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Wednesday, June
7, 2023
Last
evening
Brooksyne,
along with a
couple of our
young
neighbors,
walked our
four dogs.
Three of the
dogs may be
small but they
gave the
children a
good work-out.
She snapped a
photo of the
sunset at the
start of the
trail across
from our
house. Due to
wildfires in
Canada the air
in Lancaster
County was
hazy last
evening and
forecast to
last through
Friday.
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"Man's
Plans or God's Plans?"
Message
summary: Today
in the midst
of this age of
lawlessness
let us stand
up for truth
and
righteousness
and pray for a
Holy Spirit
sent revival
to descend
upon our
world! Rather
than thinking
up evil and
planning
wickedness let
us seek to
live by God's
plan for our
lives as we
study and obey
His holy Word.
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to our message
on your audio
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"Woe
to those who
think up evil
and plan
wickedness as
they lie in
bed. When
morning comes,
they do it,
since they
have it in
their power"
(Micah 2:1).
“For I know
the plans I
have for you,”
declares the
Lord, “plans
to prosper you
and not to
harm you,
plans to give
you hope and a
future”
(Jeremiah
29:11). “There
is a way that
seems right to
a man, but in
the end it
leads to
death”
(Proverbs
14:12). "For
the mystery of
lawlessness is
already at
work" (2
Thessalonians
2:7).
"Everyone who
makes a
practice of
sinning also
practices
lawlessness;
sin is
lawlessness"
(1 John 3:4).
Today
we continue
examining mega
themes in the
book of Micah.
As I studied
the book in
preparation
for my
teaching last
Sunday I
noticed a
contrast
between man's
plans and
God's plans.
The
second chapter
begins, "Woe
to those who think
up evil and
plan
wickedness
as they lie in
bed. When
morning comes,
they do it,
since they
have it in
their power".
This ancient
woe is also a
current woe.
The human race
continues to "think
up evil and
plan
wickedness".
Romans 1:30
sums this up,
"They
invent ways of
doing evil".
What a tragic
description of
the human race
unrestrained
by God's
Spirit and
God's Word.
Yesterday
in reading
some cultural
commentary I
came across
the example du
jour of
inventing new
ways of doing
evil. One of
the most evil
organizations
in our age is
misnamed
"Planned
Parenthood".
They have a
series of
videos on
their YouTube
channel
celebrating
abortion. One
is of a woman
pretending to
be a man who
needed an
abortion to
proceed with
her
"transition".
The link is
below but
proceed with
caution as it
is absolutely
repulsive.*
Our age is
indeed in a
hectic pace to
invent new
ways of doing
evil.
In
life we are
all confronted
with a
personal mega
decision: will
we live by our
own plans or
seek to live
by God's
plans? The
Lord's ancient
word to God's
people in
captivity is
an expression
of the
unchangeable
God and His
plans for each
of us in every
generation, “For
I know the
plans I have
for you,”
declares the
Lord, “plans
to prosper you
and not to
harm you,
plans to give
you hope and a
future”
(Jeremiah
29:11).
The
spirit of
lawlessness is
rapidly
increasing in
our time. Here
in America we
are dealing
with issues
practically
unimaginable a
generation ago
(or for that
matter, even
five years
ago!) These
issues surely
signal a
return to the
turbulent
Biblical
period of the
Judges when
the people
became their
own authority
and acted on
their own
opinions of
right and
wrong. The
writer
portrays the
spiritual
climate with
these words: “Everyone
did what was
right in his
own eyes”
(Judges
21:25). It is
also
descriptive of
our own time
period today,
man-determined
morality.
“Man-determined
morality” is
expressed in
our third
daily text, “There
is a way that
seems right to
a man, but in
the end it
leads to
death”
(Proverbs
14:12). It is
a sin-based
infection
wreaking havoc
on a society;
rejecting God,
His Word and
His holy
standards.
Mankind raises
a defiant fist
to God
declaring, "I’ll
do it my way".
But God will
not be mocked
and we will
reap from that
which we sow
(Galatians
6:7-9).
An interesting aspect of our third daily verse is that it’s repeated twice verbatim in the book of Proverbs (see also 16:25). It seems that the Holy Spirit wants to make doubly sure we get this one right! It’s a clear and straightforward saying with a timeless truth.
