The Earth is the Lord's

Good Morning! 

A rainy day in Georgia meant a day of playing with my four year-old great-granddaughter.  Her attention span is pretty good … we actually got through 20 minutes of Monopoly. I didn’t suggest the game … she wanted to play that game.  We also played UNO for three hands before she got enthralled with “Paw Patrol”.  We were in our first game of checkers when her daddy came in with food.  I am impressed with her ability to pick up on the basics of each game we played … and stick with the game as long as she did.  But I was exhausted by the time she went back home. Pictures of the little imp and Pop playing UNO are on both Facebook and Instagram if you are friends with Heather. 

Thinking of kids … Psalms 24 contains an old VBS song of my childhood …

Psalm 24:7-10 English Standard Version (ESV)

7 Lift up your heads, O gates!
    And be lifted up, O ancient doors,
    that the King of glory may come in.
8 Who is this King of glory?
    The Lord, strong and mighty,
    the Lord, mighty in battle!
9 Lift up your heads, O gates!
    And lift them up, O ancient doors,
    that the King of glory may come in.
10 Who is this King of glory?
    The Lord of hosts,
    he is the King of glory! Selah

Do you remember that song?  Well, right now it is ringing in my ears.  Hey … the first part of that Psalm is great too …

Psalm 24:1-6 English Standard Version (ESV)

24 The earth is the Lord's and the fullness thereof,[a]
    the world and those who dwell therein,
2 for he has founded it upon the seas
    and established it upon the rivers.

3 Who shall ascend the hill of the Lord?
    And who shall stand in his holy place?
4 He who has clean hands and a pure heart,
    who does not lift up his soul to what is false
    and does not swear deceitfully.
5 He will receive blessing from the Lord
    and righteousness from the God of his salvation.
6 Such is the generation of those who seek him,
    who seek the face of the God of Jacob.[b] Selah

Footnotes:

a.     Psalm 24:1 Or and all that fills it

b.     Psalm 24:6 Septuagint, Syriac, and two Hebrew manuscripts; Masoretic Text who seek your face, Jacob

We are reminded by this Psalm of David that God is still in control.  The impact of the Coronavirus will come and will go … God will still be on His throne and will continue to look after His children.  You and I can take refuge in Him and live with hope for tomorrow.

God bless you all this morning.

Agape’

Mr. Jim

  

Prayer:  Father, in the Name of Jesus, my Savior and my Lord, I praise Your Holiness and Your provision for me and my family. Thank You for watching over me in this time of trouble.  Amen.

Scripture for today: Psalms 24