“IN THE MORNING!”

 

Psalm 5:1-3                 (ESV)

Lead Me in YOUR Righteousness

To the choirmaster: for the flutes. A Psalm of David.

    “[1] Give EAR to my words, O LORD;

        consider my groaning. 

    [2] Give ATTENTION to the sound of my cry,

        my KING and my GOD,

        for to YOU do I pray. 

    [3] O LORD, “IN THE MORNING” YOU hear my voice;

        “IN THE MORNING” I prepare a sacrifice for YOU AND WATCH.”

King David began this Psalm pleading with THE LORD to Give EAR to his pleading and groaning!  It is EVIDENT to say that King David understood that the ONLY ONE WHO had the power and authority to get him out of the predicament that he was experiencing was THE CREATOR OF THE UNIVERSES!!!

Notice that David writes “IN THE MORNING”, or when everything is starting for a new day, he needed THE ALMIGHTY to direct his thoughts and mind!!  Most of the time I begin my day without thinking that GOD in HEAVEN, busy with the “cares of this world”, might not be concerned with an insignificant being in an insignificant place?  But John 17:23 says “I (JESUS) in them and YOU (THE FATHER) in , that they may become PERFECTLY ONE, so that the world may know that YOU sent ME  and LOVED THEM even as YOU loved ME.”  GOD IN THE FLESH freely gave HIMSELF on Calvary’s tree to PURCHASE Salvation for this “insignificant” creature, so HE CARES ABOUT ME!!!

HEARING the Stillness and Quietness (silence ) of before the birds start chirping, traffic begins to make noise, and everything starts trying to gain our attention is a TREASURE that isn’t duplicated by anything in “this world”! Maybe that is why I awake sometimes “very early in the morning” and can HEAR instructions from HIM, when distractions are limited….”IN THE MORNING”???  

“HE BECAME POOR!”

 

2 Corinthians 8:8-15                 (ESV)

“[8] I say this not as a command, but to prove by the earnestness of others that your love also is genuine. [9] For you know the grace of our LORD JESUS CHRIST, that though HE WAS RICH, yet for your sake “HE BECAME POOR”, so that you by HIS poverty might become rich. [10] And in this matter I give my judgment: this benefits you, who a year ago started not only to do this work BUT ALSO to desire to do it. [11] So now finish doing it as well, so that your readiness in desiring it may be matched by your completing it out of WHAT YOU HAVE. [12] For if the readiness is there, it is acceptable according to what a person has, not according to what he does not have. [13] For I do not mean that others should be eased and you burdened, but that as a matter of fairness [14] YOUR ABUNDANCE AT THE PRESENT TIME SHOULD SUPPLY THEIR NEED, so that their abundance may supply your need, that there may be fairness. [15] As it is written, “WHOEVER GATHERED MUCH HAD NOTHING LEFT OVER, AND WHOEVER GATHERED LITTLE HAD NO LACK.””

Accumulating a tremendous amount of wealth is something that from time to time I have dreamed about, but whenever I had the opportunity to INCREASE MY WEALTH, supplying “the needs of others” always seemed to be more important???

In HIS OMNISCIENCE, JESUS CHRIST surrendered HIS POSITION in HEAVEN to come among the unholiness of humanity, in poverty, to PURCHASE the salvation of ALL, even me!  “HE BECAME POOR” has to reflect “worldly wealth” (or lack there of) because HE was STILL THE CREATOR walking amongst us!  “HE BECAME POOR” so that HE WOULD NOT have worldly status interfering with HIS MISSION!!!  

Do I have that mindset in my life???  Or do I have the desire to be wealthy enough to do whatever I please??  

Saying this with ALL HUMILITY, I BELIEVE that because THE SPIRIT OF JESUS lives inside of me, that I CANNOT HELP but to live as HE did during HIS MANIFESTATION to “this world”!  My heart, the heart that JESUS CHRIST now lives in, tells me that “HE BECAME POOR”, and I will never be better than HIM!!!

“THOSE WHO ARE TRYING TO DECEIVE YOU?”

 

1 John 2:15-27                 (ESV)

Do Not Love the World

“[15] DO NOT LOVE THE WORLD or THE THINGS OF THE WORLD. If ANYONE loves the world, the love of the FATHER is NOT in him. [16] For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh and the desires of the eyes and pride of life—is NOT from the FATHER but is from the world. [17] And the world is passing away along with its desires, but whoever does the WILL OF GOD ABIDES FOREVER.

