His Love Endures

 

Psalm 103 is about gratitude for God’s goodness.

The psalmist also talks about God’s love,

Psalm 103:17-18 (NRSVue) - But the steadfast love of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting on those who fear him, and his righteousness to children’s children, to those who keep his covenant and remember to do his commandments.

God’s love for us is ‘steadfast.’

That means God’s love for us never wavers.

It is also ‘from everlasting to everlasting.’

That means God’s love for us is without end.

The author of Revelation had messages for each of the churches.

To the church in Philadelphia, he wrote...

Revelation 3:10 (NRSVue) - Because you have kept my word of endurance, I will keep you from the hour of trial that is coming on the whole world to test the inhabitants of the earth.

God’s love for us endures.

It will even sustain us through times of trouble.

His love for us will continue even after our mortal lives end.

Thanks to Christ, we know that death is just a transition.

Yes, God is faithful.

Yes, His love for us is without end.

And even when we falter, God does not.

When we stumble, God will forgive us if we but ask for forgiveness.

So, as we go through life, let us always look to God.

May we be certain of His love for us!

And…may we also be just as certain of our love for Him!

 

Blessings,

Jim Pokorny

The Other Brother Jim

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First Choice, or Last Resort?

In Job 38, the LORD answers Job out of a whirlwind.

As if this is not unsettling enough, The LORD says something to assert His omnipotence.

Job 38:4 (NRSVue) - “Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth? Tell me, if you have understanding.

Today, we have amassed far more scientific information than Job had access to.

But despite our knowledge, if God spoke to us this way we would not know where to begin.

According to Genesis, God spoke the universe into existence.

God spoke, and it was so.

In Matthew 8, the followers of Jesus are in a boat.

A violent storm overtakes them.

Jesus is asleep in the boat, but despite His presence, they fear for their lives.

In desperation, they wake Jesus who calms the storm with a word.

But before He does, he addresses the disciples.

Matthew 8:26-27 (NRSVue) - And he said to them, “Why are you afraid, you of little faith?” Then he got up and rebuked the winds and the sea, and there was a dead calm. They were amazed, saying, “What sort of man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey him?”

What is our response when the storms of life threaten us?

Do we fear?

Do we think about failure?

Perhaps we even think about giving up.

We certainly compound matters by asking an endless stream of “what if?” questions.

That is like the situations Job and the disciples found themselves in.

And how often do we seek the One as our first choice rather than as our last resort?

We can call upon the One who spoke the universe into being.

We can call upon the One who can calm a storm with just a word.

We do not have to be “of little faith.”

We can confidently turn to the One.

Blessings,

Jim Pokorny

The Other Brother Jim

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