Reflecting God - Embrace Holy Living - The Global of the Nazarene's Foundry Publishing House in Kansas City, Missouri, United States for Sunday, 8 July 2018 "God is Just and Trustworthy" by William Coker, Jr. - Psalm 111:1-10.

Reflecting God - Embrace Holy Living - The Global of the Nazarene's Foundry Publishing House in Kansas City, Missouri, United States for Sunday, 8 July 2018 "God is Just and Trustworthy" by William Coker, Jr. - Psalm 111:1-10.
Psalm 111:1 Halleluyah!
I will wholeheartedly give thanks to Adonai
in the council of the upright and in the assembly.2 The deeds of Adonai are great,
greatly desired by all who enjoy them.3 His work is full of majesty and splendor,
and his righteousness continues forever.4 He has gained renown for his wonders.
Adonai is merciful and compassionate.5 He gives food to those who fear him.
He remembers his covenant forever.6 He shows his people how powerfully he works
by giving them the nations as their heritage.7 The works of his hands are truth and justice;
all his precepts can be trusted.8 They have been established forever and ever,
to be carried out truly and honestly.9 He sent redemption to his people
and decreed that his covenant should last forever.
His name is holy and fearsome —10 the first and foremost point of wisdom is the fear ofAdonai;
all those living by it gain good common sense.
His praise stands forever. (Complete Jewish Bible).
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Jewish scholars describe this Psalm as a sermon urging people to study the Scriptures. Dedication to studying God’s word is a wholehearted expression of gratefulness to God for all that He has done. It is by studying the stories and instructions recorded in God’s word that we learn His will in the past and for our own lives. That Psalmist further states that understanding the rightness and trustworthiness of God’s precepts requires practicing them. Paul wrote Timothy of Scripture’s usefulness for his preparation in doing God’s work (see 2 Timothy 3:16-17).
After the opening phrase, the psalmist wrote an acrostic, each measure beginning with the next letter of the Hebrew language, delineating the reasons to praise the LORD. You have probably performed that exercise with THANKSGIVING; try using the entire alphabet. The psalmist provides several ideas and a wealth of descriptive vocabulary for the start of our own account of God’s works not only in annals of Biblical history but also in our lives. Since we can trust that God is true and fair, write a second alphabetic acrostic of how to study and apply God’s word. God’s praise is inexhaustible and endures forever.

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Hymn for Today: "Trust and Obey" by John H. Sammis.

1. When we walk with the Lord
in the light of his word,
what a glory he sheds on our way!
While we do his good will,
he abides with us still,
and with all who will trust and obey.
Refrain: Trust and obey, for there's no other way
to be happy in Jesus, but to trust and obey.
2. Not a burden we bear,
not a sorrow we share,
but our toil he doth richly repay;
not a grief or a loss,
not a frown or a cross,
but is blest if we trust and obey. Refrain: Trust and obey, for there's no other way 
to be happy in Jesus, but to trust and obey. 
3. But we never can prove
the delights of his love
until all on the altar we lay;
for the favor he shows,
for the joy he bestows,
are for them who will trust and obey. Refrain: Trust and obey, for there's no other way 
to be happy in Jesus, but to trust and obey. 
4. Then in fellowship sweet
we will sit at his feet,
or we'll walk by his side in the way;
what he says we will do,
where he sends we will go;
never fear, only trust and obey. Refrain: Trust and obey, for there's no other way 
to be happy in Jesus, but to trust and obey. 

Thought for Today: Oh, how I wish their hearts would stay like this always, that they would fear me and obey all my mitzvot; so that it would go well with them and their children forever. Go, tell them to return to their tents. But you, stand here by me; and I will tell you all the mitzvot, laws and rulings which you are to teach them, so that they can obey them in the land I am giving them as their possession.’

“Therefore you are to be careful to do as Adonai your God has ordered you; you are not to deviate either to the right or the left. (Deuteronomy 5:29)! (Complete Jewish Bible)).

Please pray: For the development of Christian leaders in Liberia.
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