THROUGH THE BIBLE IN THREE YEARS
A four-year-old was praying before bedtime. She couldn't remember all the words to "the Lord's prayer," but she was very innovative.
She said, "And Lord, please forgive us our trash baskets, as we forgive those who put trash in our baskets."
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Ps 120:5-7
5 Woe is me, that I sojourn in Mesech, that I dwell in the tents of Kedar!
6 My soul hath long dwelt with him that hateth peace.
7 I am for peace: but when I speak, they are for war.
KJV
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The terms "Mesech" and "Kedar" represent unsaved people who are constantly warring against God's saved people. The psalmists concern in verses 1 and 2 about those who practice lies and deceipt is because he is SURROUNDED by them. They put "trash" in his "basket," and the world does that to Christians today.
The soul of the saved longs for "peace," but those who are without God are constantly bothersome.
The saved long to live in peace for the Spirit of God calls upon us to do so. But the constant agitation of lying and deceitfulness causes the saved soul to cry out to God in prayer and beg deliverance.
God answers that prayer in two ways.
First, God gives IMMEDIATE relief by His own personal presence in the life of the believer. Jesus said, "my peace I give unto you....Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid." (John 14:27) Thus the believer is filled with "...the peace that passeth all understanding" (Philippians 4:7) by the presence of Christ in his life.
Second, God gives ETERNAL relief by bringing us to the "land of peace" forever "Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant, Make you perfect in every good work to do his will, working in you that which is wellpleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ; to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen." (Hebrews 13:20-21)
One day, God will make us "perfect" and place us in a place filled with "peace!"
PRAISE GOD! Then there will be no more "trash" to put in our "baskets!"
Love ya,
Bruce