The Purpose of Knowing (2)

I know, O LORD, that Your judgments are righteous, and that in faithfulness You have afflicted me.  Psalm 119:75  NASB Faithfulness – Amen to that!  Amen to what?  To the faithfulness of God when He afflicts me!  The Hebrew is emuna’, from the same root as Amen.  God is faithful.  That means He is trustworthy,…

The Purpose of Knowing (1)

I know, O LORD, that Your judgments are righteous, and that in faithfulness You have afflicted me.  Psalm 119:75  NASB Your judgments – I wonder if we can confidently echo David’s poetry.  Do we really know that the judgments of the Lord are righteous, every one of them?  The Hebrew is ki-tsedeq (righteous, just, justice,…

Amen to that

“I know, O Lord, that Your judgments are righteous, and that in faithfulness You have afflicted me” Psalm 119:75 Amen to that Faithfulness – Every day I receive prayer requests for health related issues.  Most of these are pleas for recovery or safety from cancer.  I never know exactly what to pray when I take…