Living Out our Hope; March 21, 2022

Posted on March 24, 2022 by jgarrott

Psalm 52:9 I will praise you forever for what you have done;
in your name I will hope, for your name is good.
I will praise you in the presence of your saints.

It is interesting when the Psalms are given context. This one says it was written in response to Doeg the Edomite, a thoroughly nasty guy who comes into the narrative in 1 Samuel 21 and 22. 22:18 says he killed 85 priests! However, in this Psalm responding to the situation with Doeg, David turns things around to focus on God. Once again the difference between the NIV and the Japanese is interesting. Rather than saying “I will praise you in the presence of your saints,” the Japanese  says, “I will wait in hope for you in the presence of your saints.” God is honored when we praise Him, but He is also honored when it is clearly obvious that our hope is in Him, rather than in any merely human source. Sometimes motives are unknown, but sometimes they are as plain as day. I’m reminded of the hymn, Let Others See Jesus in You. When we are living our lives in right relationship to God, people will take notice, and Peter says that our hope will be particularly interesting to them. (1 Peter 3:15) That’s because so many people don’t have any real hope, and certainly not the hope of eternal life that is available only by faith in Christ. We would do well to examine ourselves to see if we are living out the hope that we profess to have, because we can get distracted from it if we aren’t careful. Society around us doesn’t have that hope, and we have the constant temptation to adapt to it, being influenced rather than being influencers. Paul tells us clearly not to do that! (Romans 12:2) Only then will the hope that we have draw others to faith.

Naturally, I’m talking to myself here! I am amused that MS Word flagged the word “draw” just above, because it is very much part of the world system, and so doesn’t understand hope drawing people to faith. That should be all the more motivation for me to live out the hope that I have! I will confess to “toning down my witness” at times to avoid offending others, fearing coming across as “holier than thou.” I’m not to be proud, but I’m not to fear anything! I am to be sincere in all I say and do. I think the currently popular term would be “authentic.” I’m not to offend deliberately, but I’m not to apologize for my faith, rather I am to live it out boldly. My hope needs to be on display!

Father, thank You for this reminder. Thank You for all You did yesterday. Thank You that my digestive emergency didn’t work out any worse than it did. Thank You especially for the beautiful fellowship we had all the way around. Thank You for the family that You have so clearly led and planted here, and thank You for the couple that came and saw what we have as members of Your family. I pray that they would grow in their hunger for what they saw in us, and come to faith and commitment themselves. May all of Your plans for this church be fulfilled, on Your schedule for Your glory. Thank You. Hallelujah!

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Emotion; March 20, 2022

Posted on March 23, 2022 by jgarrott

Psalm 43:5 Why are you downcast, O my soul?
Why so disturbed within me?
Put your hope in God,
for I will yet praise him,
my Savior and my God.

I have seen jokes made about the Old Testament practice, common in Psalms, of addressing yourself, but it actually has a lot of validity. It requires a level of objectivity, and that is useful in just about every situation. Here, the Psalmist knows objectively that God is to be trusted, so he is deliberately taking command over his emotions. The ability to do that is definitely a sign of maturity! These days some people are insisting, or at least acting like, emotions are supreme, but that is to condemn yourself to miserable immaturity. It is the very opposite of what I wrote about yesterday, which is appropriate because Psalms 42 and 43 were in all probability originally one Psalm. Sometimes, of course, our emotions do overwhelm us, and that’s nothing to be ashamed of. Even Jesus wept! However, letting emotions be in the driver’s seat all the time robs us of stability and joy. As Dennis Prager has said, he’s never met a genuinely happy leftist! The inability to deal with differing opinions, even, is pathetic in the extreme. The Psalmist here takes the opposite tack, reassuring himself that God is totally reliable, because He is! That assurance can get us through just about anything.

