JIMMETS – PS 118:7 & 1 COR 10:13

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 Freely you received, Freely give		Time with Jesus – Wednesday, 12 September 2012			Matt 10:8 Freely you received, Freely give
©	These devotionals are the intellectual property of Jim Strickland and copyright protected. You are welcome to copy and distribute them to anyone provided it is for non-commercial Christian purposes					©
	INTRODUCTION		DAILY LIGHT EVENING SCRIPTURES	JIMMETS – PS 118:7 & 1 COR 10:13
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			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	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