283 Saturday, October 10, 2009

283 Psalms 145 - 147; Matthew 12.1 - 12.21

What do you think about God? How do you feel about God? When do you think you are the closest to the Lord? I am of the school of thought that we as individuals or as a nation will never grow past our vision of God? David certainly struggled with His thoughts about God, but he voiced those to the Lord. Here we find David praising God for His goodness,

Psalms 145:14-17 (MSG)
14 God gives a hand to those down on their luck, gives a fresh start to those ready to quit.
15 All eyes are on you, expectant; you give them their meals on time.
16 Generous to a fault, you lavish your favor on all creatures.
17 Everything God does is right— the trademark on all his works is love.

How do these verses resonate with your soul? Can you find something in these verses to identify with and then praise God for those things? It is fitting for God's children to praise their Father. It is good for our soul and for the Kingdom of God. Take time right now to praise your savior, your God, and your friend.



The religious control freaks were at again when they saw the disciples eating from a field of grain. They were "breaking the Sabbath" according to their view of the Sabbath. Jesus corrects them and then says this,
Matthew 12:6-8 (MSG)
6 "There is far more at stake here than religion.
7 If you had any idea what this Scripture meant—'I prefer a flexible heart to an inflexible ritual'—you wouldn't be nitpicking like this.
8 The Son of Man is no lackey to the Sabbath; he's in charge."

Christ prefers a flexible heart over an inflexible ritual. God always refers a soft heart as to a hard heart. Perhaps today you can work on your nitpicking. At times we all do it so ask God to help you have a more flexible heart.