"Our Mighty God" -2

"Unto Thee will I cry, O LORD my rock; be not silent to me: lest, if Thou be silent to me, I become like them that go down into the pit." (Psalms 28:1) Do not underestimate the power of God's Word! That's about all I wanted to say about that! On the receiving side (that would be us), we have been given a choice: Do we accept and believe Him in all of His Word? or, do we only believe those parts that make us feel good, and are easy to explain away? There are some that would say God's word is made up of many allegories, with some of those things which cannot be explained being meant as something else; for example, God speaking everything into existence is a figurative way of saying that He caused things to happen. However, if we settle for accepting something that we can more easily explain, aren't we then placing limits on God's abilities? And if we place limits on God's abilities, where does that leave us? There is a reason God says what He says, and how He said it matters! And God said, means that God spoke: He opened His mouth and His words came forth and manifested change; from nothing existing, to something living and growing; from out of the darkness, God spoke Light!!! Why can't we just accept that and believe that it was so? If God wanted to use a whale to swallow Jonah, keep him live in it's belly for three days, and then spit him up where God wanted him to go, then by goodness, God can use a whale! He could use a squid, of a bass, or any other aquatic form of life that pleased Him: because, He is God, and He can do whatever it is that He chooses to do; whether we can explain how it happen or not, God can do it! Now then; here is the message that David is putting forth, which is about crying out to a God that is unlimited in power, his Rock; impregnable fortress of safety and security that cannot be moved! And when a God like that speaks to us, and He tells us how much that He loves us, we are filled with hope beyond imagination; in other words, we could not possibly dream up the amount of hope that is possible of having when we are trusting in God with all of our heart. The flip side of that, are those that go down into the pit, the pit being the grave, as to say, There is no hope for me! From the dust I came, and to the dust will I return..."He that believeth on the Son of God hath the Witness in himself: he that believeth not God hath made Him a liar; because he believeth not the record that God gave of His Son. And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in His Son. He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life." (1 John 5:10-12)...Explain away that!!!