“There is a way that seems right to a man.” The Benson Commentary states, “There are some evil actions or courses which people may think to be lawful and good, either through gross ignorance, or self-flattery, or through want of necessary diligence in examining them by the rule of God’s word".
“But in the end it leads to death.” Man's way always leads to death. Sometimes this judgment is meted out visibly on this side, otherwise at the final judgment.
An interesting aspect of our third daily verse is that it’s repeated twice verbatim in the book of Proverbs (see also 16:25). It seems that the Holy Spirit wants to make doubly sure we get this one right! It’s a clear and straightforward saying with a timeless truth.
“There is a way that seems right to a man.” The Benson Commentary states, “There are some evil actions or courses which people may think to be lawful and good, either through gross ignorance, or self-flattery, or through want of necessary diligence in examining them by the rule of God’s word".
“But in the end it leads to death.” Man's way always leads to death. Sometimes this judgment is meted out visibly on this side, otherwise at the final judgment.
We
pray that God
will give each
reader deep
discernment to
understand our
times as the
spirit of
lawlessness
abounds in our
age. Firmly
resolve your
decision to
remain
faithful to
God and walk
in His ways.
In a
remarkable
prophetic
statement in
Daniel 12:10
we read, “The
wicked will
act wickedly;
and none of
the wicked
will
understand,
but those who
have insight
will
understand".
Today in the midst of this age of lawlessness let us stand up for truth and righteousness and pray for a Holy Spirit sent revival to descend upon our world! Let us seek to live by God's plan for our lives as we study and obey His holy Word.
Today in the midst of this age of lawlessness let us stand up for truth and righteousness and pray for a Holy Spirit sent revival to descend upon our world! Let us seek to live by God's plan for our lives as we study and obey His holy Word.
Be
encouraged
today, (Hebrews
3:13)
Daily
prayer: Father,
we know there
is a way that
seems right to
a man, but in
the end it
leads to
death. That’s
why we cannot
choose a
man-based law
that stands in
contrast to
the Bible, for
it will lead
us to
spiritual
death and we
will
ultimately
spend eternity
apart from You
and all the
untold
blessings You
have prepared
for us in
heaven. For
those of us
who seek to
follow Your
word help us
not to cave in
to the spirit
of lawlessness
by cleverly
invented
arguments that
permits the
law of man to
supercede the
law of God.
Through Christ
we come to You
in prayer with
a firm resolve
to remain
faithful and
fruitful.
Amen.Today's
Suggested Music and Supplemental
Resources
"Sovereign
Over Us"
Click to
listen on
YouTube
Worship
Initiative
Your
plans are
still to
prosper
You have not forgotten us
You're with us in the fire and the flood
You're faithful forever
Perfect in love
You are sovereign over us
You have not forgotten us
You're with us in the fire and the flood
You're faithful forever
Perfect in love
You are sovereign over us
"The
Goodness Of
God"
Click to
listen on
YouTube
Triumphant
Quartet
* Here's the story mentioned in our message today on "Not The Bee" where I first read about it, along with some insightful commentary, Planned Parenthood says "any reason is the right reason" to get an abortion and introduces "Lucky," who got one because she wanted to start identifying as a man
Here's
the actual Planned
Parenthood
video.
Caution, this
is sheer,
unadulterated
evil. I use
the actual
Planned
Parenthood
link on their
YouTube
channel
because you
might think I
was being
duped. It's
not satire!
It's in a
series of
recent videos
from women who
have had
abortions
talking about
how great and
wonderful
their
experience was
and why "any
reason is the
right reason"
to get an
abortion.
This morning we are meeting up with the Lapp family who have been spending several days at a cabin near Rough and Ready PA which is not far from Fearnot. We will take them to a mountain lake to swim at RB Winter State Park and then to Woodward Cave for a tour before we head back to Lancaster County. Jesse rented this large 15 passenger transit van that I can practically stand up in. Notice how large it is compared to our minivan in the background. Also notice how dry our grass is as we sure need rain!
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These
flowers are in
a re-purposed
wheelbarrow at
an Amish
greenhouse.
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to enlarge)
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