Wednesday, October 19, 2011
For some unknown reason I find this relevant to my life at the moment. Maybe not the rebellious side so much but the confidence in resting in God. See what happens maybe I'll have some time to blog on it one day.
Futile Confidence in Egypt
30 “Woe to the rebellious children,” says the Lord,
a“Who take counsel, but not of Me,
And who 1devise plans, but not of My Spirit,
bThat they may add sin to sin;
2 cWho walk to go down to Egypt,
And dhave not asked My advice,
To strengthen themselves in the strength of Pharaoh,
And to trust in the shadow of Egypt!
3 eTherefore the strength of Pharaoh
Shall be your shame,
And trust in the shadow of Egypt
Shall be your humiliation.
4 For his princes were at fZoan,
And his ambassadors came to Hanes.
5 gThey were all ashamed of a people who could not benefit them,
Or be help or benefit,
But a shame and also a reproach.”
Through a land of trouble and anguish,
From which came the lioness and lion,
iThe viper and fiery flying serpent,
They will carry their riches on the backs of young donkeys,
And their treasures on the humps of camels,
To a people who shall not profit;
7 jFor the Egyptians shall help in vain and to no purpose.
Therefore I have called her
3Rahab-Hem-Shebeth.
A Rebellious People
And note it on a scroll,
That it may be for time to come,
Forever and ever:
9 That lthis is a rebellious people,
Lying children,
Children who will not hear the law of the Lord;
10 mWho say to the seers, “Do not see,”
And to the prophets, “Do not prophesy to us right things;
nSpeak to us smooth things, prophesy deceits.
11 Get out of the way,
Turn aside from the path,
Cause the Holy One of Israel
To cease from before us.”
12 Therefore thus says the Holy One of Israel:
“Because you odespise this word,
And trust in oppression and perversity,
And rely on them,
13 Therefore this iniquity shall be to you
pLike a breach ready to fall,
A bulge in a high wall,
Whose breaking qcomes suddenly, in an instant.
14 And rHe shall break it like the breaking of the potter’s vessel,
Which is broken in pieces;
He shall not spare.
So there shall not be found among its fragments
4A shard to take fire from the hearth,
Or to take water from the cistern.”
15 For thus says the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel:
s“In returning and rest you shall be saved;
In quietness and confidence shall be your strength.”
tBut you would not,
16 And you said, “No, for we will flee on horses”—
Therefore you shall flee!
And, “We will ride on swift horses”—
Therefore those who pursue you shall be swift!
17 uOne thousand shall flee at the threat of one,
At the threat of five you shall flee,
Till you are left as a 5pole on top of a mountain
And as a banner on a hill.
God Will Be Gracious
And therefore He will be exalted, that He may have mercy on you.
For the Lord is a God of justice;
19 For the people yshall dwell in Zion at Jerusalem;
You shall zweep no more.
He will be very gracious to you at the sound of your cry;
When He hears it, He will aanswer you.
20 And though the Lord gives you
Yet cyour teachers will not be moved into a corner anymore,
But your eyes shall see your teachers.
21 Your ears shall hear a word behind you, saying,
“This is the way, walk in it,”
Whenever you dturn to the right hand
Or whenever you turn to the left.<---------New favorite verse!
22 eYou will also defile the covering of your images of silver,
And the ornament of your molded images of gold.
You will throw them away as an unclean thing;
fYou will say to them, “Get away!”
23 gThen He will give the rain for your seed
With which you sow the ground,
And bread of the increase of the earth;
It will be 7fat and plentiful.
In that day your cattle will feed
In large pastures.
24 Likewise the oxen and the young donkeys that work the ground
Will eat cured fodder,
Which has been winnowed with the shovel and fan.
25 There will be hon every high mountain
And on every high hill
Rivers and streams of waters,
In the day of the igreat slaughter,
When the towers fall.
26 Moreover jthe light of the moon will be as the light of the sun,
And the light of the sun will be sevenfold,
As the light of seven days,
In the day that the Lord binds up the bruise of His people
And heals the stroke of their wound.
