Let the Redeem of the Lord speak

                                                                

                                                                     Psalm 107: 39-43

 

September 14, 2022

 

Let the Redeem of the Lord speak for it’s the End Game

 

When they are diminished and brought low through oppression, evil, and sorrow, he pours contempt on princes and makes them wander in trackless wastes; but he raises up the needy out of affliction and makes their families like flocks.  The upright see it and are glad, and all wickedness shuts its mouth.  Whoever is wise, let him attend to these things; let them consider the steadfast love of the Lord.

 

It is easy to read these five verses and miss the message the Lord put into the Psalmist's heart.  This is what I came away with from the five verses; I’m living in a time like this, people all around me are devaluing the under-resourced cheapened by a government and others that give handouts with no plan to give them back dignity.  Yes, God has blessed us with the ability to take pride in our work.  It brings us a sense of pride in working to support ourselves and our families.  Take that from a person and have a slave to the welfare of the government and others.  And yes it is my belief that work and fair pay for that work is of such great value than a token with no plan to give back dignity, that God has put in the heart of man to earn an honest living. 

 

Who are the princes of our time; all forms of government and others that give tokens but have no plan to give them what they desire self-worth?  And what does God have planned for the princes?  It is evil when anyone can provide for a person to earn a living but chooses to keep them dependent on the government to earn a vote. But we have done that in the USA, and yes it is evil.

 

Now when God blesses the poor and needy because they cried out to Him, the followers of Christ should rejoice, and the wicked have nothing to say.  Whoever is wise, let him attend to these things; let them consider the steadfast love of the Lord.

 

What would a Program at your Church look like to train all that would come:

  

    

·      Begin the program by teaching the trainers how to overlook the past and look forward to what God has planned for each person that comes.

·      A program to train how to earn a living using the resources of those in your membership?  Plumber, Secretary, Electrician, Custodian, business men & women as your trainers.

·      A class is the best method to seek a job.

·      How to dress for the interview, and to equip them to accept rejection.

·      But the end game is to tell them why you have spent this time with them.  Because Jesus loves them and wants to bless them by having His Spirit live in them.

 

From the Back Porch,

 

Bob Rice