Thoughts and Reflections

Psalm 32: 7 Thou art my hiding place ; thou shalt preserve me from trouble ; thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance. Selah.   Maybe it is my personal failing in trusting God, Maybe its weak faith, or maybe I just do not listen to His quiet promptings to pay attention to his Word. Any way you look at it I do not receive words of wisdom often. Does this mean I quit looking? Does this mean I give up? No, of course not. This is one area in my life that I want to continue to grow and learn. That is why when I came across this part of scripture, my mind began to wonder. What does this mean? Sure, I know what preserving means. You can, dry, or prepare food for long term storage. It has been set aside for a later date when the season of the food is no longer here, but you want to enjoy it still. What I was not putting together was God preserving me, so I grabbed my dictionary and looked it up. Sure enough, my definition was there. But then I discovered more… ...

Romans 6:11-16 Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord. Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body , that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof. Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin : but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God. For sin shall not have dominion over you : for ye are not under the law, but under grace. What then? Shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? God forbid. Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness? We are born into a sin filled world. We “take possession” of a sin filled body. We live our lives striving to fulfill the lusts of our bodies desires on a daily basis . It is when we come to the point of realizing ou...