As I wrote yesterday, I’ve had my battles with emotion, so I don’t write this flippantly or from a high horse. I am very aware that we are created as emotional beings, and everything God created is good, at least in its first iteration. Visiting mental hospitals, I have seen patients being treated for bipolar disorder who were essentially zombies, unable to feel much emotion at all, and it has been heartbreaking. That kind of chemical suppression of emotion is far too extreme, in my opinion. Chemical imbalances in the brain can indeed play havoc with our emotions, but eliminating all emotion is removing a big part of what it means to be human, I think. I am not to downplay emotion, in myself or in others, but I am not to let it take command. Whatever the factor, be it emotion or anything else, God is greater, and I must never forget that.

Father, thank you for this reminder. Thank you that recently positive emotions have been far more common than negative ones for me! Help me be grateful for the positive emotions, but not let them distract me from you either, rather keeping Jesus as Lord in every situation on every level, for Your glory. Thank You. Praise God!

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Depression; March 19, 2022

Posted on March 23, 2022 by jgarrott

Psalm 42:1-2 As the deer pants for streams of water,
so my soul pants for you, O God.
My soul thirsts for God, for the living God.
When can I go and meet with God?

Verse one is used as the first part of the lyrics of a dearly loved worship song, and rightly so. The Psalmist is in the throes of depression, and he rightly recognizes that the answer is God alone. In that he has a major advantage over many people today, who try to bury their depression in various things, quite often food or alcohol. He recognizes that his thirst isn’t for something material like that, but for his Creator. That means he’s already won over half the battle! We all have problems with our limited frame of reference. Simply grasping that we are weak, finite mortals, but we are loved by an omnipotent, eternal God should put anyone at least on the road to mental and emotional health. Sometimes that healing can happen almost instantly, but that is certainly the exception. It is far more common to gradually grow into that assurance, until one day you suddenly realize it’s been a long time since you’ve been depressed. Circumstances really have very little to do with it. A lady, Yeonmi Park, is an excellent example of that, because she came through absolutely horrible circumstances, escaping from North Korea only to be sexually trafficked in China as a young teenager, but now she is as bright and cheerful a person as you could meet. Her secret? She encountered Jesus Christ who died for her and rose again, and she chooses to be happy in her relationship with Him. She and the writer of this Psalm would certainly see eye-to-eye!

I’ve had my own struggles with depression. As a teenager I had a name for such episodes. The phrase, “a blue funk,” was common, so I called mine a “pink-and-purple-polka-dotted funk.” I only attempted suicide once, in college, and was dissuaded not by friends but by God directly, who told me, “Don’t do that.” My depression was rooted in my intellectual pride, and the more I have come to peace with the reality that I not only don’t know everything, I don’t have to know everything, the more peace I’ve had. I still love to learn and know stuff, but there is tremendous freedom in not having to be in control. I do desire to draw closer to God, but I have the assurance that, as Paul said, “Now we see but a poor reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.” (1 Corinthians 13:12) My thirst for knowledge will be fully satisfied then! I am indeed looking forward to heaven, but in the meantime, I am enjoying life on this earth, so long as I leave control in the hands of my Creator.

Father, thank You for Your incredible grace toward me. Thank You for protecting me from myself and from so many other things. There are indeed many things I wish were different even now, but You have assured me that You don’t like them either. Help me wait in hope and peace for Your solutions to everything, so that I may grow as Your child and You may be glorified in and through me. Thank You. Hallelujah!

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Lifespan; March 18, 2022

Posted on March 21, 2022 by jgarrott

Psalm 39:4 Show me, O Lord, my life’s end
and the number of my days;
let me know how fleeting is my life.

From reading his Psalms, I get the impression that David had several illnesses through the course of his life. That was hardly surprising, considering the level of medical knowledge in those days. That said, his prayer here is one that many have prayed, and continue to pray even today. However, I’m not sure how wise a prayer it is. We all need to be aware that we aren’t here forever, so that we will be good stewards of the time and opportunities we are given, but knowing your physical life will end at a specific time would be a horrible burden, I would think. That’s one of the cruelties of scheduled executions. Knowing that “I could be killed at any moment” is one of the biggest trials of going into combat. The thing is, that’s true any time you get in a car to go somewhere. In some areas of some cities, that’s true just walking down the street! Even in a terminal illness, doctors are seldom spot on in their predictions, and are sometimes wildly off the mark. The point is to live in the awareness that we exist only by the grace of God, and so strive to fulfill His purposes for us on His schedule, whatever that might be.

