YOU ARE KNOWN! For every beast of the forest is Mine — the cattle on a thousand hills.  I know every bird in the mountains, and the creatures of the field are Mine. —Psalm 50:10-11        Think of it!  In America many people have a pet of one sort or another.  It might be a dog or cat or it could be goldfish or hamster.  Just that one pet is enough to feed and take care of.  God takes care of all the living on the earth!        It is estimated that Americans will spend $70 billion on their pets this year “which is more than the combined GDP of the 39…

REDEEMED! No man can possibly redeem his brother or pay his ransom to God.  For the redemption of his soul is costly,  and never can payment suffice, that he should live on forever and not see decay… But God will redeem my life from Sheol, for He will surely take me to Himself. —Psalm 49:7-9, 15             Sin is a serious matter.  It is an eternal matter.  There is eternal life and there is eternal death.  Every person is an eternal person.  Each of us will spend eternity in heaven or hell.  To reject what God has done for us through Jesus is to condemn oneself forever in hell.  We…

A SURE GUIDE! For this God is our God forever and ever; he will be our guide even to the end. —Psalm 48:14 I will instruct you and teach you the way you should go; I will give you counsel and watch over you. —Psalm 32:8 Think about Him in all your ways, and He will guide you on the right paths. —Proverbs 3:5-6 Looking steadfastly on Jesus the leader and completer of faith. —Hebrews 12:2             Fellow follower of Jesus we have His promise that He will lead us and be with us to the end of the age (Matthew 28:30).  He is our Guide right to the end of…

THE ONLY STAR I see him, but not now; I behold him, but not near.  A star will come out of Jacob; a scepter will rise out of Israel…  A ruler will come out of Jacob… —Numbers 24:17, 19 The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet, until he to whom it belongs shall come and the obedience of the nations shall be his. —Genesis 49:10 After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi from the east came to Jerusalem and asked, “Where is the one who has been born king of the Jews? We saw his star when…

OUR REFUGE AND STRENGTH God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in times of trouble.  Therefore we will not fear, though the earth is transformed and the mountains are toppled into the depths of the seas, though its waters roar and foam and the mountains quake in the surge. —Psalm 46:1-3 Be still and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted over the earth.” —46:10             I was talking with a dear brother yesterday.  He and his wife are going through such a difficult time as they watch their daughter recuperate from a traumatic situation.  As we talked we…

FRUITFUL OR FRUITLESS The staff belonging to the man I choose will sprout, and I will rid Myself of the constant grumbling of the Israelites against you. —Numbers 17:5             The Lord causes fruitfulness through the ones He has chosen.  In the context of the verse above it was Aaron’s staff of Levi that was chosen.  The staff “had sprouted, put forth buds, blossomed, and produced almonds!”  The fruitfulness gave evidence that the Lord had chosen to work through Aaron.             So today it is.  Fruitfulness is the evidence that the Lord has chosen someone to work through.  Jesus mentioned this in John 15:1-8. I am the true vine, and…

DISCIPLE! Joshua son of Nun, who had been Moses’ aide since youth… —Numbers 11:23             Here we receive insight into the life of Joshua.  He eventually became the leader of Israel and the Lord worked through him to bring His people into the Promise Land.  Joshua “had been Moses’ aide since youth.”  Oh, how important it is to disciple young people to become what the Lord desires them to be and not be swayed by the world which includes false teachers and cults.             It is so important to disciple young people that they would grow mature and be depending on the Lord and not be swayed in the spiritual…

HIS LOVE CAUSES ME TO SING AND PRAY By day the Lord directs his love, at night his song is with me— a prayer to the God of my life.  —Psalm 42:8 For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. —John 3:16 Beloved, let us love one another, because love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.  Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.  This is how God’s love was revealed among us: God sent His one and only Son…

GOD CAN BE FULLY TRUSTED, MAN CANNOT BE! Blessed is the one who trusts in the Lord, who does not look to the proud, to those who turn aside to false gods. —Psalm 40:4             It is easy to spot those who do not trust the Lord, but have turned “aside to false gods.”  Pride and arrogance make their way.  They hold up those who have led them astray and promote their handlers’ false teaching.  They also like to attack those who are truly following Jesus.             Pick whatever cult or false teacher you want and you will see this.  One of Satan’s deceptions is to use “Christian” terminology and this…

MY FLEETING LIFE ON EARTH “Show me, O LORD, my end and the measure of my days.  Let me know how fleeting my life is.  You, indeed, have made my days as handbreadths, and my lifetime as nothing before You.  Truly each man at his best exists as but a breath.  —Psalm 39:4-5             A dear brother and friend, fellow worker and servant is going on 92 years of age.  Right up until 7 months ago he was very active in serving our Lord.  He loves the Lord and is looking forward to going home to be with the Him.  It is so refreshing talking with Him because I have…