So my attempts to read the entire Bible in a year have failed miserably several times but this time around I am have been appealing to the history nerd in me. I decided to read the Bible using a chronological plan. This meant reading it more like a history book but I know my God and all glory and honor is still his no matter how I read the story He has laid out for this world.
that being said...so far so good. I am currently working my way through 1 kings... I never realized how many psalms were written in between and how different the Bible would look if put together in a historical manner.
I was shown a verse in psalm 71 this morning. Verse 14 says "but as for me I will always have hope; I will praise you more and more" initially I nodded in agreement and moved on but the. He Spirit brought me back to it. The psalmist says he will praise God in hope... Not after the deliverance, not after a sign, not after a voices peaks to him from Heaven! He will praise God in hopes that God will come through.
What a concept!
As I meditated on this verse the Lord began to reveal to me how much I still hold him to his actions. Payment in praise form will only come after my Lord has done what he promised or what I want from him. How sad is that? After everything he has already done for me even just in the salvation he has given me...even just in that I should be singing his praises every waking moment yet I hold out because I want more? There is no more...salvation is basically all that matters. This world will fall away and only thing that remains is TRUE LOVE in the form of GOD!!!
So I thought...solid lesson..now on to my day...not quite!
After a while I got a text reminding me of how similar this verse was to the reminder in Hebrews that faith in confidence in what we hope for... As I read this text the word confidence stuck out to me...soooo then came another epiphany!
Confidence in the humans is virtually nonexistent. I know I certainly do not get a paycheck until after I work my allotted hours for the month. Dictionary.com defines confidence as full trust! Full...trust...entirely...completely!
Sooooo if I don't have confidence in my fellow humans, who can I put my full trust in?
Ahhhh well the folks who have been to Sunday school know the answer... JESUS!
And when we put full trust in God there will be no wiggle room for fear or doubt to creep in...no wiggle room!
So there you have it!
Love God and the rest will follow!
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