From: "Phil Rembleski" <PHIl@rescuechurchofchrist.org>
To: "1111RESCUEMEMBERS"
Sent: Fri, Aug 19, 2022 at 6:07 AM
Subject: 8-19-22 THOUGHTS
8-19-22 THOUGHTS
Sometimes I think I need to discern between “waiting for the Lord, and just waiting?” The latter is passive, waiting for the Lord involves active expectation. Prayer and meditation are here. Relationship is alive and thriving. Ownership has been settled. The sounds of worldly chaos are alive, but David says well, “ONE THING, I have asked...”! I wait in order for God to get ALL OF ME! I am fixed that I desire ALL OF HIM! I wait because, this is yet to be accomplished. I’m still trying, and hopefully growing. “When You said, "Seek My face," my heart said to You, "Your face, O LORD, I shall seek." “Wait for the LORD; Be strong and let your heart take courage; Yes, wait for the LORD.”
Ps 27:1-14 The LORD is my light and my salvation; Whom shall I fear? The LORD is the defense of my life; Whom shall I dread? [Read Rom 8:31-39] 2 When evildoers came upon me to devour my flesh, My adversaries and my enemies, they stumbled and fell. 3 Though a host encamp against me, My heart will not fear; Though war arise against me, In spite of this I shall be confident. 4 One thing I have asked from the LORD, that I shall seek: That I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, To behold the beauty of the LORD And to meditate in His temple. 5 For in the day of trouble He will conceal me in His tabernacle; In the secret place of His tent He will hide me; He will lift me up on a rock. 6 And now my head will be lifted up above my enemies around me, And I will offer in His tent sacrifices with shouts of joy; I will sing, yes, I will sing praises to the LORD. 7 Hear, O LORD, when I cry with my voice, And be gracious to me and answer me. 8 When You said, "Seek My face," my heart said to You, "Your face, O LORD, I shall seek." 9 Do not hide Your face from me, Do not turn Your servant away in anger; You have been my help; Do not abandon me nor forsake me, O God of my salvation! 10 For my father and my mother have forsaken me, But the LORD will take me up. 11 Teach me Your way, O LORD, And lead me in a level path Because of my foes. 12 Do not deliver me over to the desire of my adversaries, For false witnesses have risen against me, And such as breathe out violence. 13 I would have despaired unless I had believed that I would see the goodness of the LORD In the land of the living. 14 Wait for the LORD; Be strong and let your heart take courage; Yes, wait for the LORD.
My Prayer:
O God of heaven and earth, teach us devotion to one thing. May it be You that we wait for and only you. May we meditate on your beauty, holiness, and love continually. Keep us unstained from the world. Teach us your way, O Lord, and help us in our waiting on you. Help us to assess our talents given by you, and may they be presented joyfully to you as a living sacrifice. Please, Father, teach us to devote our lives to one thing. Help us to wait on you.
In the name of Jesus, Amen.