Having already outlived my father by over nine years, this is something I think about from time to time. My personal philosophy, for as far back as I can remember having formulated such, is to plan to live to at least 100, but live so that it would be OK if the Lord takes me home today. That’s easier to say than to do! My wife has a litany of physical issues and I don’t, but that’s no guarantee for either of us. Looking at it objectively, she would have a harder time with a number of things if I were to go first, but that’s not to say that I want her to go first! We are both grateful for however much time the Lord gives us here, and even more grateful for the assurance that we have eternity with Him to look forward to. Cathy went to heaven and came back in 1975, so she certainly has no fear of that, but she doesn’t want to leave me behind, or be left here by herself. It gets complicated! It’s further training in faith and trust. Cathy has recently been given a major commission for a prayer ministry that could transform the Church in Japan, and she certainly wants to carry through with that. However, my father was in the middle of a fresh translation of the New Testament when he was taken home, so we never know. I am not to obsess over any of this, but focus on obedient fellowship with my Lord, knowing that His plans are good, acceptable and perfect. (Romans 12:2)

Father, thank You for this reminder. Thank You for Your plans for today. Thank You for all that yesterday held, and for whatever tomorrow will hold. Help me walk in gratitude and obedience all day every day, so that all of Your purposes for me may be fulfilled on Your schedule for Your glory. Thank You. Praise God!

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Delighting in God; March 17, 2022

Posted on March 21, 2022 by jgarrott

Psalm 37:3-4 Trust in the Lord and do good;
dwell in the land and enjoy safe pasture.
Delight yourself in the Lord
and he will give you the desires of your heart.

This Psalm as a whole deals with the contrast between the righteous and the wicked, specifically addressing the envy or even jealousy to which we are tempted when we see people who flaunt their wickedness seemingly flourishing. Some of the statements seem like truisms or platitudes, but they are in agreement with various other statements throughout the Bible. Verse four here is particularly famous, and it agrees perfectly with what Jesus said: “Seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.” (Matthew 6:33) These two verses taken together express the fundamental attitude of a believer: trusting God and delighting in Him, which will result in full obedience to Him. If we aren’t doing good, that is, being obedient to God, then we don’t really trust Him. If we don’t delight in Him, making fellowship with Him our highest joy, then our desires aren’t going to line up with His, and He will have no reason to grant them. As Jesus pointed out in Matthew, God knows full well what we need, but He has given us the privilege of asking Him for things. When we trust and delight in Him, we will know much better what to ask for!

Back when I was just reading the Bible in English, I interpreted verse four as saying that God would give us the impulse to desire the right things, but now I see that the Japanese backs up the more traditional interpretation, saying that God will grant our requests. However, there is a distinct difference in verse three that I find very interesting. Where the NIV says, “enjoy safe pasture,” the Japanese says, “nurture sincerity.” I would think that sincerity, that is, having our actions line up with our words, would be very much in line with “doing good.” This passage isn’t telling us to be hypocritical, but rather to be good from the inside out, letting God Himself be our model and our goal. That has actually become much easier since He sent His Son so that we can see how that works out in daily living. I am not to dismiss anything God says, but rather to seek it out and let it become part of me, so that I in turn may become an extension of Christ, (2 Corinthians 5:20) for His glory.

Father, thank You for teaching me to trust You and delight in You. Help me do so more fully and more effectively. Thank You for the joy of being Your instrument in the prayer service yesterday. I pray that there would be abundant harvest from what You said through Cathy and me. May my obedience bring You pleasure and glory, today and every day. Thank You. Praise God!

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Relying on God; March 16, 2022

Posted on March 20, 2022 by jgarrott

Psalm 33:20-21 We wait in hope for the Lord;
he is our help and our shield.
In him our hearts rejoice,
for we trust in his holy name.

