testimonies. This is a two-fold thing. First, God can, and will remove scorn and contempt from you (His love and truth shield us against them, so they don’t have power over us). Secondly, we need to ask Him to remove it from us when we begin to feel scorn and contempt for others. This is a sign of soul/spirit weariness, and we need to heal that by spending some time alone with Him.
Even though princes sit plotting against me, your servant will meditate on your statutes. Your testimonies are my delight; they are my counselors. Know this: Without a shadow of a doubt, Satan, the powers and principalities, and the hosts of spiritual wickedness in the heavenlies are crouched and ready to jump on your every thought, emotion, situation, opportunity, etc. Makes me think of that song by the Police…”Every move you make, every bond you break, I’ll be watching you…” That’s why we need to keep our minds and hearts fixed firmly on God’s Word, and Ways. At the end of the day, we need to still have His joy and His peace, both of which He gave to us, within. We need to still be delighted to be a child of God.

Love you from Cafe du Mondieu

Copyright by Marina Morrison (aka) Eden Stillwater, July 12, 2021, 11:17 a.m.