250 Psalms 056- 059; 1 Timothy 003
One of the patterns that David incorporates in some of his Psalms is to lay out his complaint to the Lord as in Ps. 56 and then come back to praising the Lord as in "I'm proud to praise God, proud to praise God. Fearless now, I trust in God; what can mere mortals do to me?" It's as if once he gets it off his chest he can see his way clearly to lift the Lord up instead of the problem. He does the same thing in the next Psalm and motivates himself to praise the Lord by saying, "Wake up, soul!" Is there any correlation to your well being, happiness, and just plain living a better life regardless of your circumstances to this constant message of praising the Lord? If you say yes, then ask yourself how much do you praise the Lord? Have thanksgiving in your heart, and cast your care on Him for He cares for you. Dr. David is trying to help us all if we will just listen and obey.
Paul gives his disciple some lessons on who should be placed into leadership and most of it has to do with character. One thing Paul did not tell us is how to find some of this information out about people, such as how outsiders think about this person who might become a leader in the church. This section ends with a creedal statement that starts with,
"This Christian life is a great mystery, far exceeding our understanding, but some things are clear enough: He appeared in a human body, was proved right by the invisible Spirit, was seen by angels. He was proclaimed among all kinds of peoples, believed in all over the world, taken up into heavenly glory." This is our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, do you believe?
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