I can’t read this Psalm without thinking of current events in Ukraine. Somehow war brings all these issues into sharp focus. The Russians have discovered that some of the equipment (equivalent to the horses referenced in verse 17) and techniques aren’t very effective. In response they seem to have turned their efforts against the civilian population, rather than on the Ukrainian military. In circumstances like that, people naturally cry out to God to be their help and their shield. War is a mess, any way you look at it, but there’s nothing like the imminent threat of death to sharpen your focus and clear your priorities! Most of the world is watching from a distance, along with worrying about whether Putin will flip out to the point of using nuclear weapons. This really should serve as a call to prayer for every believer, because God can and will use even this horrible evil for good. Thousands are being killed on both sides, and that is certainly a tragedy. We need to pray not only that the carnage will stop and that justice will be restored, but that everyone, both on the battlefield and observing from afar, may confront their own mortality and need for salvation, and turn to God in repentance and faith. America has been mired in some pretty severe issues over the past year and more, and those too need to be submitted to God. When our focus is fully and properly on Him, we can rejoice whatever is going on around us, trusting Him to use it all for good, for His glory. (Romans 8:28)

I have felt called to intercession ever since this conflict began, to a degree that is unusual for me. The pressure of that has lessened over time, perhaps from familiarity, but also from a growing assurance of the outcome. I have been reminded that “wars and rumors of wars” have occurred throughout human history, and God has brought us through all of them. That’s not to say for a moment that they are good, or that I am to take this one lightly. Wars can have a way of exposing things that were kept hidden, and that is already happening with such things as the biological research labs that the US was funding in Ukraine, of all places. I’m reminded of Jesus’ repeated statement that “There is nothing hidden that will not be disclosed, and nothing concealed that will not be known or brought out into the open.” (Luke 8:17; 12:2) I am indeed to pray earnestly, about Ukraine and about every issue that comes up, but I am to be anxious about none of it, rather choosing to trust God and rejoice in Him. He is more than able to deal with it all.

Father, thank You for this reminder. Thank You also for the opportunity You’re giving us this morning to share what You’ve been showing Cathy so clearly over the past few months. The group this morning gathers to pray, but I ask You to give them a fresh vision of prayer, of Your purposes in allowing and telling us to pray, so that Your children throughout this nation may rise up as a mighty army, standing in Your strength and not their own, to defeat the devil and bring Your rule and reign, for Your glory. Thank You. Hallelujah!

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Praising God; March 15, 2022

Posted on March 20, 2022 by jgarrott

Psalm 31:19 How great is your goodness,
which you have stored up for those who fear you,
which you bestow in the sight of men
on those who take refuge in you.

This verse was pleasantly set to music a number of years ago, and I can’t read it without the tune running through my head. That’s not a bad thing! This whole Psalm is essentially David boasting of how good God has been to him, encouraging others to praise God with him. (verses 23-24) This sort of thing needs to be done with wisdom, so that it doesn’t come across as “God likes me better.” Those last two verses both include the word “all,” emphasizing that God doesn’t play favorites, but has more than enough grace and blessings for everyone. We shouldn’t let fear of being misunderstood keep us from testifying of God’s goodness. Far too many people see God as judgmental, even vindictive, and we need to counter that misunderstanding. People do notice when God blesses us, and we need to let them know we know where those blessings come from. As the well-loved Doxology says, “Praise God, from whom all blessings flow.” We need to praise Him, not for His ego (!) but because we need to be reminded, as do those around us, that “Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows.” (James 1:17)

I grew up in a family that loved God and loved to sing, but the whole area of praise didn’t really open up to me until I became involved in the Charismatic Renewal around 1973. Singing praise to God really feels good! However, I’ve learned that my feelings must not be my primary motivation to praise God. That motivation should be that He is more than worthy of all the praise I could ever give Him, and more! Yes, it does feel good, and yes, it does straighten out my priorities and help me see things in perspective, but the foundation is very simply that God is so absolutely wonderful. Recently I have been very aware of His blessings, and it has been a joy to share that awareness with others. As this verse says, His blessings are poured out in the sight of other people, so I need to let them know that God loves them just as much as He does me, so that they too may praise Him.

Father, thank You for this reminder. Thank You for the privilege of testifying of Your goodness in the online meeting yesterday. May I praise You consistently and draw others to do likewise, because You are totally worthy! Thank You. Praise God!

