Coffee With The Lord

We might be tempted to think being “full of the Holy Spirit” would make us exempt from temptation and trials… Think again! “Jesus, FULL OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, returned from the Jordan and was LED BY THE SPIRIT into the wilderness for forty days, being tempted by the devil… BUT HE WAS AN OVERCOMER in the same way we can be – by the power of the Holy Spirit and the word of God! (From Luke 4:1-12

I just read Psalm 91 again this morning.  It’s message?  It pays to trust and serve the Lord in dangerous and difficult times.  Abiding in Him whenever problems threaten is a wise course of action!

In a time when a strong walled city, a secret cave, or a high, defensible rocky cliff were your only defense from a persistent and determined enemy, the Psalmist recommended… “THOSE WHO LIVE IN THE SHELTER OF THE MOST HIGH will find rest in the shadow of the Almighty.  This I declare about the Lord – HE ALONE IS MY REFUGE, MY PLACE OF SAFETY; He is my God AND I TRUST HIM… His faithful promises are your armor and protection… If you make the Lord your refuge, if you make the Most High your shelter, no evil will conquer you; no plague will come near your home.  For He will order His angels to protect you wherever you go…” And as if that wasn’t enough, THEN THE LORD, HIMSELF SPEAKS…

“THE LORD SAYS, ‘I will rescue those who love me!  I will protect those who trust in my Name!  When they call on Me, I will answer; I WILL BE WITH THEM IN TROUBLE!  I will rescue and honor them! I will reward them with a long life and give them my salvation!” (From Psalm 91 NLT)

 One more time… It pays to trust and serve the Lord in dangerous, difficult and frightening times!!

This morning read some well known, but important encouragement to God-fearing parents and grandparents… “Hear [listen/heed]… The Lord our God, the Lord is one. You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might. And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise. You shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes. You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.” (From Deuteronomy 6:4-9 ESV) Sure seems like good advice to me in the times in which we live!