{"id":706,"date":"2013-05-14T11:42:16","date_gmt":"2013-05-14T11:42:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/emailsfromdad.com\/wp\/2013\/05\/14\/finding-god-not-making-god\/"},"modified":"2013-05-14T11:42:16","modified_gmt":"2013-05-14T11:42:16","slug":"finding-god-not-making-god","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/emailsfromdad.com\/wp\/2013\/05\/14\/finding-god-not-making-god\/","title":{"rendered":"Finding God, Not Making God!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Psalms 143 \u2013 145<\/strong><\/p>\n

Before I get started, if you are following the guide you will know after this we have 19 more \u201cthoughts\u201d and then we are finished with this version. I am going to spend a month after that not doing a thought and get caught up on other reading and testing I need to do. After that I am considering writing a book about an Engineers view on the Bible. What would you like to see or not see?<\/p>\n

Verse 143:2 states something we don\u2019t think about much:<\/p>\n

Enter not into judgement with your servant,
for no one living is righteous before you. <\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

We must realize that no matter how \u201cgood\u201d we think we are, we still fall short.Jesus throughout his ministry made this perfectly clear. He pointed to lust of a married man as an adulterous act, even if it was just a thought. He also pointed out the love of money was evil. Note that money itself is not evil, but focus on it and you will be separated from God. We have a way to keep out lives in check; it is our confession to Jesus. Remember this is not a one time all is ok pray, but often a multiple time a day prayer.<\/p>\n

Verse 144:2 describes God in a military sense:<\/p>\n

he is my steadfast love and my fortress,
my stronghold and my deliverer,
my shield and he in whom I take refuge,
who subdues peoples under me. <\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

My many of the people in the Bible God means military might, David became the accepted king by his military might. God was with him and provided the defenses so he could win on the offensive. There are so many others whose relationship with God was more about war that about love. I think of Samson whose hair was his fortress and once gone he was overtaken. Also, one of the main reasons Jesus was rejected was the people were looking for a warrior in the Messiah and not who Jesus was in reality.<\/p>\n

I have to make a quick comment on verse 144:4 and Ecclesiastes:<\/p>\n

Man is like a breath;
his days are like a passing shadow. <\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Solomon in Ecclesiastes said \u201cthere is nothing new under the sun\u201d in Ecclesiastes 1:9. This is one of those verses that appear in part by Shakespeare in Macbeth, a line that compares out lives to shadows and candles sounds very similar to the above verse.<\/p>\n

Verse 145:8 is something we all hope:<\/p>\n

The LORD is gracious and merciful,
slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love. <\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

As we meander through life one has to wonder how much this really applies. We seem to be going through trials and difficulties all the time. Often we look at this and wonder how can that be, then we have to look at the world around us to realize this is true. This world has become so self-centered that it surprises me Revelations is not underway already. Think about how God is being replaced by scientific explanations that although still do not have the answer but have removed God, the true answer, from the equation. Many Christians look to Jesus as their Buddha where they rub his belly and get what they wish for. We as not about sacrifice, but about self, even in the church today. Remember the fate of the apostles today as you go out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Psalms 143 \u2013 145 Before I get started, if you are following the guide you will know after this we have 19 more \u201cthoughts\u201d and then we are finished with this version. I am going to spend a month after that not doing a thought and get caught up on other reading and testing I … Continue reading “Finding God, Not Making God!”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/emailsfromdad.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/706"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/emailsfromdad.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/emailsfromdad.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/emailsfromdad.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/emailsfromdad.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=706"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/emailsfromdad.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/706\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/emailsfromdad.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=706"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/emailsfromdad.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=706"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/emailsfromdad.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=706"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}