Arrows of the enemy

Let's do some praising this morning:

Psalm 62: 5-6 God, the one and only—
I'll wait as long as he says.
Everything I hope for comes from him,
so why not?
He's solid rock under my feet,
breathing room for my soul,
An impregnable castle:
I'm set for life.

7-8 My help and glory are in God
—granite-strength and safe-harbor-God—
So trust him absolutely, people;
lay your lives on the line for him.
God is a safe place to be.

9 Man as such is smoke,
woman as such, a mirage.
Put them together, they're nothing;
two times nothing is nothing.

10 And a windfall, if it comes—
don't make too much of it.

11 God said this once and for all;
how many times
Have I heard it repeated?
"Strength comes
Straight from God."

12 Love to you, Lord God!
You pay a fair wage for a good day's work!

The mathematical equation is this: God times two equal = God. God plus God = God. God minus God = God.

We are never alone. We are never without. We are always envolved.

The 56th Psalm ends this way: Trust in him at all times, O people; pour out your heart before him; God is a refuge for us.

Psalm 63 begins: O God, you are my God, I seek you, my soul thirsts for you; my flesh faints for you, as in a dry and weary lanhd where there is no water. .. (In the third verse, we read, "So, I have looked upon you in the sanctuary, beholding your power and glory, BECAUSE YOUR STEADFAST LOVE IS BETTER THAN LIFE, MY LIPS WILL PRAISE YOU."

Better than life.
Better than one day in your life.
Better than all the good in your life.

Further in the same psalm, we read, "My soul is satisfied as with a rich feast."

There is this feeling, as I pray the utmost for His highest this morning, that God has blessed us, feeding that want with my very needs. Staying my wound with droplets of love.

My soul is stisfied with a rich feast of grace and mercy.

In Psalm 65, we read, "Happy are those whom you choose and bring near to live in your courts."

We bless him by our actions and our deeds. We bless him by our in-activity. We bless him by what we've prayed and what we've delivered.

In John Wesley's 33rd Sermon, 'Sermon on the Mount," the preacher attempts to bring holiness and happiness to Jesus' sermon on that mountain. "Wesley brings eight beatitudes to that mountainside. They are the "religion of the heart." Wesley finds "this religion uin the psalms, whenever they encourage delight in the law of God. For example, in Psalm 40, Wesley states that Chris alone is truly and eminently taking delight in God because he alone Jesus alone "delighted in doing the will of God."

So tomorrow morn, when first you awake, try to picture Jess the Christ. Remember, it wlll be difficult at first. Remember, or try to, that God is helpful in this regard. Remember God is always there, helping. Pray to Him. Life up your mistakes and your burdens. "And the burdens of your heart will be lifted away."

The arrows of the enemy will be no match for God's faithfulness.