Psalm 95:6
Come, let us worship and bow down. Let us kneel before the LORD our maker,
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for he is our God. We are the people he watches over, the sheep under his
care.
Oh, that you would listen to his voice today! 8
The LORD says, "Don't harden your hearts as Israel did at Meribah, as they
did at Massah in the wilderness. 9 For there your ancestors tried my patience; they
courted my wrath though they had seen my many miracles. 10 For forty years I
was angry with them, and I said, `They are a people whose hearts turn away from
me. They refuse to do what I tell them.' (NLT)
When we read
the Old Testament and the history of the Israelite's we see a people who made
plenty of mistakes. What we should also
see is ourselves, and the many times we have refused to do what God is telling
us. In this Psalm, there is a call to be
different from the early people of God.
We have a new opportunity, by the power of the Holy Spirit to be
obedient. We have to make a choice, a
choice to make God proud and not angry.
Everyday we are challenged to choose.
We must choose to please the Lord Jesus, and not our flesh. We must choose to please God, and not satan by
our nasty attitude and behavior. We have
a choice of whether we are or are not going to sin against God, and if we are
going to rely on the Word of God and the power of the Holy Spirit to enable us
to make the right choice for Christ.
I don’t know
about you, but I don’t want the Lord looking down and shaking His head at me
saying, “How many times must I give her this test?”. I want to pass the test, and I WILL NOT be weak and
subject to my flesh. The Word says that
greater is He that is in me, than he that is in the world. Do you believe it? I know sometimes we don’t act like we do; BUT today make the right choice that shows that you do! Declare that you will NOT be in the “they” that refuse
to do what the Lord tells you (v10). Declare that you WILL BE strong in your discipleship, and walk in all that the Lord has for
you!
Jesus thank you for helping us, strengthening us, encouraging us, and teaching us. In Your MIGHTY name
we pray, AMEN.
