March 25, 2015

Posted on March 27, 2015 by jgarrott

Psalm 26:8 I love the house where you live, O Lord,
the place where your glory dwells.

I was not actively aware of this verse until a missionary friend had it put on T-shirts for his church. Both the Hebrew and the Greek terms that are generally translated as “church” mean “assembly,” so the focus is on the people rather than the building, but this verse is obviously focused on a location. However, the definition of that location is important. It doesn’t specify “the place with a steeple,” or any other architectural distinction. Of course in David’s time the tabernacle was still in use, so it was a matter of fabric with wooden supports. No, David’s focus is on the presence of the Lord, and we would do well to apply that same yardstick. There are some magnificent church buildings that are currently little if anything more than museums. It is possible the Lord manifested His presence there in the past, but that has become a distant memory, or even forgotten entirely. Various anti-Christian governments have taken it on themselves to destroy church buildings, and that is going on even today. However they, and the Christians whom they are persecuting, would do well to remember that God’s Church is not a building, and He will manifest Himself where hearts are open and responsive to Him. That same truth needs to be remembered by those who take great pride in their buildings. As Jesus said about Herod’s temple, “not one stone will be left on another.” (Mark 13:2) God very graciously manifests Himself in specific locations where people worship Him in spirit and in truth, but He is not limited to or by those locations. We need to be focused on being His temple ourselves. (1 Corinthians 3:17; 6:19; 2 Corinthians 6:16)

As a pastor who has been blessed with a congregation and a building, this is of great relevance to me. The building is paid for and we are making good progress in paying for the land the building stands on, but the church, that is, the believers here, are already paid for by the blood of the Lamb. I am to be a good steward of the building, but my focus needs to be on welcoming God’s presence by His Spirit. I have seen people be touched just by walking into the building, but I have particularly seen people touched when we start worshiping God together here. I need to seek to make the Lord welcome in my own heart and life first, and then as a pastor, seek to make Him welcome in this assembly. I have no real power on my own, so I had better be focused on allowing Him to manifest His power!

Father, this is a truth I have known for a long time, yet I let it slip out of focus too often. Help me welcome You indeed, worshiping You with all I am, so that all the believers may be led to do likewise, for You to be free to do all that You desire to do, in and through us, for Your glory. Thank You. Hallelujah!

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March 24, 2015

Posted on March 27, 2015 by jgarrott

Psalm 25:8-9 Good and upright is the Lord;
therefore he instructs sinners in his ways.
He guides the humble in what is right
and teaches them his way.

God doesn’t just go, “You’re bad. ZAP!” Rather, He very graciously lets us know where we are wrong and guides us toward the right. However, we tend very stubbornly to cling to our sins and claim that He is being mean to us for not letting us do whatever we want. How foolish! The key to getting God’s best is humility. The term used here is often translated “poor,” but I think the NIV gets it right this time. If we have the good sense to know that we aren’t right, God is, then He will lead us and teach us with amazing patience and gentleness. It is when we get headstrong and rebellious that we get ourselves into all sorts of messes. God has provided redemption for all mankind through the cross of His Son Jesus, but unless we are humble enough to know that there is no other way we can be saved, it does us no good. We tend to like “self-help religions,” where we can feel good about following certain rules and get “guilty pleasure” out of overlooking others, but that’s not really how the world works. We are so far removed from God’s holiness that it is only when we release ourselves to Him, to be washed in the blood of the Lamb of God and filled with His Spirit, that we are able to walk in the good and right path that He has prepared for us. The thing is, that is exactly what He wants to enable us to do. We get it wrong, again and again and again, but if we are humble enough to repent and turn to Him, then He will clean us up and set us on the right path all over again. (1 John 1:9)

This is certainly the story of my life! An outside observer might not recognize all the ways I’ve blown it, but God is the ultimate insider, and He knows how much He’s had to forgive and clean up. If I think I can look down on anyone, I’ve got a real memory problem! I am to extend to others the patient grace and strong love that have been shown to me, not overlooking sin but calling people to repentance, assuring them that forgiveness is not only possible, it’s available for the asking. However, I will never be effective in that by my own wisdom and strength, but only by God acting through me, so here too I’ve got to maintain grateful humility before Him.

Father, thank You for the privilege of ministering to others in Your Name. I am constantly aware of my own inability, but You use me in spite of myself. Help me be increasingly sensitive and obedient to You, so that Your will may be done in and through me more and more consistently, for Your pleasure and glory and the blessing of many. Thank You. Hallelujah!

