Friday, August 1, 2014

Psalm 66:8-12

Psalm 66:8-12
21st Century King James Version (KJ21) 

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  This reminds me of the passage where Jesus is talking about good vines being pruned.  We like to think that God's love means nothing bad will ever happen to us, but I don't think that's true.  It certainly doesn't follow with most of Scripture's teachings.  It's an easy thing to think, but what the entire witness of Scripture seems to teach is that the bad things that happen will not triumph over us, they will not overcome, they will not be our end.  Silver is tried in the fire to burn away the impurities, and God will use adversity in our life to bring us to a place of total dependence on him.  The idols will fall away as they prove unable to prevent calamity.  Only God will remain, faithful as ever.

May you depend on God's strength alone

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