Therefore : Miss Match: The Fix-it Shop-Filling Station

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I have separated some cause and effect scriptures.  I thought someone might enjoy  reconnecting them. For instance :  

1》Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way,

Would connect with:
A》and with all thy getting get understanding.
B》and be filled with their own devices.
C》O ye children, and depart not from the words of my mouth.

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I hate to …?

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We are proud parents today.  Our daughter graduated from UNCW.  

We had a great time visiting with her, her boyfriend, Bette’s sister and husband.

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She has always been a great kid…..now a wonderful adult.   Please pray with us that she finds a job that is fruitful, satisfying and interesting.

She is hoping to go into library science.

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given unto us: The Fix-it Shop-Filling Station

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Given unto us:

Have you ever considered the wonders the Lord has “given unto us”?  In the Old Testament the Blessings were tangible, physical, observable.

“unto us is this land given in possession.”  

We see land promised and given to Gods people as a measure of the Lords pleasure.  If He was really pleased:

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Stir up thyself: The Fix-it Shop-Filling Station

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Stir up thyself

Do you know people who are always stirring things up?  Confusion, Strife, Upheavals, Discontent, all seem to be their best friends?

Do they seem angry, proud, full of wrath or hatred?   Do we?  Am I?

Proverbs 29:22
King James Version (KJV)
“An angry man stirreth up strife, and a furious man aboundeth in transgression.”

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Vain, me? – The Fix-it Shop-Filling Station

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I used to laugh at my brother as he aged and his hair and beard constantly went from grey to an unnatural brown.  How vain is he? I  thought to myself…..not me.

I was always skinny,  I could eat anything and not gain weight.  Then I  turned thirty and somehow a pot belly had appeared.   That’s ok, my wife married me anyway.

My grey, now, that implyed only wisdom,  not age.  No problem.

Then eating regular,  suddenly I was overweight.   An impossibly I was sure,  till I looked in the mirror or tried to see my feet. 

That was bad enough.

Then my belly erupted. …no hair dye would help, exercise, (not gonna happen), I was stuck and unhappy.   Then it got worse.

First, a foolish lift of a heavy piano, I felt it, something ripped. My beautiful dime sized belly button slowly evolved into a tennis ball attached to an already over sized waist.

Then a kidney removed. I thought I would have a indentation,  nope, a small ripple, a roll was on my side.  Now 7 years later it is a soccer ball.  

I find myself a side show,  pay your 25 cents and see the deformed human.  I am really ashamed of my shape.  Even if I, at this late date, exercised and lost a lot of this belly,  I would still have a tennis and soccer ball with me at all times.

Vain? You bet.  Ashamed? Absolutely.  Wanting to hide?  Yep. 

Vain and ashamed incorporated.   Forgive me Lord.

“and they followed vanity, and became vain”

Lord, help me to follow You.

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the Lord preserved David: The Fix-it Shop-Filling Station

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“the Lord preserved David whithersoever he went.”

Four times the Bible tells us the the Lord protected, promoted and propelled David ahead of all others.  Wherever he went and whatever he did.  The way was made straight for him. 

Why?  Because he was a man after Gods own heart.  David understood how a Godly ruler, exercised supreme authority.

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Proverbs 29:2
“When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn.”

David was a righteous man.  Who can find a righteous man?

“The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life:”

“A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast:”

“A righteous man hateth lying:”

Can any of us live up to these Testimonials of A Righteous Man?  Are our Words a well of life?  Do we hate lying?  Do we take care of that which serves us? 

God promoted David, because David promoted Godly virtues and character,  he stood with and before his people.  The people rejoiced in his service.

The law wasn’t given because of men like David,  Noah, Enoch, Abraham or Moses.  

No the law was given for the likes of you and me.

1 Timothy 1:9-10
King James Version (KJV)
“Knowing this, that the law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and for sinners, for unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers,

For whoremongers, for them that defile themselves with mankind, for menstealers, for liars, for perjured persons, and if there be any other thing that is contrary to sound doctrine;”

Without Jesus, I am all of  the above,  even with Jesus,  my carnal self wars with the Spiritual, and all too often, wins.

We must constantly agree with James if we are to be effective,  consistent and promoted servants of the Lord.

James 5:16
King James Version (KJV)
“Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.”

David lived a life a life after Gods own heart, a life that included repentance, remorse, a heart seeking to be Holy, Acceptable unto God. 

David knew this to be but his reasonable service.  He also knew:

“the Lord preserved David whithersoever he went.   And David reigned over all Israel; and David executed judgment and justice unto all his people.”

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David decided to fill himself with Godly principles, wisdom  and intent.

We, like this empty jug, can be made  full.   What are we full of? 

Micah 6:8
King James Version (KJV)
“He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?”

Hasn’t God shown us?  Can we not understand, believe, and walk in His will?

Lord, help us to be useful, effective servants.  People deserving of promotion, protection and of being propelled to lead Your chosen.

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