A Virtuous Love

“For the righteous LORD loveth righteousness; his countenance doth behold the upright.”  Psalm 11:7

GOD doesn't love us because we are righteous. He loves us in spite of our ungodly ways!  He loves righteousness!  He is righteous in its precise form.  Because of His love for you and me, He made it possible through JESUS the SON to make us righteous.  Because of the SON’s love and obedience He now sits at the right hand of the Father making intercession for those the Holy Spirit has drawn and converted!

Please if you haven’t already, put your faith and trust in Christ! 

It is not because we are righteous,

That the FATHER sent His SON! 

We are just the opposite.

We are sinners and undone.

What a price GOD did pay,

That we might be made clean.   

The Father turned His back on HIM

And would not intervene!

The SON paid the debt I owed

As HE hung upon that tree!

Never thinking of Himself

He was thinking, about me!

He paid the horrible cost! 

He rose up from the dead!

He sent the Holy Spirit!

He’s coming back, like HE said!

“For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.”  2 Corinthians 5:21

The Horror of the Cup

“Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, and an horrible tempest: this shall be the portion of their cup.”  Psalm 11:6

The wicked is a group I do not want to be a part of!  But when I examine myself I fit right in.  If you are honest you also will find this true of yourself. We are all liars, thieves, inwardly corrupt and desperately wicked.  This is not a thought but it is written in the Word of GOD!

Glory to the FATHER who sent the SON to take our place!  JESUS was the only man fit to be in the righteous group!  Tempted He was in every way we are and yet never sinned!  He was perfect in every respect!  He took the cup we deserved and redeem us from the penalty of death! 

For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him. 2 Corinthians 5:21

There is a cup I wish not to drink

Filled to the brim with snares!

Its grisly taste is bitter and barbed  

It looks like wheat but it is tares!

Just a touch to the lips is fatal you see,

Like fire and brimstone going down.

To the inward parts of body and soul

Submerged you’ll certainly drown!

Out of this cup comes a tempest strong

You will beg for a little relief.

But you've spent your time submerged in self

Now all that is left is your grief!

“And he said, Abba, Father, all things are possible unto thee; take away this cup from me: nevertheless not what I will, but what thou wilt.”  Mark 14:36

For Better or Worse

“The LORD trieth the righteous: but the wicked and him that loveth violence his soul hateth.”  Psalm 11:5

I don’t think anyone likes to go through a trial but knowing the LORD is well aware of what is going on makes the trial easier.  To the believer these are tests of our faith!  God is helping us to see Him!  When we cry out to Him, He hears and answers.  The test turns to grace!  We see God when He reveals Himself through our faith in Him!

To those outside of GOD’s grace, those here called the wicked; they are faced with the wrath of GOD!  Fear should come over the one that is in this category!  I would hate to know that the righteous GOD hates my soul, wouldn't you?

Why should I run from my trial?

And where do I think I can go?

If I just trust in the promise of JESUS

I’m sure my direction He’ll show!

GOD is proving my faith by this trial. 

He is revealing Himself to my heart. 

I’ll cling to the love He has promised

And nothing will drive us apart!

For the wicked the path is different.

They without shame deny their GOD.

They are covered in sin and rebellion

Their life has become a facade!

GOD is disgusted with the way they are living.

Only through JESUS will the FATHER forgive.  

Your life might be just about over.

Trust the SAVIOR and learn how to live!

“Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.”  Hebrews 11:1

“His Eye is on The Sparrow”

“The LORD is in his holy temple, the LORD’S throne is in heaven: his eyes behold, his eyelids try, the children of men.”  Psalm 11:4

GOD watches over man

From His place on high. 

Always seeing everything

His Word does testify!

With gentle eyes locked upon us,

He watches our every move.

With every fall we have taken,

Our sin He wants to remove!

But do not ever take for granted,

This kind and loving GOD,

His gentle eyes can turn to fire.

He knows when He sees a fraud!

We may fool others but we never fool GOD.  Knowing He watches our every move should put us on alert and cause us to change our ways.  Whether we are the one that has never put trust in Him or one that claims the SON! 

His Holy Eyes look upon all of us!  It is up to us if we want Him to look at us with “Gentle Eyes” or “Eyes of Fire”. It is our choice!

Knowing GOD is watching

Every step I take.

Help me LORD to follow

And never be a fake! 

PS: I love you JESUS

“So Jesus had compassion on them, and touched their eyes: and immediately their eyes received sight, and they followed him.”  Matthew 20:34

The JESUS Foundation

“If the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do?”  Psalm 11:3

Only the foundation man can be destroyed!  The foundation of GOD stands forever!  It is unyielding to the forces of evil!  It will never crack!  It will never settle out of sync!  It is perfect in every way!

The Foundation is JESUS, the Solid Rock and the Chief Corner Stone!  This foundation is built on the shed blood of the SON of GOD which is, The Anchor of our Salvation!

Nothing is in sync,

Everything is out of control. 

Nothing fits together.

LORD please guide my soul. 

There is no foundation,

That man can build for me.

That will bring me satisfaction,

From mans I will flee!

Let my eyes be opened,

To see the Solid Rock!

I’ll build my life upon Him

And my peace He’ll unlock!

“For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ.”  1 Corinthians 3:11

Rubber Arrows

“For, lo, the wicked bend their bow, they make ready their arrow upon the string, that they may privily shoot at the upright in heart.”  Psalm 11:2

The enemy of the righteous, lurk in darkness, they are like snakes that coil, ready to strike.  Their arrows are real and their purpose is to break down the believer.  With their arrows of hate they try to destroy the believers hope but their ill attempt will fail!

The wicked stand boldly in front of GOD, denying His existence and His power.  They will laugh in the face of the believer and ridicule them for their belief.  The hate they have stops at nothing but in the end they will receive their reward. 

They will call on their god, but he will be missing in action. As the righteous see the presence of GOD they will shout, “The LORD, He is GOD”, “The LORD, He is GOD”!  Don’t fret my believing friend.  We will have our victory in the end!  We’ll see just as Elijah did on Carmel that day!  Victory in JESUS, all the way!

Out of the darkness the wicked wait,

Their bows made ready to infiltrate. 

The purpose of this deceitful way,

Is to make the righteous an easy prey!

But what they don’t seem to understand,

Is the righteous are held by GOD’s own hand. 

He will never leave them nor forsake,

By Him alone we make our escape! 

So go ahead with your so called power,

GOD will be there in that hour!

He’ll protect us from the arrows you shoot,

They’ll fall to the ground, your power He’ll mute!

“God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea; Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof. Selah.”  ~ “The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.” Psalm 46:1-3~7

In GOD I Trust!

“To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. In the LORD put I my trust: how say ye to my soul, Flee as a bird to your mountain?”  Psalm 11:1

Running never works, it only delays the inevitable. Trusting in self may give a form of safety but absolutes are only in the LORD!  Listening to the direction of others may comfort for a time but everlasting shelter belongs with the LORD!

I would like to tell you that I have never done wrong after my salvation but that would be a lie!  There have been too many of those times in my life and each of them torments my soul. The hardest part of falling is getting back up!  To try to get up under your own power is the same process of self-dependence that caused you to fall in the first place.

I thank the LORD for helping me rise from the pits I have put myself.  Without Him I would be most miserable! 

I flew to a mountain, of imaginary safety.

I nested in a tree, the wind blew down.

What I thought was solace, was just another trial!

Now with head in hands, I sit here with a frown. 

If I had only listened, to what the LORD had told me.

And not the things self and others said.

I would not be here, lying in my sorrow.

I would be happy, not wishing I was dead!

“For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.”  1 Thessalonians 5:3