From: "Phil Rembleski" <PHIl@rescuechurchofchrist.org>

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Sent: Wed, Jan 10, 2024 at 5:23 AM

Subject: 1-10-24 THOUGHTS

1-10-24   THOUGHTS

Our short reading this morning is most relevant to our world.  Some 30 plus years ago, a road sign south of Galt declared  “ If the foundations are destroyed, What can the righteous do?"  Ps 11:3.   In our world today, it surely seems like the foundations have been and are being destroyed.   The “fool has said in his heart, there is no God.”  I remind us that God’s foundations cannot be destroyed,  and that God’s Kingdom is a forever Kingdom.  We will always have a  mountain to flee to!  Men may call evil good, and good evil, but God knows the truth!  “The Lord is in His holy temple this morning, and His eyes behold and test the sons of men!”  “The upright will behold His face.”  

Ps 11:1-7    In the LORD I take refuge; How can you say to my soul, "Flee as a bird to your mountain;  2  For, behold, the wicked bend the bow, They make ready their arrow upon the string To shoot in darkness at the upright in heart. 3  If the foundations are destroyed, What can the righteous do?" 4  The LORD is in His holy temple; the LORD’S throne is in heaven; His eyes behold, His eyelids test the sons of men.  5  The LORD tests the righteous and the wicked, And the one who loves violence His soul hates. 6  Upon the wicked He will rain snares; Fire and brimstone and burning wind will be the portion of their cup. 7  For the LORD is righteous, He loves righteousness; The upright will behold His face.

My Prayer:
Lord, help us to discern the good from the evil.  Settle us in the eternal foundations from You.   May we seek what is above, and avoid the distractions of this world.  May we seek first Your Kingdom.  May Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.  May we patiently and obediently wait for the day when only Your will is done.  Help us to rejoice as we pursue Your foundations.
In the name of Jesus,       Amen.