"Beyond the Pale" -Too

"From the rising of the sun unto the going down of the same the LORD'S name is to be praised." (Psalms 113:3)

 Whether or not we understand it, does not change the outcome; our destination will be the same no matter what happens along the way. That is what this verse is speaking about, in a roundabout kind of way, if you get my meaning. What else does the rising and going down of the sun speak about, except the goings on of this earth. Heaven is where the decisions are made; heaven is where God plans and administers everything that happens. Every new day the world experiences does not change what God has planed, because it has been planed a long, very long time ago. Can we simply put our trust in God's word and ignore how things might appear? I believe that we must, with all of our might, we must! Anything else is borderline insanity; literally, we could go insane if we do not firmly trust His word above all else. We must, because anything less would be living a lie; a rollercoaster ride where you simply don't know what to expect or how to react around every curve or down every drop in pressure. When we simply trust in His word, none of those changes matter, no matter how drastic or sudden they might happen, it is always the same result in the end. Think of the night when Jesus was arrested, how all that He went through, from one act of punishment, humility, and torture, to another, nothing that anyone could do to Him was going to change the outcome: He was going to be crucified and rise again on the third day, no matter what! But that did not end there, because after spending some wonderful time, 40 days of supernatural ministry, He would be taken up into heaven where He would sit at the right hand of the Father. Is there anything normal in all of that? He truly is the Author and Finisher of our faith...

"Sing a new song to the LORD! Sing his praises from the ends of the earth! Sing, all you who sail the seas, all you who live in distant coastlands. Join the chorus, you desert towns; let the villages of Kedar rejoice! Let the people of Sela sing for joy; shout praises from the mountaintops! Let the whole world glorify the LORD; let it sing his praise. The LORD will march like a mighty hero; he will come out like a warrior, full of fury. He will shout his battle cry and crush all his enemies. He will say, "I have long been silent; yes, I have restrained myself. But now, like a woman in labor, I will cry and groan and pant. I will level the mountain and hills and blight all their greenery. I will turn rivers into dry land and will dry up all the pools. I will lead blind Israel down a new path, guiding them along an unfamiliar way. I will brighten the darkness before them and smooth out the road ahead of them. Yes, I will indeed do these things; I will not forsake them. But those who trust in idols, who say, 'You are our gods,' will be turned away in shame."" (Isaiah 42:10-17) NLT