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Listening to God; March 14, 2022

Posted on March 16, 2022 by jgarrott

Psalm 25:4-5 Show me your ways, O Lord,
teach me your paths;
guide me in your truth and teach me,
for you are God my Savior,
and my hope is in you all day long.

We tend to forget that the people in the Bible didn’t have the Bible to read! David had the Pentateuch available to him once he was king, but books, being hand-copied on parchment, were rare and valuable, and the percentage of the population that was literate was not high. As a shepherd boy, the probability that David learned to read seems unlikely. So what was David to do, to learn the ways of God? Oral tradition was very strong, to a degree most people today would find incredible. People would literally memorize entire books of the Pentateuch. I would personally think that Deuteronomy would be the most helpful to treat that way, but I certainly haven’t done it! Rather than reading, David related to God on a personal, daily level. He had built that relationship in the long hours of watching the sheep, composing music on his lyre to match his prayers, and his Psalms are evidence that he often felt God answered him. When things come easily to us we tend not to value them. Today, anyone can pick up a Bible and read it, but how many do? We can get it in electronic form on our phones, to have it instantly available anywhere and anytime, but do we pay attention to what it says, to be obedient to God? David’s prayer here is important for every believer, but we shouldn’t be passive about it. We can’t just read and then go on our way, not internalizing the content. James said that is just deceiving ourselves. (James 1:22) America has the label of a Christian nation, but I think a sadly small percentage of the population prays this prayer of David in truth.

Of course I’m talking to myself here. I’ve long thought James 1:22 was written especially for me! I first read through the Bible by the time I was 10, and I’ve done so many times since then, but God is the judge of how much I apply and how much I ignore. I’m reminded of something my seminary professor grandfather often asked his students: “How big is your Bible?” He wasn’t talking about the physical size of the printed book they brought to class, but of how much of the content was in their heart. I’ve never been very big on memorization, partly because I’ve been exposed to so many translations of the Bible, even in English, plus three or four translations I deal with in Japanese, but I do have a lot “on tap,” so to speak, recalling the content if not the exact wording. Again, the issue isn’t the words but the application. My commitment has got to be to obedience, or else I can’t say honestly that I love God. (John 14:21, 23) Just as David specified both “ways” and “paths,” I need to seek God both for the major directions in my life and in the details. Missing the overall direction is a disaster, but tripping up on the details can bring a lot of grief. I need to seek God all the time in every area.

Father, thank You for this reminder. Thank You again for all You are doing. Yesterday was another good day of seeing You at work in the life of this church. I continue to pray that every church in town would experience Your life flowing through them, so that all Your children may live out Your Word in their daily lives, for the salvation of many and for Your glory. Thank You. Praise God!

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God’s Sovereignty; March 13, 2022

Posted on March 16, 2022 by jgarrott

Psalm 9:15 The nations have fallen into the pit they have dug;
their feet are caught in the net they have hidden.

For once I’m writing on a verse I’d not underlined previously! This jumped out at me because it looks like Russia, courtesy of Putin, has gotten itself into a bigger mess than what they’ve done to Ukraine, and that’s saying a lot. This is actually a phenomenon we see time and again throughout history, and it should give us hope. We see only our immediate situation, and often we don’t see that very clearly or accurately. God, on the other hand, sees everything at once, and He doesn’t miss a thing. We have no idea what the final consequences of anything will be, but God does. We’re back to the mystery of free will vs. predestination. We can’t really wrap our minds around the fact that though God knows what we will do, He doesn’t make us do it. If we were automatons, pre-programmed robots with no initiative or choice, we would have no responsibility, no accountability. However, our choices are real, despite God knowing ahead of time what they will be. We can go crazy thinking about that too much! The point is to fix our minds and hearts on the One who created us, loves us, and knows how it will all turn out. Faith can seem theoretical at times, but this boils down to very practical trust. The phrase “above my pay grade” has become popular in recent years, but the simple fact of the matter is that our minds can wrap themselves around only a limited subset of reality, and when we delve into things too far, we can lose our hold of even the reality we experience. This I think is the origin of both the phrase, “Ignorance is bliss,” and the rather nihilistic pronouncements in Ecclesiastes. Solomon chose to depend on his own intellect, and though it was prodigious it eventually led him far astray, to his own detriment and that of the whole nation. The path of genuine wisdom is humility before and obedience to our Creator. We are to use the minds we have been given, but never think we can approach God’s level. It’s like He said to Isaiah, “For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,” declares the Lord. “As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.” (Isaiah 55:8-9) Whatever is going on around us, we need to remember that God has the final answer, and rest in peace in that assurance.

