Monday, September 24: Psalms 132-134, 2 Corinthians 10 ~ by Pamela

Today's passage from the Bible In a Year Reading Plan is Psalms 132-134, 2 Corinthians 10

Here are a few things that stood out for me:

11 The Lord swore an oath to David
    with a promise he will never take back:

We were just talking in Sunday school yesterday about how we need to have faith in God by reflecting on His promises. God will always keep his promises. It may not be in our timing but we need to have faith that God will let it happen in His timing.


How wonderful and pleasant it is
    when brothers live together in harmony!

Our principal just read this verse over our morning announcements this week. How true it is. When you think about your family, your classmates, your coworkers....how much more enjoyable it is when everyone gets along. I think about how this verse applies when disagreeing with people and how to speak the truth in love and still maintain a relationship with a person with whom you disagree.

3 We are human, but we don’t wage war as humans do. 4 [a]We use God’s mighty weapons, not worldly weapons, to knock down the strongholds of human reasoning and to destroy false arguments.

Again, a reminder to have faith that God will do His good works in His time. Also that it is not our job to alienate or judge those and perhaps turn them from God because of our words and actions.

18 When people commend themselves, it doesn’t count for much. The important thing is for the Lord to commend them.

What a great reminder. We should not believe that our accomplishments are ours and ours alone. It is God who gives us our talents and when we use them to honour Him, we will be worthy of the highest praise from our creator "Well done, good and faithful servant"

Tomorrow's Bible In a Year Passage: Psalms 135-137, 2 Corinthians 11