by Pastor Cecil | Aug 3, 2016 | Psalm
Psalm 37:4
“Commit your way to the Lord, trust also in Him, and He shall bring it to pass.”
Yesterday I wrote about an accident that occurred when I was riding with a Deputy Sheriff in Canyon County, Idaho. I remember another time when I was riding along with the same Deputy when we received an emergency call for a car that had broken through the ice on a local lake.
When we responded to the scene we found the car broken through the thin ice and a teenage girl trapped in the front passenger seat. The icy water was almost up to her shoulders. Fortunately, the car was on the bottom and not in danger of submerging any further, but the girl was close to hypothermia.
There were three other teens standing around the car, but they were almost in a state of shock and were not able to help. Deputy Edwards immediately entered the water and after five or ten minutes was able to free her from the wreckage. Soon an ambulance arrived and the girl was saved – cold, but out of danger.
That particular day the car was driven by a young man who thought the ice was thick enough to support the weight of his car. He was wrong! He relied on his faulty judgment instead of the reality of the situation. Many people today are skating on the thin ice of human reasoning instead of the infallible Word of God. That, my dear friend, is relying on very THIN ICE indeed! Don’t risk eternity!
Blessings dear hearts! May God richly bless you as you bless others by your words and actions!
– – – Pastor Cecil
by Pastor Cecil | Aug 2, 2016 | Galatians
Galatians 6:7
“Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap.”
When I was a County Juvenile Probation Officer, I often accompanied one of the Deputy Sheriffs on patrol. On one occasion we were stopped by a road construction crew. The flagger seemed interested in talking to us since we were in a marked police vehicle.
We had been stopped for about five minutes when another car approached. The flagman waved his stop sign, but the car plowed into the back of our vehicle propelling us about twenty feet. Fortunately the deputy had the vehicle in “neutral” rather than “park” or we may have suffered injuries.
The driver of the other car was extremely intoxicated and began to scream at the top of her lungs, “He didn’t stignal! He didn’t stignal!” (Yes, that is the way she said it). She repeated this over and over, even when the local Police agency came and arrested her for drunk driving.
There are many warnings in God’s Word that people ignore to their own peril. In today’s Scripture we are reminded once again of that truth. It is like the old railroad crossing signs that clearly alerted drivers to STOP! LOOK! and LISTEN! It certainly applies in our spiritual life!
Blessings dear hearts! May God richly bless you as you bless others by your words and actions!
– – – Pastor Cecil
by Pastor Cecil | Aug 1, 2016 | Psalm
Psalm 23:4
“Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil; for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.”
One day last week I was returning home from an appointment. I was a block from my house and gliding along at about ten miles per hour when I noticed an eight-inch long shadow gliding along the pavement. It was then that I saw a two-inch long insect flying closer to me. The sun was at just the right angle to magnify the shadow of the tiny insect.
When I replay that scene in my mind, I am reminded that shadows are always larger than real life. The Psalmist reminds us that we travel through the valley of the shadow of death, not the valley of death.
What is the difference? The difference is that shadows are magnified. That means things we fear appear to be larger than life. Not only that, we have our Great Shepherd, Jesus Christ, who carries a rod and staff to rescue and protect us.
The next time you encounter the shadow of fear in your life, remember who is walking beside you. He knows how big the threat really is and He alone is able to shield and protect you.
Blessings dear hearts! May God richly bless you as you bless others by your words and actions!
– – – Pastor Cecil