As I have written many times, intellectual pride has been a real snare to me. I was in the fifth grade when my IQ was first tested, and my teacher was blown out of the water. Sadly, I started believing what was being said about me, and that was a huge mistake. It was years later that the Lord showed me a mirror and I got a glimpse of the depth of my pride, and I repented in tears. That was almost 50 years ago now, and I’m still learning to trust God first and foremost, rather than whatever my mind can figure out. I need to recognize even more that I am a little child compared to God, and trust my Daddy to lead me rather than heading out on my own.

Father, I certainly didn’t expect this when I started writing! Thank you for indeed guiding me. I do continue to pray for the situation in Ukraine, as I continue to pray for the situation in the US, and for that matter, around the world. May indeed Your name be acknowledged as holy and Your rule and reign be established as Your will is done, and may I fulfill my part in all of that, however small it might be, for Your glory alone. Thank You. Hallelujah!

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Truth; March 12, 2022

Posted on March 15, 2022 by jgarrott

Job 27:3-4 “As long as I have life within me,
the breath of God in my nostrils,
my lips will not speak wickedness,
and my tongue will utter no deceit.

The Japanese translators made an interesting choice here. The Hebrew word ruach means, in different context, spirit, breath, wind, and the H sound. That’s why it was so meaningful when God renamed Abram to Abraham, because He added ruach to his name. In this passage, where the NIV says “the breath of God,” the Japanese says, “the Spirit of God.” When it specifies, “in my nostrils,” I personally think “breath” makes more sense than “Spirit.” In any case, the point is that Job is absolutely committed to honesty, to speaking truth. Throughout this story it would have been easier for Job to agree with his friends, if only to shut them up. Even his own wife had advised him to “Curse God and die.” (Job 2:9) However, Job steadfastly refuses to take the easy way out. We may or may not be tempted to actual suicide, but we are certainly tempted to say the politically correct thing even when we know it not to be true. It has been fascinating in recent weeks to learn that a number of things that the “mainstream media” had denounced as “conspiracy theories” were actually all too true. Truth isn’t likely to prevail if we won’t stand up for it! The entire justice system is supposed to be a search for truth, to establish what has actually happened so that perpetrators may be appropriately punished, but we are finding that at times the system has actively protected the guilty and advanced lies. The Bible is consistent in condemning that. Being committed to the truth doesn’t necessarily mean saying everything you know, but it does mean refusing to accept falsehood.

I was raised by a father who held absolute honesty as one of his foundational principles, and I have always delighted in knowing facts. However, my family has a history of realizing that “experts” and “authorities” don’t always have their facts straight. Around the time I was born, my mother was homeschooling my oldest sister. One of her textbooks said something about “pine trees always grow straight and tall,” when our house was surrounded by twisted pine trees! I don’t think my sister ever fully trusted a textbook again, and she was in the 2nd grade at the time. I have been saddened in the past few years to see how easily the general public has swallowed the line that was fed them about a number of things, and how some people have reacted against me when I have been skeptical. Supposedly intelligent, even scientific people have forgotten that the foundation of genuine science is a constant search for truth, not accepting a narrative. I am not to reject them in turn, but I am to stand on truth as firmly as Job did, knowing that in the end I will be vindicated. That’s not to say that I won’t be open to correction, because only God has all the facts, but I am to pray that He would keep my eyes open.

Father, thank You for this reminder. Thank You for some of the sources of information You have led me to. I pray that I would always walk in Your truth, not just in temporal things but especially in the things of Your kingdom, for Your glory. Thank You. Praise God!

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