Ways and Means

Psalm 119:137-138, 142

O LORD, You are righteous, and

     Your decisions are fair.

Your decrees are perfect;

they are entirely worthy of

     our trust.

Your justice is eternal, and Your

     law is perfectly true.  (NLT)

    For those of us who believe that the Living God of the Bible is the Creator and Author of life, we also know that He created us in His image, and that we can fully trust in the Word of God as the Absolute Truth.  We can proclaim the Truth because dishonesty is not a part of God's perfect character—He cannot lie, because otherwise, He could not exist as God.  Because the power of sin has corrupted our hearts and minds, we cannot always discern what is true and what is not.  Because of our inherent nature to sin first and think about it later, we tend to look at the righteousness of God as a way to take the fun and pleasure out of life—that the righteousness of God is unfair and out dated.  Because sin blinds us from seeing the Truth as it really is, many of us struggle with God's ways because they are foreign to us and we are a rebellious, self-centered lot who are filled with pride and good at trusting no one, not even themselves.

     But this will change when we surrender to the Creator of creation and understand that He is the One who created us in His image so that our lives would reflect the glory of who He is.  He did not create us to be puppets that would need to rely on His every movement, but to live as free agents of His righteousness so we could enjoy all that He has provided for us.  For the time being we must deal with this fallen world and our sinful natures, but it won't always be this way, because our Savior has conquered the power of sin and death once and for all and we now have the resurrection power of our Lord God to help us do the same.  If we can trust our God to save our eternal lives from pits of Hell, we can trust him with all things in this life on earth.

                                     A Whisper of Hope

Come to Me, My child...and I will take away the confusion and give you My peace.  The world's ways are twisted and degenerate and they only lead to more uncertainty.  But you can trust in Me, for My ways are perfect, righteous, and fair.  They can be nothing less.

Jeremiah 23:5, 6

“For the time is coming,” says the LORD, “when I will place a

righteous Branch on King David's throne. He will be a King who

rules with wisdom.  He will do what is just and right throughout

the land.  And this is His name: The LORD Is Our Righteousness.  (NLT)

        “Hallelujah! Salvation is from our God. 

    Glory and power belong to Him alone. His

              judgments are just and true.”

                            (Revelation 19:1, 2)