The earth groans with strife, concocted and perfected by the many wicked and godless people that live thereon; all toward another/others.
In some different parts of the earth, blasting heat, blistering dryness, with reduced trickles of water; then pouring, flooding rain, splintering ice from above, causing great discomfort and even sometimes through the spectrum of destruction and death.
Beautiful greens and colours of tree, grass, fruit and flowers; peaceful rivers, streams and lakes of water, with the blue sky and soft clouds reflected. People and animals living mostly a peaceful existence.
Is there God above and hope in all three? What is meaningful, and for each man to cling too?
Psalm 12: 1 -5 “Help Lord, for the godly man ceases! For the faithful disappear from among the sons of men. They speak idly everyone with his neighbour; with flattering lips, and the tongue that speaks proud things, who have said, ‘with our tongue we will prevail; our lips are our own; who is lord over us?’ ‘For the oppression of the poor; for the sighing of the needy, now I will arise; says the Lord; ‘I will set him in the safety for which he yearns.”
For me and many others who have gone in prayer to the Holy Scriptures, and the words of promise that have come from God and have been written down within the scriptures have given hope and direction. In a supernatural way the words from God, have delivered my mind from distress and filled my heart with peace and lips with song and praise that is beyond understanding; for nothing around me seemed to have changed. But I had!
V 6 and 7 “The words of the Lord are pure words, like silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times, You keep them, O Lord, You shall preserve them from this generation forever.” Psalm 28, 30 “For You will light my lamp; the Lord my God will enlighten my darkness.” “As for God, His way is perfect; the word of the Lord is proven; He is a shield to all who trust Him”
Jesus has many titles, that reveal Who He is and another aspect of His work or character. One such title is Word, John 1: 1-3 “In the beginning was Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through Him, without Him nothing was made that was made.” V 14 “And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth.”
Amazingly the power of the words of Jesus is such, that He spoke all aspects of creation into being. In the light of this revelation, I can believe, abide by and pray the words spoken by Jesus Christ when on earth, in confidence they are meant to be answered in the here and now, as well as my code to live by. They are spoken in love, and reveal a divine love plan in action. John 14: 21”He who has my commandments and keeps them, it is he who loves Me. And he who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and manifest Myself to him.” To a question from Judas (not Iscariot) V 23 “Jesus answered and said to him, ‘If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word and My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our home with him.”
This whole chapter is full of like precious and soul stirring instruction and promises. A precious promise to live by and claim each day is, V 27”Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you, Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.”