Trivia:
Way to go everyone, you guessed the right answer about how many viewers every year travel to see the Niagara Falls in the U. S. about 9.5 million. The falls can be viewed from a restaurant that is in full view of the falls or there is a ship that travels the bottom of the falls path as well. Josh has taken that ship to enjoy the immensity of the falls. These views illustrate the majestic power of our creator God.
Challenge:
Psalm 12:1-8 "Help, O Lord, for the godly are fast disappearing! The faithful have vanished from the earth! Neighbors lie to each other, speaking with flattering lips and deceitful hearts. May the Lord cut off their flattering lips and silence their boastful tongues. They say, "We will lie to our hearts' content. Our lips are our own--who can stop us?"
The Lord replies, "I have seen violence done to the helpless, and I have heard the groans of the poor. Now I will rise up to rescue them, as they have longed for me to do."
The Lord's promises are pure, like silver refined in a furnace, purified seven times over. Therefore, Lord, we know you will protect the oppressed, preserving them forever from this lying generation, even though the wicked strut about, and evil is praised throughout the land."
As a young boy I remember the saying, "The proof is in the pudding." This saying was meaning to say, that the evidence of a good cook is in the consistency and flavoring of his food not in its appearance. Have you noticed when you go to the fast food restaurant how the pictures are so much more appealing than in the food delivered to your table or car? Do you remember the advertisement where when the hamburger was delivered to the hungry grandmother who said, "Where's the beef?"
Well the Psamist is reminding us of who our confidence should be placed in, the easy spoken word, or in the final product. Unfortunately, many men have made promises, but then failed to hold themselves to those promises.
God however has never made a promise that He doesn't keep. We have His whole creation as living proof. The precise timing of the stars that shine at night, the sun that rises to light the sky, and so many more. So my friend put your trust in His promise to you.
For "The Lord's promises are pure".
SO GO WITH GOD for He has given us living proof of His existence, through His daily provisions. Look at the plant that when placed in the ground returns to give life. If you have a question about this, just open your refrigerator and look in and see the many proofs of His existence, the eggs which have been placed there as His proof for you that He can be trusted. Yes we are surrounded with this evidence.