Friday, January 03, 2014

Psalm 34:2-3

Build your house on the Solid Rock of Christ Jesus

My soul shall make her boast in the LORD: the humble shall hear thereof, and be glad.  Psalm 34:2

Overall, We should not be boastful.  Boasting is bad.   Boasting is pride.  Pride in self is definitely, wrong.  If we have 'pride' it should be in our God and Lord.    Every good and perfect gift comes from above, from the Father of lights...  James 1:17.     There is nothing good in us.  Romans 7:18.  

If we boast, we should boast about Christ alone, not in or about ourselves.  In short, we should let the world see the good that we do and give Glory to God.  Matthew 5:16

This leads us to the second half of verse 2:   ...the humble shall hear thereof, and be glad.

Having humility is the opposite of being prideful, or boasting.   The bible records numerous instannces about the sin of pride and of God resisting the proud.   And on the contrary: He EXHALTS the humble.

 Better it is to be of an humble spirit with the lowly, than to divide the spoil with the proud. ~ Proverbs 16:19

When a humble person hears testimony of God glorified, they are encouraged.   This verse specifically calls out the 'humble' that will be glad.  Some people (the prideful) may not hear.  Matthew 11:15 

Whether unbelievers hear or not is up to the Holy Ghost.   But the saints should be fertile soil.  Let's be ENCOURAGERS.  Let our souls boast in the Lord.  This is our testimony in Christ Jesus:

He is our HOPE

My hope is built on nothing less than Jesus' blood and righteousness.  ...I wholly stand on Jesus' Name:  On Christ the solid rock I stand, all other ground is sinking sand...    Matthew 7:24-27,  Edward Mole

He is our HELP: 

I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help.   My help cometh from the Lord, which made heaven and earth.  Psalm 121:1-2
 
Friends, it's all about JESUS. 

O magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt his name together.  Psalm 34, verse 3

 

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