Archives: 2006

This morning I awoke as I went to sleep last night — troubled, confused, dismayed, unsettled.

Sometimes things look better in the morning. But not this morning.

I had my Bible before me, wondering where to start reading next.

Psalms. Yes, Psalms!

“Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, not sitteth in the seat of scornful” (Psalm 1:1).

In my mind, the counsel of the ungodly competes with God’s counsel, the way of the wicked with God’s ways.

As I walk through this darkness and tempest, may I allow God to help me choose His counsel and His ways.

Warning after warning — that’s this short little book.

Evil and corruption are everywhere, along with deception and hypocrisy.

Don’t fall for any of it!

That’s the warning message in this book.

That must explain why the next-to-last verse came as a blessing, encouragement, and assurance.

“[He] is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy” (Jude 24).

Despite all the evil, corruption, deception, and hypocrisy, the Lord Jesus is able to keep me!