July 23, 2017
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Reading along with us in the first 30 chapters of Psalm? Here’s today’s reading:
Psalm 12 (ESV)
Save, O Lord, for the godly one is gone;
for the faithful have vanished from among the children of man.
2 Everyone utters lies to his neighbor;
with flattering lips and a double heart they speak.
3 May the Lord cut off all flattering lips,
the tongue that makes great boasts,
4 those who say, “With our tongue we will prevail,
our lips are with us; who is master over us?”… Continue Reading
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Lying lips verses The Lord’s pure words….❤️ The Lord’s pure words, even when they are hard.
“The words of the Lord are pure words,
Like silver tried in a furnace of earth,
Purified seven times.
You shall keep them, O Lord,
You shall preserve them from this generation forever.”
Goes with what Spencer was teaching yesterday about God’s words holding true through every generation. His word doesn’t change.
What a fitting description of the world today. But maybe what we see today is not all that new. Each generation of believers can see the nature and behavior and abuse of evil that has always existed in the world since the fall. But rather than being consumed by it, or discouraged over it or cynical in it, let us live in the fruit of the Spirit. Reflecting the truth and grace that God guides us in and makes possible for us. Remember we will be the scent of life for those being saved and the scent of death to those who reject the gospel….2 Corinthians 2:16. (Great verse when we are discouraged by those who reject us because of our testimony of Christ.)
I too was struck by verse 6. In a world where man’s words can’t necessarily be trusted. It is good to have flawless words to turn to.