lessons

In the womb of the dawn, I perceive how the yellow sun devours the pink clouds and I think about how to slay the dragons in my life. A machaira was a short dagger and saber used in close combat during a war. These aren’t physical battles we fight, but I know that my “tongue is a sharpened sword that can slay the devil.” ( Ephesians 6: 17) If I really want to stop the attacks of the enemy, I need to commit scripture to memory. If I do, I will see results.

If you have never seen the sun, then you will be impressed with a simple candle. If you’ve never heard the sound of thunder and seen bolts of lightning, you will be impressed with a firecracker. If you don’t read God’s Word, praise Him for His majesty and all He has done and turn your back on the Creator of the Universe, you will fall in love and into the trap that the world sets before you with it’s short-lived pleasures and shadows of doubt. As A.W. Tozer says, “The most dangerous trap is just living and forgetting that God exists.”

I pray I will never be afraid of the Fridays in my faith. Christ died on the cross, but there was a day of mourning; a time to question; a time to weep and feel the loss. But it took that sad Saturday in between before we saw the dawn of the resurrection and the Sunday of our soul. I know there are days of doubt and it’s okay to cry and wonder why. That’s when I look to verses in the bible to read, sing, memorize and meditate on. Refresh your mind and soul. There are lessons to learn.

Psalm 119: 25-40 - Daleth

 I am laid low in the dust;
    preserve my life according to your word.
 I gave an account of my ways and you answered me;
    teach me your decrees.
 Cause me to understand the way of your precepts,
    that I may meditate on your wonderful deeds.
 My soul is weary with sorrow;
    strengthen me according to your word.
 Keep me from deceitful ways;
    be gracious to me and teach me your law.
 I have chosen the way of faithfulness;
    I have set my heart on your laws.
 I hold fast to your statutes, Lord;
    do not let me be put to shame.
 I run in the path of your commands,
    for you have broadened my understanding.

 Teach me, Lord, the way of your decrees,
    that I may follow it to the end.
 Give me understanding, so that I may keep your law
    and obey it with all my heart.
 Direct me in the path of your commands,
    for there I find delight.
 Turn my heart toward your statutes
    and not toward selfish gain.
 Turn my eyes away from worthless things;
    preserve my life according to your word.
 Fulfill your promise to your servant,
    so that you may be feared.
 Take away the disgrace I dread,
    for your laws are good.
 How I long for your precepts!
    In your righteousness preserve my life.