Savoring the Scripture

Longing for the Good Psalm 119:121-128 Sometimes, repetition is the mother of faith. Chad Bird Many times throughout the Scriptures, God repeats His promises to His people. How many times on this journey through the psalms have I read truths about God like: I will be with you.  I will help you.  I will uphold you. My lovingkindness is everlasting.  Hope in God. He is my refuge.  He is my strength. He is my deliverer. He rules and reigns. Sometimes repetition is necessary because we forget. In the hard moments, the stressful days, the weary weeks, our minds can be filled with anxious thoughts instead of looking at the truth. But perhaps repetition is most necessary because our lives change (or don’t change when we desperately want to see change!) and when we read again God’s faithful promises to us, our hearts can be settled once again with the promise that even in THIS, on this day, in this hardship, in this dark circumstance, God is still God, He is still good, a...

Hasten to My Help Psalm 70 It is not forbidden us, in hours of dire distress, to ask for speed on God's part in his coming to rescue us. Charles Spurgeon If I’m honest, my timetable is rarely in step with the Lord’s. I seek God’s answer to my prayer and I think I know the time He ought to step in and answer. I wish I could direct His Omnipotent hand to bring about my relief in what I would deem a timely manner. I see the minutes, days, weeks, perhaps even years go by and I think the sooner He answers me, the better. At times, His answer to my earnest prayers is delayed, or seems to be. In Habakkuk 2:3 God is speaking to Habakkuk about a vision he has had concerning the future of the southern kingdom of Judah. “The vision is yet for the appointed time; It hastens toward the goal, and it will not fail. Though it tarries, wait for it; For it will certainly come, it will not delay” (Habakkuk 2:3 NASB). I think there are several principles of which we can remind ourselves when we desire...