Seeking God

Posted on 2013/06/20 by Shawn Thomas

Psalm 24:6 says: “Such is the generation of those who seek Him, who seek the face of the God of Jacob”. What is the “such” that is referred to here? HOW do you “seek the face of the God of Jacob”? Those are important questions. Psalm 24 opens by saying that God is the Lord of all the earth. Since that is so, the most important thing anyone can do is to seek Him. Scripture commands us elsewhere to seek the Lord. But HOW do you do this?

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Who May Ascend?

Posted on 2013/06/19 by Shawn Thomas

Psalm 24 opens by declaring that Yahweh, the God of Israel, is the God of ALL the earth (“the earth is the Lord’s”). The next verse (:3) asks a vital question: “Who may ascend into the hill of YHWH, and who may stand in His holy place?” Having established that there is a God, Yahweh, to Whom belongs the whole world and everything in it, then the single most important question in life is: how may you know Him? If one ignores this question, he is missing the whole point of life.
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The Earth is the Lord’s

Posted on 2013/06/18 by Shawn Thomas

Psalm 24 seems to be divided up into 3 distinct sections:

— :1-2 The Lord’s creation and Lordship over all the world
— :3-6 The holiness required of those who would seek the Lord
— :7-10 The entrance of the King of glory

All 3 sections speak of qualities of God: as Creator; as Holy; as Glorious. The first section reminds us of some fundamental truths about the God of the Bible: Continue reading →

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They Will Perish, But You Remain

Posted on 2013/06/17 by Shawn Thomas

Hebrews 1 quotes a number of Old Testament scriptures to prove the deity and superiority of Christ. Verse 11, quoting Psalm 102:26, says of the heavens and earth, which Christ created, “they will perish, but You remain.” It is always good for us to remember that every created thing will perish, everything on which we might be tempted to set our hope, or love inordinately:

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Finding His Path

Posted on 2013/06/16 by Shawn Thomas

In Psalm 25:4 David prayed: “make me know Your ways, O Lord; teach me Your paths.” Many of us might echo his prayer. But how will this happen? Look later in the Psalm:

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Bring Me Out!

Posted on 2013/06/15 by Shawn Thomas

We often point out how God uses trials and difficulties for His purposes — and the repeated witness of scripture is that He certainly DOES do that. But here in Psalm 25:17 David entreats God: “Bring me OUT of my distresses.” Continue reading →

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Can God Have A God?

Posted on 2013/06/14 by Shawn Thomas

In Hebrews 1:8-9 there are two seemingly contradictory truths which only orthodox Christian doctrine can rightly reconcile: Continue reading →

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A New Regimen: POTS Update, June 2013

Posted on 2013/06/13 by Shawn Thomas

I haven’t updated much on my bout with dysautonomia or POTS (Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome) in a while, basically because I haven’t had much to report. In a previous post I shared that I had been much improved since we moved from Louisiana to Oklahoma (the difference in elevation/atmospheric pressure and climate seem to have helped) although I have still not been “well” at all — very weak, with episodes of POTS headaches and fatigue. I have continued to walk in order to build up my strength, but my programme was interrupted by a horrible 2-week bout with a virus in April, after which I basically had to “start over” with the strengthening process. I’d gotten back up to 2 miles walking a day and was feeling like I was seeing some improvement, having preached again for the first time in 8 months in May, when it was time to go see a doctor.

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Fixing Your Eyes On Him

Posted on 2013/06/13 by Shawn Thomas

Psalm 25:15 says: “My eyes are continually toward the Lord.” This is one of the keys to walking with God: keeping our eyes continually on Him. This is what Psalm 16:8 means when it says: “I have set the Lord continually before me.” It is a constant fixing of our “mind’s eye” on the reality of the presence and the Person of God. It is what Brother Lawrence called “practicing the presence of the Lord” at all times. This is also where many of us would admit that we fall short; we do NOT constantly look to Him as we should, and many of our other failures as God’s people are a result of this one.

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The Way You Should Choose

Posted on 2013/06/12 by Shawn Thomas

Psalm 25:12 says: “Who is the man who fears the Lord? He will instruct him in the way he should choose.” Many people are seeking to make the right choices for their career or other important life issues. This is, in fact, one of the most common questions people have regarding their Christian life: what is God’s will for me? What decision should I make? This verse promises that God will indeed instruct a certain type of person in the way he should choose:

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