"Not Unto Us"

"Not unto us, O LORD, not unto us, but unto thy name give glory, for thy mercy, and for thy truth's sake." (Psalms 115:1)

 One of the first places it is that we check, is that of our humility and gratitude; if we are somehow thinking that God owes us something for what we do, or that something we have is by our own doing, then it is time to stop, repent, and ask the Lord to change our hearts. This is something that is easy to overlook, and it is also something that is easily put forth for others to see. I really love our current President, but this might be one of his biggest issues. There are always those around us that are willing to encourage our way of thinking that we the one that made it all happen; especially those that might benefit from what we might have. But it is never ours to begin with, and it will not go with us when we depart this earth; everything belongs to the Lord! What we might have, we have because the Lord allows us to manage it or use it; it can all be gone in a moments notice, and there is nothing we can do to hold on to anything, except for our salvation. Yesterday I had a firsthand look at the devastation from the current fire. I was inspecting a house for a widow that had lost her home right across the street from the new house she was buying. As I drove up to the property, I thought it was a mistake, and that maybe the wrong address had been given to me. But it was her wish to remain in the same neighborhood and to keep in touch with the same neighbors, whoever might want to remain. As a matter of fact, I have done several inspections over the last week for people that lost their homes, and the majority of them that I have meet are surprisingly happy and in good spirits. But let me tell you what it was like to witness the devastation. I have never seen such a sight in person, ever. There was rows and rows of homes that were nothing but piles of burnt up rubble; most of which, you could not make out what was there. There were many of these places that I have previously been in and inspected; and several of them were homes that were worth a lot of money. If you think that you have something that cannot be taken away, you need to think again, because your salvation is the only thing you have that is secure and cannot be touched...

"All praise to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. It is by his great mercy that we have been born again, because God raised Jesus Christ from the dead. Now we live with great expectation, and we have a priceless inheritance -an inheritance that is kept in heaven for you, pure and undefiled, beyond the reach of change and decay." (1 Peter 1:3-4) NLT