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No Deception

Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips, and from a deceitful tongue.

Psalm 120:2

Reading:

Psalm 120

“In my distress I cried unto the LORD, and he heard me” (Psalm 120:1).

“In my distress” — right in the middle of real living.

“I cried” — acknowledging need, defeat, despair, sadness; proclaiming His goodness, power, faithfulness, mercy, greatness.

“Unto the Lord” — of course; to whom else would I turn?

“And he heard me” — no surprise there.

[The Scriptures say in Psalm 120:2 -- Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips]
from Psalm 120:2

A Warning to Me?

But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

Matthew 8:12

Reading:

Matthew 8:1-17

“When he was come down from the mountain, great multitudes followed him” (Matthew 8:1).

Does my life today say I would I have been among the multitudes that followed Jesus then?

Is my preference to “tell no man” about Jesus’ deeds for me?

Do I take Jesus’ Word as His command to me?

How can I learn to care about others as Jesus does?

How sick must I be before I exercise my faith in Jesus’ healing will and power?

[The Scriptures say in Matthew 8:17 -- Himself took our infirmities]
from Matthew 8:17