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March 23, 2015

Posted on March 26, 2015 by jgarrott

Psalm 9:13-14 O Lord, see how my enemies persecute me!
Have mercy and lift me up from the gates of death,
that I may declare your praises
in the gates of the Daughter of Zion
and there rejoice in your salvation.

These two verses have some interesting points. In the first place, the reason to ask God for His mercy is so that we may declare His praise. Praise to God isn’t an obligation, like a tax, it is a recognition that everything good comes from Him. (James 1:17) Rather than an obligation, it is a privilege to be able to express our praise to God. It’s not at all that He needs it, to stroke His ego or otherwise, but that we need to keep our thinking straight about who His is and who we are. Another interesting thing is the literary contrast of “the gates of death” and “the gates of the Daughter of Zion.” This is in line with the contrast presented throughout the Bible that God’s kingdom is life and light and everything apart from Him is death and darkness. The thought is hardly unique to this passage, but the point is important. It is interesting to me that where the NIV says, “See how my enemies persecute me,” the Japanese says, “See my troubles that come from those who hate me.” We tend to think of persecution in broad terms, particularly for religious or ethnic reasons, but to me the way it’s put in the Japanese is a little more personal, because people hate for all sorts of reasons. Whatever the reason and however it’s described, hatred is never easy to deal with. That’s why we, like David, need to turn to God whenever we find that people hate us for any reason.

I don’t know that I’ve dealt with hatred all that much. I’ve been blessed! However, I have dealt with people who have been envious of me or have disliked me for any number of reasons. Occasionally such people have deliberately tried to do me harm, but such incidents have been relatively minor. In my experience, the emotional trauma of words spoken and attitudes taken has been the biggest issue, but that’s not to say it’s been pleasant. In any case, my attitude has got to be to turn to and depend on God, expressing His love even to those who are mean to me whatever form it takes. (Matthew 5:43-45) If I will do that, I will have plenty of reason and opportunity to give Him praise in the assembly of those who love Him.

Father, thank You for Your protection over the years. I’m sure I know only the smallest fraction of all that You have protected me from. In these days I am bombarded with news of people who are enduring far worse than I ever have, inflicted by those with a wide variety of labels who are rebelling against You and hate those who love You. I ask Your mercy indeed for those who are suffering because of hatred, and pray that Your Name may be hallowed and Your kingdom come as Your perfect will is done, for Your glory. Thank You. Praise God!

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March 22, 2015

Posted on March 26, 2015 by jgarrott

Psalm 6:8-9 Away from me, all you who do evil,
for the Lord has heard my weeping.
The Lord has heard my cry for mercy;
the Lord accepts my prayer.

Here we have clear evidence that the Lord spoke to David just as He does to us today. There is no indication that David heard specific words from God, but he had an inner assurance that God had heard him and God’s salvation was in effect. This kind of thing drives some people up the wall. They say, “But how can you know?” The only answer is, you just do. Conversely, some people don’t recognize God is speaking to them precisely because He often doesn’t use words, and they have a mental image of some of the interplay between God and, say, Jeremiah. It’s not that God never talks with people like that, it’s that things such as David experienced are much more common. We tend to romanticize prophecy in much the same way, expecting it to be in thunderous “Thus sayeth the Lord” terms, when it is much more likely to be in normal, everyday language, so much so that we might not recognize that it was prophecy, particularly in terms of the person through whom it came. The best and easiest way to hear from God consistently and accurately is to be as familiar as possible with the Bible, reading it frequently and regularly, because He will bring passages to life in our hearts as we read, making them intensely personal. Also, when we are familiar with the Bible we have a yardstick by which to judge every other word, because God will never contradict Himself, and there are plenty of lying spirits that will try to fool us into thinking they speak for God.

I had the tremendous advantage of being firmly grounded in the Bible before I ever got exposed to the idea of God speaking actively to us today. As a matter of fact, though I had been taught little or nothing about the Holy Spirit, when I read such books as 9 O’clock in the Morning and They Speak with Other Tongues they immediately “clicked” as describing Biblical things. Their emphasis on the specific gift of tongues did distract me a bit, but I knew the phenomena they described were not un-Biblical. In the years since then I have been used in prophecy many times, and I don’t know that I’ve ever used the words, “Thus sayeth.” On at least one occasion I was asked, slightly later, “Did you know you were prophesying?” My response was that I knew I was speaking God’s truth. I have heard God speak most often as a sense in my heart, as with David in this passage, or as His “quickening” Scripture to me as I read, or bringing it to mind even when I didn’t have a Bible open. On only two occasions has He used specific words without a human intermediary, and both were entirely unexpected. I don’t think I heard Him with my physical ears, but it was as clear as if I had. I don’t talk about those very much, because they are certainly the exception, and demanding that God speak to us that way closes our ears to the many other ways He speaks to us. I am to keep my spiritual ears open, staying in the Word so that I won’t be led astray by lying voices, and I am to keep an obedient heart. If I just hear and don’t obey, it does me no good! (James 1:22) I am to be faithful to allow Him to speak through me to others, not just in such formal settings as sermons but in every interaction. True fellowship involves communication, and I am to be open in all ways to fellowship with my Lord.