Warning Concerning Antichrists

[18] Children, it is the last hour, and as you have heard that antichrist IS COMING, so now many antichrists HAVE COME. Therefore we know that it is the last hour. [19] They went out from us, but they were NOT ALL of us; for if they had been of us, they would have continued with us. But they went out, that it might become plain that they all are NOT of us. [20] But you have been anointed by the HOLY ONE, and you all have knowledge. [21] I write to you, not because you do not know THE TRUTH, but BECAUSE YOU KNOW IT, and because no lie is of THE TRUTH. [22] Who is the liar but he who denies that JESUS s is the CHRIST? This is the antichrist, he who denies the FATHER and the SON. [23] No one who denies the SON has the FATHER. Whoever confesses the SON has the FATHER also. [24] Let what you heard from the beginning abide in you. If what you heard from the beginning abides in you, then you too will abide in the SON AND IN THE FATHER. [25] And this is the promise that HE made to us—eternal life.

[26] I write these things to you about “THOSE WHO ARE TRYING TO DECEIVE YOU”. [27] But THE ANOINTING that you received FROM HIM ABIDES IN YOU, and you have no need that anyone should teach you. But as HIS ANOINTING teaches you about everything, and is true, and is no lie—just as it has taught you, ABIDE IN HIM.”

Briefly this morning, GOD is PLAINLY telling me that I MUST NOT listen to “THOSE WHO ARE TRYING TO DECEIVE YOU”!  This morning HE wakened me and I COULD NOT get back to sleep!  Was GOD trying to get across to me that “the enemy” will “dress up” in raiment so very close to THE TRUTH that it will be difficult to SEE, ESPECIALLY if our EYES are engaged in looking at “this world”!!!!

“DO NOT LOVE THE WORLD or THE THINGS OF THE WORLD. If ANYONE loves the world, the love of the FATHER is NOT in him. For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh and the desires of the eyes and pride of life—is NOT from the FATHER BUT IS FROM THE WORLD.” (Verses 15 & 16)

“THOSE WHO ARE TRYING TO DECEIVE YOU” have NO INTEREST in seeing you GROW in the SPIRIT of THE LORD!!!  Please consider this FACT when determining who you are listening to.  

From Bishop Robert E Smith Sr

 From Bishop Robert E. Smith!

“Are you among the firstfruits (Rom. 8:23; Rev. 14:4); or in the harvest (Matt. 13:30; Rev. 14:15)?  To be otherwise is unthinkable (Mark 13:20; Rev. 19:15).”

“IF WE DO NOT GIVE UP!”

 Galatians 6:9                 (ESV)

“And LET US NOT GROW WEARY of doing good, for in due season WE WILL REAP, “IF WE DO NOT GIVE UP”!”

It seems like these 65 years GOD has allowed me to exist on “this world” is such a long period of time?  But ETERNITY IS COMING, and that will be FOREVER!!!!

“THE LORD!”

 

Proverbs 16:9                 (ESV)

    “The heart of man plans his way,

        but “THE LORD” establishes his steps.”

Living life is a very difficult and complex thing!   On the other hand, living a LIFE under the DIRECTION and GUIDANCE of JESUS CHRIST is a rewarding experience, with HIM DIRECTING (Proverbs 3:5-6) our PATHS!!!

In 2 Corinthians 5:7, the Apostle Paul writes “for we walk by FAITH (in GOD), NOT BY (our) SIGHT!”  Humanity is CREATED with a CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM that is pretty sufficient to make us complete, but has ONE GLARING DEFICIT!!   We MUST have a GUIDE to get through the DARKNESS that inevitably will challenge our decisions!!!

“THE LORD” is what we NEED to make the RIGHT DECISIONS in LIFE (Proverbs 3:5-6)!  Like “sheep”, we definitely NEED A SHEPHERD to keep us from walking into TRAPS that GOD is trying to steer us clear of as we progress through life!  

We ALL need a GUIDE to make our way STRAIGHT!  So why don’t we UNDERSTAND that we need a “tour guide” to get through “this world” and to our HEAVENLY HOME?  Unless JESUS CALLS US, our EYES will not SEE the NEED for a SAVIOR, “THE LORD”!!!

“HE CHOSE ME!”

 GOD THE FATHER, GOD THE SON, and GOD THE HOLY SPIRIT “CHOSE” ALL CHOSE me BEFORE THE FOUNDATION OF THE WORLD to serve THEM, even though I am imperfect and lacking !!!