Building on the Foundation

Today, we are into the fourth Psalm. The third Psalm tied in very nicely with the last day of Unleavened Bread, and the fourth one, as we shall discover, ties in very well with Pentecost. David was a man after God’s own heart, and these Psalms come out of that devotion to God. They are inspired works of scripture, beautiful poetry, and the prayers and songs of a man utterly devoted to God.  David had his women, very beautiful women at that, but his first and truest love was always his God. That is where his devotion and fulfillment came from, not from his wives, and I think there is a lesson in that for each and every one of us, men or women. We have a spot within us that can only be filled by a relationship with God, and all too often, we try to fill that empty place with our relationship with the opposite sex. Our relationship with God takes priority over all other relationships, and it only exists in the first place because He chose us to be His first fruits.  Pentecost com...

  Satan’s Weapon—Distractions   The Devil has many weapons at his disposal that he uses to try to destroy us. Some are bold and blatant; others are discreet and cunning. Often he will use multiple at the same time to wear us down until a seamlessly unimportant thing slips through and causes us to stumble. One of the devil’s most effective weapons that every one of us has been hit with is distractions. Remember, he will use everything he can against us. Even though he knows he cannot win, he will try to score as many points against us as possible, trying to take us with him. As Rev. 12:10 calls him “the accuser of our brethren, who accused them before our God day and night…” King David, (who has a testimony from Yah as being a man after His own heart— Acts 13:22 ), wrote Ps.63 along with many others in which he expressed his attitude towards Yah with statements like: Ps. 63:1 “…O God, You are my God; Early will I seek You; My soul thirsts for You; My flesh longs for ...