"For you are not a God who delights in wickedness; evil may not dwell with you. The boastful shall not stand before your eyes; you hate all evildoers. You destroy those who speak lies; the LORD abhors the bloodthirsty and deceitful man." Psalm 5:4-6
Here David praises God for loving what is right and hating what is evil. Tonight I've also been reading a portion of Genesis. I read Genesis 4-7 to be exact and this portion of scripture tells us about the descendants of Adam and Eve down to Noah. It also tells us about the flood...well, the first part at least. So in my bible study tonight, I'm left with two portions of scripture (Genesis 6:9 - 7, and Psalm 5:4-6) which speak of our Lord's view of evil. In Genesis, God is so upset by the evil of man that He sends a flood to destroy all of man and creatures and living things with the exception of who and what He tells Noah to take onto the ark. In Psalm 5 we see that God hates evildoers, destroys those who speak lies, and that evil may not "dwell" with Him.
Look around yourself today, brothers and sisters, and be glad that God promised not to send a flood like in Genesis ever again. Evil abounds but God prevails. But not only that. There is hope for even the worst of evildoers if they only repent and look to Christ.
I don't watch the news much anymore. Its very depressing and it reminds me constantly of the crazy people that are out there. I suppose I like to lock myself into my little happy world and pretend that it can't touch me, but I know that is not necessarily true. So, sometimes I find myself being paranoid (or, shall I say, cautious). :) But I'm happy in the knowledge that Christ paid the ultimate price for my sins and, that, no matter what happens, God's will will be done. When I'm being paranoid, I look to God and am comforted. But I still don't watch the news. :)
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Not watching the news is a wise, wise decision. The news wants you to watch, and they need you to feel like you are in danger if you don't watch! Fear is believed to be the number one motivator and it is used by news organizations, politicians, political groups (like the environmental lobby) and the like to make you afraid to do anything other than what they tell you to do.
ReplyDeleteTrusting God is the best policy and "not sitting in the council of scoffers is the smart play." They don't want you to trust God they want you to trust them.
You worry about being paranoid, I worry about sounding like a "conspiracy theorist." Its not a conspiracy i say, it is just the way most people with a lot of money behave. That being said, watch out for the black helicopters (they are watching you).
Good stuff Jenny!
Tt's not like the news is out to ruin your life, they just need to make money and that is through advertising. The more viewers they have the more money they make from advertising. So thus they try to use scare tactics to get people to watch/read.
ReplyDeleteI knew it!!! (you know, the thing about the black helicoptors) :)
ReplyDeleteThanks Troy!