Daily Lectionary: May I ask with whom I am speaking?

Morning: Psalms 15, 147:1-11
Numbers 17:1-14
Romans 4:13-25
Mathew 20:1-16
Evening: Psalms 48, 4

"Against all hope, Abraham in hope believed." Romans 4:18

Why is faith so important to God? Because just as God is Spirit, we are essentially spirit, and in the spiritual realm faith has the same importance horsepower has on the highway.

"You [Lord] have filled my heart with greater joy than when their grain and new wine abound." Psalms 4:8

We recognize the Holy Spirit because when we're talking with Him our hearts are filled with more joy than if we were enjoying an abundant banquet! If you´re not filled with that joy it is not the Holy Spirit with whom you are speaking; it is some other spirit.

You will say to me, "But where then is grief? Surely the believer will experience a range of emotions that extends beyond simply joy(?)" Certainly, but the joy of the Lord and friendship with His Holy Spirit are our tether, as a string to a kite or a rope to a caver, as we experience the fullest range of human emotions in ourselves and in those we accompany. One who does not have this Life-line must always be careful not to wander beyond their own capacities. We, on the other hand, can do all things and go all places through Him who loves us.

Blessed day.

JK
"Man does not live on bread alone but on every word that comes from the mouth of the Lord." Deuteronomy 8:3