"No Idol Thing"

"His enemies will I clothe with shame: but upon himself shall his crown flourish." (Psalms 132:18)

  Matthew Henry has the last verse broken down into two portions, Growing Power and Lasting Power; over this verse, he has, Complete Victory. As I have said before, the title over this Psalm in my Bible is, "God's Temple," which, according to the Scriptures, we are, each and every one of us that are in Christ, we are a tabernacle for the Holy Spirit, which means we are all Temples of God. There are some things we will never totally understand in this life; some things are just too far out of our reach and some things are not even meant for our lifetime. But God works all things out in His time; we are just responsible for the role that we have been given and how we will represent Him in and through our life; there is no down time, no retirement for God's saints, and no vacations in the ministry of the Holy Spirit upon our lives. We might try to make it otherwise, but it is not like you can just turn off and turn back on the power of God in your life. Jonah tried, and you see how that worked out for him! Believe it or not, but the tale of Jonah is one of the favorites for young children's Sunday School lessons; kids, especially very young ones, are just fascinated with the concept of someone living inside a whale, in all sorts of cultures. I can't quite put my finger on it, but there is a small part of this that is closely associated with something Jesus spoke into Peter's life; something that some have used incorrectly, but, nonetheless, it is something that is incredibly important to the way that we can appreciate how important it is that we realize, we are never not His servant...

"He saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am? And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God. And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven. And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it." (Matthew 16:15-18)