Judgment on Assyria
27 Behold, the name of the Lord comes from afar,
Burning with His anger,
And His burden is heavy;
His lips are full of indignation,
And His tongue like a devouring fire.
28 kHis breath is like an overflowing stream,
lWhich reaches up to the neck,
To sift the nations with the sieve of futility;
And there shall be ma bridle in the jaws of the people,
Causing them to err.
29 You shall have a song
As in the night when a holy festival is kept,
And gladness of heart as when one goes with a flute,
To come into nthe mountain of the Lord,
To 8the Mighty One of Israel.
And show the descent of His arm,
With the indignation of His anger
And the flame of a devouring fire,
With scattering, tempest, pand hailstones.
Assyria will be 9beaten down,
As He strikes with the rrod.
32 And in every place where the staff of punishment passes,
Which the Lord lays on him,
It will be with tambourines and harps;
And in battles of sbrandishing He will fight with it.
33 tFor Tophet was established of old,
Yes, for the king it is prepared.
He has made it deep and large;
Its pyre is fire with much wood;
The breath of the Lord, like a stream of brimstone,
Kindles it.
From: http://biblia.com/books/nkjv/Is30.32
Monday, May 23, 2011
So, I have told you about why I started this blog up in the first place I should tell you about the name and a little more I guess. 'Journeys With The King' odd I know but it will make sense. Let's start with a little about the one behind the keyboard or should I say wheel.
I'm 25, married to my best mate ( I could go on and on about her, but all said and done she really is my best mate a true friend). I have a cheeky but cute soon to be one year old daughter and another one on the way. I'm into a lot of different things such as music, computers and tech, creative arts, trucks, machinery, mechanics, workplace safety (a weird mix). Most days I'm either driving / fixing a truck or typing work / safety documents up for the boss who happens to be my mum and dad ( yep I work for the family trucking company). This is where the 'Journey' part comes into the name.
'With The King' comes from (if you haven't guessed it by now) my belief in the Christian faith. "Hang on, didn't he just say he was a truck driver?" Yeah who would have thought it a Christian truck driver, my work mates are still trying to get their head around it. It is a hard industry to be in when one isn't into having more than one or two stubbies in the afternoon, sharing about the young lass who just got out of the car at the servo and the things (which are unmentionable on the blog) they would like to do to her, and the list goes on. Yeah it's hard. I better not unravel to many stories about it all this early on but I'm sure there will be some in the near future on life as a Christian trucker.
Back to the name. So, with all the driving I do around the place I get time, time to think. I think about all sorts of things about life; about the love I have for my wife and my passion to be a good father for my kids, the problems we all face in life, the problems others face in life, how we are all different but yet all the same. I also think a lot about my faith in God, in Jesus and how all that plays out down here in the real world. So I find these little conversations that I have in my truck with God and most of the times myself (it's scary when you talk back to yourself) interesting and maybe you will too.
I want this blog to honestly reflect my feelings as a young, male, christian, married, truck driver and hopefully it will help others look at their lives honestly without all the rubbish that goes on around them. I want to show people that not all Christians are like Ned Flanders of the Simpsons, we are real people and yes we have real problems like everyone else in this messed up world. But, the difference is, through faith in Christ we have hope (trying not to sound too preachy here) and when everything else in our world crumbles (and I believe that it does eventually in everyone's life) there is always that hope.
There you have it folks a run down on what I sort of plan on doing (when time permits) with this blog. I hope 'Journeys With The King' will help others understand who God is, and help them through there own journey in life.
Till next time,
Keep on truckin' (I promise this is the first and last time I use this, but I just had to!)
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
After months of my darling wife blogging her little heart out and myself condemning such a waste of time here I am. I now have also found the need to share with others the inconceivable and mixed views on life that twirl around inside my head. A decent post will follow and a better template design when time allows, till then you must wait with anticipation.
רֵאשִׁית
re'shiyth - first, beginning.
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