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Blog Archives:
November, 2004
By Suzanne Leitz
November
30, 2004 GOD DOESN'T LIE
As I open my Bible this morning to read
Psalm 93, my eyes fall to the last verse in Psalm 92 that I
read yesterday. It is highlighted. Verses
12-15 tell how the
righteous will flourish like a palm tree, growing like a cedar of Lebanon
planted in the house of the Lord, bearing fruit in old age, staying fresh
and green,
“proclaiming, "The LORD is upright;
he is my Rock, and there is no wickedness in him."
What immediately strikes me is something I
already know but that the Holy Spirit wants to make fresh to me today: the
Lord is upright. There is no wickedness in Him. Duh. But I have to get it
again this morning. The Lord is upright! There is no wickedness in Him!
God is not a man that He should lie! In fact,
Numbers 23:19 (NIV)
19"God is not a man, that He should lie,
Nor a son of man, that He should repent.
Has He said, and will He not do?
Or has He spoken, and will He not make it good?”
If He said it, He will do it! He is not like
some people we know who disappoint us or let us down, who make empty
promises. He is God and He doesn’t lie. His word is good. Or, should I
say, He is good for His word.
Isaiah 55:11 (NIV)
11 so is my word that goes out from my mouth:
It will not return to me empty,
but will accomplish what I desire
and achieve the purpose for which I sent it.
Isaiah 55:11 (MSG)
11So will the words that come out of my mouth
not come back empty-handed.
They'll do the work I sent them to do,
they'll complete the assignment I gave them.
Or, as the angel told Mary when questioned
about the virgin birth, “Nothing is impossible with God.” The Amplified
Bible really brings out the true shades of meaning:
Luke 1:37
37For with God nothing is ever
impossible and no word from God shall be without power or impossible of
fulfillment.
Said another way, every word from God
contains within itself the power to accomplish what God has put into it.
Same song; we’ve heard it before. God
doesn’t lie. However, I don’t know about you, but my faith needs to be
refreshed every once in a while. Like it is this morning. Thank you,
Father. Thank you, Holy Spirit, for illuminating God’s word to me.
© 2005 Suzanne Leitz
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