Jud. 4,5 Ps. 39,41; 1 Cor 13

Ps 39:4
"Show me, O LORD, my life's end and the number of my days; let me know how fleeting is my life.


David’s cry in the Psalm is the same as Paul’s understanding in 1 Cor 13:1-3 If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. 2 If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. 3 If I give all I possess to the poor and surrender my body to the flames, but have not love, I gain nothing. They both say we need to understand that our existence on this planet amounts to nothing. It does not matter what I accomplish in the flesh unless I have the love of God in me. This is all about love, Jesus said “'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.' This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.' All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments." We are always asking should I do this, should I say that, How should I act with this person or that? The truth is we already have the answer. Let our actions and words reflect the love of the living God. Well how do I make sure I am doing that, I ask? Well it is explained to me in detail in 1 Cor.13. The truth is I already know what to do. I am just looking for a justified way out of giving up my needs or wants for someone else. I need to come to the place in my life where I not only pray the prayer but, believe and do this simple prayer “never the less Father thy will be done”.

May this be the week, the Sunday that I (we) give up my (our) will to His will and let His love rein and flow through me (us). So that (as Jesus said) “By this all men will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another."

May the Lord bless you and keep you this week, in and with His love.

Pastor Jack

Next reading: Judg. 6, 7; Ps. 52; 1 Cor 14