PRAISE HIM! Let them praise the name of the LORD, for his name alone is exalted; his majesty is above earth and heaven. —Psalm 148:13             Today, applause for our Lord comes from— The heavens The angels The sun The moon The stars The waters above the heavens The earth The great sea creatures The deeps The fire The hail The snow The midst The stormy wind The mountains The hills The fruit trees The cedars The beasts The livestock The creeping things The flying birds The kings of the earth The peoples of the earth The princes The rulers of the earth The young men The maidens The old…

THE WISDOM OF GOD The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and instruction. —Proverbs 1:7 Because they hated knowledge and did not choose the fear of the LORD, would have none of my counsel and despised all my reproof, therefore they shall eat the fruit of their way, and have their fill of their own devices. —Proverbs 1:29-31 So you will walk in the way of the good and keep to the paths of the righteous. —Proverbs 2:20 Be not wise in your own eyes; fear the LORD, and turn away from evil. —Proverbs 3:7 Blessed is the one who finds wisdom, and the one who…

THE LORD IS MY HELP, HOPE AND REUGE He is like a tree planted by streams of water that yields its fruit in its season, and its leaf does not wither. In all that he does, he prospers. —Psalm 1:3 The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD and against his Anointed, saying, “Let us burst their bonds apart and cast away their cords from us.” —Psalm 2:2-3 Now therefore, O kings, be wise; be warned, O rulers of the earth.  Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling.  Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and you perish in the way,…

GREAT IS OUR LORD! And the LORD said to Job: “Shall a faultfinder contend with the Almighty? He who argues with God, let him answer it.” —Job 40:1-2 Who has first given to me, that I should repay him? Whatever is under the whole heaven is mine. —Job 41:11 Then Job answered the LORD and said: “I know that you can do all things, and that no purpose of yours can be thwarted. ‘Who is this that hides counsel without knowledge?’ Therefore I have uttered what I did not understand, things too wonderful for me, which I did not know. ‘Hear, and I will speak; I will question you, and you make it known…

MAN’S KNOWLEDGE/UNDERSTANDING PALES COMPARED TO GOD’S Have you comprehended the vast expanses of the earth? Tell me, if you know all this. —Job 38:18             The most intelligent people who have ever lived have to answer this question— “Have you comprehended the vast expanses of the earth?” — with a “no” if they are honest.  Our world is vast and as long as we have been here on the planet, there is so much still to learn.  So yes, to those who think they are “know it alls” — how do you answer that question?  Any intellectually honest person would have to answer that question with a “no, I don’t…

MORNING BY MORNING, DAY BY DAY— KNOW THIS! Let me hear in the morning of your steadfast love, for in you I trust. Make me know the way I should go, for to you I lift up my soul….  Teach me to do your will, for you are my God! Let your good Spirit lead me on level ground! —Psalm 143:8, 10 The Lord GOD has given Me The tongue of the learned, That I should know how to speak A word in season to him who is weary. He awakens Me morning by morning, He awakens My ear to hear as the learned. —Isaiah 50:4             To whom else could we…

WISDOM COMES FROM GOD But it is the spirit in man, the breath of the Almighty, that makes him understand.  It is not the old who are wise, nor the aged who understand what is right. —Job 32:8-9             Just because a person is old does not make him wise.  Wisdom is the proper application of knowledge— to apply knowledge effectively.  It is God that gives man understanding and makes a person wise.  Just because a person is aged does not mean he is wise and understanding. “I will do what you have asked. I will give you a wise and discerning heart, so that there will never have been…

TRUST… WAIT Did not I weep for him whose day was hard? Was not my soul grieved for the needy? —Job 30:25 O LORD, I call upon you; hasten to me! Give ear to my voice when I call to you! —Psalm 141:1             Job was trying to make sense out of his situation.  The loss of all his animals (business), the loss of his servants, the loss of his children, the loss of his health, the loss of his wife’s support, the loss of his friends’ comfort and encouragement left him to wonder about God’s care, or lack of care, for him.             He pondered the days when he…

MY LIGHT! There are those who rebel against the light, who are not acquainted with its ways, and do not stay in its paths. —Job 24:13 Upon whom does his light not arise? —Job 25:3 And he said to man, ‘Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom, and to turn away from evil is understanding.’ —Job 28:28 The LORD is my light and my salvation— whom shall I fear? The LORD is the stronghold of my life— of whom shall I be afraid? —Psalm 27:1             There are those who simply rebel against the light of God, the truth of God.  They do not know His ways, nor…

HE TOTALLY KNOWS YOU! O LORD, you have searched me and known me! You know when I sit down and when I rise up; you discern my thoughts from afar. You search out my path and my lying down and are acquainted with all my ways. Even before a word is on my tongue, behold, O LORD, you know it altogether. —Psalm 139:1-4  Search me, O God, and know my heart! Try me and know my thoughts! And see if there be any grievous way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting! —Psalm 139:23-24             Our Lord God Almighty knows everything about everybody…. Including you and me.  He knows— When I sit…