Father, thank You for Your grace in speaking to Your children, and to me specifically. I certainly haven’t done anything to deserve it! Use me to generate an expectation of hearing from You in each of the believers, so that they may progress into ever-deepening fellowship with You. May we rejoice together to be Your children indeed, letting You speak through us to each other and walking in full obedience to You, for Your satisfaction, pleasure, and glory. Thank You. Hallelujah!

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March 21, 2015

Posted on March 22, 2015 by jgarrott

Psalm 5:3 In the morning, O Lord, you hear my voice;
in the morning I lay my requests before you
and wait in expectation.

This verse is not unreasonably used fairly often in support of the practice of morning devotions. There really is a lot to be said for the practice. I’m not aware of anywhere the Bible commands it, but David obviously did it, and we have record that Jesus did it on at least several occasions. Jeremiah, in the middle of his grief at the destruction of Judah and Jerusalem, still recognized that God’s grace and mercy are “new every morning.” (Lamentations 3:22-23) Even so, the regular practice of morning devotions seems to be increasingly rare, as the pace of modern life convinces people they are too busy for that sort of thing. Actually, nothing could be further from the truth! The thing is, starting each day with God prepares you for whatever the day holds as nothing else ever could. In many ways it’s like eating breakfast: lots of people skip it, yet study after study confirms its importance. Both physical and spiritual breakfast require getting up in time to do them before other things start happening, but we also require sufficient sleep, so that means getting to bed long enough before you need to get up, and that’s where the choices really kick in. The devil is adept at tempting us with all sorts of entertainment, and in this information age there is literally no end to all the stuff we could watch or do. With the Internet and video recorders, you could spend 24 hours a day watching stuff, and go insane or even die from lack of sleep. (Look it up. It’s possible.) We have to choose to value time with God over whatever it is we want to watch the night before. It’s not that the programming is necessarily bad (though there is some really bad stuff out there) but that if it takes precedence over taking time with God, it becomes idolatry.

Having seen my parents’ example, I remember attempting to start a habit of morning devotions in college, but it lasted less than a week. I didn’t really get into it until I got past the point of, “This is something I’m supposed to do,” to the place of, “This is something I really need.” I honestly don’t remember exactly when that was, but it was definitely after the Lord brought me to real repentance as a young adult, when I was already a husband and father. At this point it’s gone on long enough that it’s been years since I’ve skipped a day, even with flying across the International Date Line. Especially when traveling, some days are harder than others to get quiet before the Lord and listen to what He’s saying, and those days leave me with a hunger for more. To me, morning devotions are an opportunity to present myself afresh to the Lord to be used in His plans. It is a time to get direction from Him before the busyness of the day sets in, and to affirm that He is my first and highest – really my only – priority. I wish I could say that attitude is maintained all day every day, but that’s another area where I still have room to grow. I can say that morning devotions are a highlight of my life, day after day after day.

Father, thank you that Your mercies are indeed new every morning. Thank You for giving me a schedule at this point in my life where taking the time is relatively easy. I pray for the members of this church, particularly, that You would give them wisdom and willpower to make the time to start each day with You. Until they really try it they don’t know how wonderful it can be! Give them a hunger for You that will cut through all the junk and enable them to see themselves and see You, to choose to walk in fellowship with You consistently, for their incalculable blessing and Your glory. Thank You. Praise God!

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March 20, 2015

Posted on March 22, 2015 by jgarrott

Psalm 4:4 In your anger do not sin;
when you are on your beds,
search your hearts and be silent.

The differences between the NIV and the Japanese for this verse really struck me just now. The Japanese, rendered back into English, would be, “Be fearfully respectful, and do not commit sin. On your bed, speak to your own heart and be silent.” Checking other translations, that’s actually very close to the KJV. I have heard the NIV used numbers of times in sermons about anger management, but the original may have nothing to do with our anger, but rather with remembering that God is God. It is true that the less we remember God’s sovereignty the more easily we get worked up over things, feeling like we’re supposed to be in control. Actually, it’s a very good thing that we’re not in control, because we don’t see all the ramifications and consequences of each action, but God does. There is the famous illustration of a butterfly flapping its wings eventually leading to a hurricane in another part of the world. Whether that could happen literally is beside the point; actions often have far-reaching unintended consequences. That’s why Jesus told us to pray that God’s will be done, (Matthew 6:10) and He Himself prayed that way in extreme circumstances. (Matthew 26:39) To get back to the subject of anger management, it’s not that anger in itself is bad, it’s that too often it is rooted in our own pride and or convenience. When we see things that are clearly in violation of God’s character and will, as expressed in His Word, then anger is quite appropriate, as Jesus expressed when He made a whip and drove the merchants out of the temple. (John 2:13-17) However, anger takes quite a toll on us emotionally and even physically, from all the hormones involved. Fearing/respecting God and submitting everything to Him is wise in every situation.

