Jesus stepped into our Timeline

April 23, 2019

Psalm 40:1-5

“I waited patiently for the Lord; he inclined to me and heard my cry.  He drew me up from the pit of destruction, out of the miry bog, and set my feet upon a rock, making my steps secure.  He put a new song in my mouth, a song of praise to our God.  Many will see and fear, and put their trust in the Lord.   Blessed is the man who makes the Lord his trust, who does not turn to the proud, to those who go astray after a lie!  You have multiplied, O Lord my God, your wondrous deeds, and your thoughts toward us; none can compare with you!  I will proclaim and tell of them, yet they are more than can be told.”

God who lives outside of time has no timeline and is not in keeping with our will, and desires.  Often we the undisciplined Church; want it now; we do not know how to wait on the Lord.  Unlike David, the pride of life and the desires of the world gods and have removed any thought of the rescue the mission of the Cross, and the blood offering that paid for all who would receive Jesus as Lord.

May I suggest the necessity of the courses on “My needs as a sinner & God Provision.” Where were you when God gave you the faith needed to seek confession and repentance?  Are you one of the many who have made a god who approves of all your thoughts and actions, then I got some bad news? He not the God of the Scriptures.  I often go back to 2 Corinthians 13:5, “Examine yourselves, to see whether you are in the faith. Test yourselves. Or do you not realize this about yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in you? —unless indeed you fail to meet the test!”  Often, I had to do so for I am a mess, and have always been a poor test taker.  But each time I’ve examined my self, I had to agree with Isaiah the prophet.  Do you recall his words from Isaiah 6:5, “Woe to me!” I cried. “I am ruined! For I am a man of unclean lips, and I live among a people of unclean lips, and my eyes have seen the King, the Lord Almighty.”  

And each time a loving Father reminds me of a meeting I had with him in Victoria, Texas at a hotel room, where I passed the only test that matters.

So as David has done in this Psalm, my prayer is God will use this to turn your heart back to Him, the only source of joy and peace.  “You have multiplied, O Lord my God, your wondrous deeds, and your thoughts toward us; none can compare with you!  I will proclaim and tell of them, yet they are more than can be told.”

From the Back Porch,

Bob Rice