Our God Is Here!

Psalm 115

English Standard Version (ESV)

115 ^(A)Not to us, O Lord, not to us, but to your name give glory,
    ^(B)for the sake of your steadfast love and your faithfulness!

² Why should the nations say,
    ^(C)“Where is their God?”
^3 (D)Our God is in the heavens;
    ^(E)he does all that he pleases.

^4 (F)Their idols are silver and gold,
    ^(G)the work of human hands.
⁵ They have mouths, ^(H)but do not speak;
    eyes, but do not see.
⁶ They have ears, but do not hear;
    noses, but do not smell.
⁷ They have hands, but do not feel;
    feet, but do not walk;
    and they do not make a sound in their throat.
^8 (I)Those who make them become like them;
    so do all who trust in them.

⁹ O ^(J)Israel,^[a] (K)trust in the Lord!
    He is their ^(L)help and their shield.
¹⁰ O ^(M)house of Aaron, trust in the Lord!
    He is their help and ^(N)their shield.
¹¹ You ^(O)who fear the Lord, trust in the Lord!
    He is their help and their shield.

¹² The Lord has remembered us; he will bless us;
    he will bless ^(P)the house of Israel;
    he will bless ^(Q)the house of Aaron;
¹³ he will ^(R)bless those who fear the Lord,
    ^(S)both the small and the great.

¹⁴ May the Lord ^(T)give you increase,
    you and your children!
¹⁵ May ^(U)you be blessed by the Lord,
    ^(V)who made heaven and earth!

¹⁶ The heavens are the Lord's heavens,
    but the earth he has given to the children of man.
^17 (W)The dead do not praise the Lord,
    nor do any who go down into ^(X)silence.
¹⁸ But ^(Y)we will bless the Lord
    from this time forth and forevermore.
^(Z)Praise the Lord!

(http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm+115&version=ESV)

People say all the time how this world is getting worse and worse.  That it is not like it used to be.  Yet as I read this scripture it is exactly the way it used to be.  How many times have we heard the words in this Psalm when times are tough?  That age old question, “Where is God now?”  When school shootings take place, when earth shattering catastrophes happen, when terrorist strike, a child dies, and the list goes on.  If the world isn’t perfect, people want to know where our God is.  That is how it was in the days of old and that is how it is today and the answer remains the same, HE IS WITH US ALL THE WAY! 

God has allowed man to choose who they serve.   Some choose to serve idols, man-made figures that can’t see, talk, walk, or breathe.  They bow down to these thinking that somehow that statue or the god it represents will take care of them.  This is useless worship and a waste of their time.  In chapter 114, God’s creation has the ability see and move.  In  Luke 19:40, Jesus tells us that even the rocks will cry out if others are silent.  Yet when we look at man-made idols, they cannot speak, see, hear, feel, walk, or even clear their throats.  They are nothing because God did not create them.  God did create the ones that made them but they have no trust in Him and because of that, they become just like the idols that they make, useless.

How many reading this blog put more trust in money earned or in so-called influential people.  Who are you serving?  Is God the One that you wake up and want to please each day?  Do other people and their actions make more of an impact on you than the words found in your Bible?  Do you find yourself putting things in front of God?  As you seek Him know that it is through Him that we exist.  It is our duty to bring glory, praise and honor to His name.  If the LORD were to come into your activities today would He be pleased with what you are doing?  Would you feel blessed or embarrassed?  Well, He is there, whether you see Him or not, He sees you.  Trust Him and know that He is God.

Seeking Him with all my heart,

Sheila