Verses: Psalms 48: 1 - 14
Song inspired by the chapter: Song has been uploaded from YouTube.com and is not my original.
My thoughts about the
verses:
The psalms were written
over a very long time period. There were
many different writers. Many different
generations that faced different upheavals and battles. Changes that varied from one generation to
the next from moving into the promise land to the exile. Changes from the exile to return to Judah are
all recorded in this one book of the Bible.
Yet, there is a truth
that stays constant in the entire writing.
That truth is that the Children of God will see the Heavenly Realm. The people had assumed that the Realm that
they were looking for was here on Earth.
People want to see Jesus even today come in on a white horse and defeat
the evil in the world. The victory would
finally establish Earth as the Kingdom that people want for the children of
God.
Yet, what we miss is
that the Realm is a Heavenly Realm. The
realm of God is one that we currently cannot view with our own eyes. We have to look beyond our desires. God created the Earth for us yet, we have
done everything we can to destroy it. We
pollute the planet. We kill the beast of
the field. So many animals have become
extinct because of our disregard for the planet that God has created for us. We have shown total disregard for this
beautiful planet.
We fight each other. We create weapons that kill innocents. We fight against our own family and
friends. We put limitations on who can
find love in God. We have tried to take
over Earth by force.
Yet, when we get into
Heaven things will be much different. We
will find that we will be shocked to how many people that we thought would not
be in Heaven are. We will be shocked
when we find that we are all equals in Heaven.
The only power and authority will be the trinity. In fact, this has never really changed. The Parent, Son and Holy Spirit have always
been in joint power and authority in Heaven.
Now what can we do to
change what we have done:
The first thing we can
do is to open the doors of our hearts to people who are different from us. We need to realize in God’s eyes we all
deserve love. We need to share that love
with anyone that is willing to hear.
The second thing that we
can do is start treating our planet better.
We need to look around and see if we can help end pollution. We need to conserve our resources. We need to share our resources with others so
that we will not fight over what resources we do have.
Lastly we need to
prepare for that moment when we can go home.
Many of us think the home is somewhere here on Earth. Yet, the home is in Heaven. We need to prepare our hearts to enter into
Heaven. Therefor we must accept Jesus in
our life so that we may be ready when it is time to be called to Heaven.
Prayer:
Dear God thank you for
loving us. Thank you for preparing a
home for us. We ask you to bring peace
to our hearts. Help us accept you into
our hearts and our life. Help us take
care of the planet you have given to us.
In the name of the Holy Trinity we pray.
Amen
Questions:
Have you asked Jesus in
your life? Have you opened your doors to
people that are different from you? Are
you conserving the resources God has given us?
Are you ready to go home? If you
are not ready is today the day you ask God to enter your life so that you can
be ready?
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