Time with Jesus - Wednesday, 12
September 2012
Hi all,
Today’s meditation focuses on two verses of Scripture.
Both of them are in Jimmet style. There is a connection between them both.
Blessings
Jim
& Phyllida Strickland
Matt 10:8
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Time with Jesus – Wednesday, 12 September 2012
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Matt 10:8
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INTRODUCTION
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DAILY
LIGHT EVENING SCRIPTURES
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JIMMETS – PS 118:7 & 1 COR 10:13
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Today’s Scriptures and meditation were “tailor made”
for writing a couple of Jimmets. Both of them remind me of my early days in
Christianity. I seem to recall that we did much more singing back then than
we do now. Perhaps this is a subjective opinion brought about by what we used
to refer to as “Old Man Syndrome”. As a young man in the 1960’s, the “old men
and women” didn’t seem to have any time for the latest modern music. Now
things have gone full circle. It the folk of my generation that get irritated
with modern music. I’m tempted to ask if it really is music. But I’ve thought
better of it!
I’m reminded of a UK TV programme in the early
1960”s called “Juke Box Jury” It was one of my favourite programmes in those
days. The compare, David Jacobs, would play one of the latest musical
releases and ask the jury to mark it out of five. The younger members of the
jury always gave a favourable mark. The older ones didn’t. I suspect it was
this question and answer time between each song that the audience enjoyed
most. One young girl – she must be in her 70’s now, would listen and in a
deep Somerset accent say, “Oi Loikes it, Oil Bouy it and Oil give it foive”.
The audience would roar with laughter. The most amusing incident I recall was
when one of the older members of the jury appeared with a peg on his nose. He
said that the noise was bad enough. He couldn’t face the smell.
Over the next couple of years, music changed. We
went through a marvellous time when Dave and Dale Garret recorded “Scripture
in Song”. They had a gift of being able to find tunes suitable for singing
various Scripture verses. Some 40 years later I still find myself “singing”
those old songs. It was because it was the way I was able to memorise
Scripture. Today the easiest way for me to remember the first few verses of Isaiah 61 is to sing them. Never loudly of
course. It wouldn’t be appreciated.
The first Jimmet is an extrapolation of Psalms 118:7. As I read, it I’m reminded of
singing “Who is on the Lord’s side?” The Scripture states “The LORD is on my
side as my helper”. It’s not exactly the same thing. But if He is on my side,
logic tells me that I’m on His side. That must be the connection in my mind.
One of the first Scriptures I committed to memory was 1 Corinthians 10:13 Back then the only readily available
translation was the KJV. It follows that the Scriptures memorised were all in
King James translation English. No doubt people memorise verses today from
one of the more recent translations. That’s fine. But somehow there is
something about the KJV that still appeals to me. I must confess that many
times I don’t understand the KJV meaning. That’s when I look at other
translations to get a “feel” for the meaning. This is why the Scripture
quotations in the middle of these meditations are from different
translations. My “Daily Light” is from the KJV. So I try to find a Scripture
which I think brings out the best meaning. Sure it’s subjective. But it helps
me.
The 1 Cor. 10:13
has been of great help. Through it I’ve started to understand that everything
I’ll ever experience has been experienced by Jesus and or those who have gone
on ahead of us. It’s comforting to know that Satan can’t dream up anything
new that will ensure his success over us. It’s also good to know that Jesus
is fully in charge. Satan can’t stop Him.
Jim &
Phyllida Strickland
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7 The LORD is on my side as my helper; I shall
look in triumph on those who hate me.
Psalms 118:7 ESV
For the choir director: A psalm of David. 1
In times of trouble, may the LORD answer your
cry. May the name of the God of Jacob keep you safe from all harm. 2
May He
send you help from His sanctuary and strengthen
you from Jerusalem.
Psalms 20:1-2 NLT
5 May we shout for joy when we hear of your victory and raise
a victory banner in the name of our God. May the LORD answer all your
prayers.
Psalms 20:5 NLT
7 Some nations boast of their chariots and horses, but we boast in the
name of the LORD our God. 8 Those nations will fall down and
collapse, but we will rise up and stand firm.
Psalms 20:7-8 NLT
19 So
they shall fear the name of Jehovah from the west, and His glory from the
rising of the sun. When the enemy shall come in
like a flood, the Spirit of Jehovah shall make him flee.
Isaiah 59:19 MKJV
13 No test or temptation that comes your way is beyond the
course of what others have had to face. All you need to remember is that God
will never let you down; he'll never let you be pushed past your limit; he'll
always be there to help you come through it.
1 Corinthians 10:13 MSG
31 What
should we say then? Since God is on our side, who
can be against us?
Romans 8:31 NIrV
6 The LORD is for me, so I will have no fear. What
can mere people do to me?
Psalms 118:6 NLT
17 If
this be so, our God whom we serve is able to
deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out
of your hand, O king.
Daniel 3:17 ESV
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PSALMS 118:7
We
know that if the Lord is on our side,
We’ll
look in triumph at the ones who hate,
Us
with a passion which they cannot hide;
And
constantly are seeking to berate,
God’s
people. Lord, that’s why we look to You.
You
have been our helper through the years.
Thank
You there is naught that they can do,
And
they’ll become a victim of their fears.
O
Lord is there a possibility,
That
You will change them? Lord for this we pray.
It
would be so wonderful to see.
Them
following You, Master, every day.
Though
it seems the chance is very slim,
Without
You Lord, their future is so grim!
Jim
Strickland
1 CORINTHIANS 10:13
You’ve
said that no temptation comes along,
That
ever in our lives we’ll have to face,
That
can’t be overcome if we are strong.
That’s
why, O Lord, You’ve granted us Your grace.
Our
trials and our temptations aren’t unique.
Other
men of God have faced them too.
You
have strengthened them when they were weak;
And
the time has come for us to do,
What
they did. To stand and not to yield.
The
enemy may come in like a flood;
And
tell us that our fate is surely sealed,
But,
we have the power of Your blood.
And
that Master, You will show the way,
To
escape; regardless; come what may!
Jim
Strickland – Written 12th September 2012
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