I do get angry but I don’t like it, which can make me angry that I’m angry! I am as much in need of submitting everything to God as anyone else. I find that when I am angry or otherwise emotionally upset that I am far more vulnerable to temptations that otherwise I would resist immediately. That can get dangerous! I am to recognize my own weaknesses and remember that God alone is not weak at all, and release everything to Him. Just last night I was rather worked up over Microsoft being sure they are smarter than we are and not allowing us to do what we need to do with our computers/networks, and the devil hit me with a suggestion/temptation. Fortunately I recognized it for what it was and rejected it, but my being worked up had made me vulnerable. As a pastor I deal with people constantly who are worked up over various things. I am to point every one of them to God, and remind every believer of the Lord’s Prayer and what it means. When we pray that from our hearts it takes care of practically everything!

Father, thank You for this very practical Word. I know I’ll have opportunity to share it personally in the very near future! Help me live it out consistently myself, so that I may be an increasingly effective agent of Your will being done on this earth, for Your glory. Thank You. Praise God!

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March 19, 2015

Posted on March 21, 2015 by jgarrott

Nehemiah 9:33 “In all that has happened to us, you have been just; you have acted faithfully, while we did wrong.”

I would call this whole document an excellent foundation for repentance. By itself it is not repentance, but simply a thoroughgoing admission of guilt, along with a request for relief. Repentance is demonstrated by the change that comes after the admission of guilt, but it cannot happen without the foundation of that admission. We put ourselves in real danger when we overlook either half of repentance: the admission of guilt and the will to change. Far too many people are baptized into churches on the basis of an intellectual agreement with the facts of the Gospel, but that really just gets them wet. Protestant churches have largely lost the practice of confession, and that is a big loss. Institutionalizing it is perhaps not the answer, but we desperately need the awareness that we earned the punishment that Jesus took on Himself. On the other side of that, Catholics sometimes have a “tit for tat” feeling, calculating that such and such a penance would be worth the pleasure of a particular sin. There is no will to change in that! We’ve got to have both sides of the coin, acknowledging our guilt and choosing to change. It is also important to recognize that the power to change is found in God and not in ourselves, but if we honestly ask Him to, He will do the “heavy lifting” to get the job done. That’s what 1 John 1:9 is all about.

This has of course been an issue in my life all along. I’ve never had a problem with the “intellectual assent” part of it, growing up in a home that was immersed in faith and Scripture, but I have struggled at various times with either acknowledging my guilt or with really desiring to change. After all, lots of sins are fun at the moment, and we are experts at excusing ourselves. God in His patient mercy has brought me through such struggles time and time again. It was indeed liberating to me when I realized the depth of His forgiveness. Once I have genuinely repented, it’s as though I had never committed the sin in the first place, so dwelling on it is counterproductive. The devil loves to have us mull over all the sins we’ve committed, because doing so convinces us that we are simply that kind of person and cannot hope to do better. The good news is, by faith we become the righteousness of God in Christ! (2 Corinthians 5:21) That is the Gospel I am to proclaim, firmly rooted in genuine repentance but unlimited in its implications. That is glorious indeed!

Father, thank You for helping me get this truth into a concise expression. Help me now communicate it effectively to as many people as possible. I can’t force anyone into repentance, but I can help them understand what it is and what it is not, to open them up to the work of the Holy Spirit. (John 16:8) I pray that this church would be filled with people who are genuinely born again and filled with Your Spirit, a powerful army for Your kingdom, for the salvation of many and for Your glory. Thank You. Hallelujah!

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March 18, 2015

Posted on March 20, 2015 by jgarrott

1 Kings 8:23 “O Lord, God of Israel, there is no God like you in heaven above or on earth below—you who keep your covenant of love with your servants who continue wholeheartedly in your way.”

Solomon has always been one of the most tragic figures in the whole Bible to me. He had every advantage, and indeed started so well, yet he finished so badly, saved from utter destruction only by residual blessings due to his father David. On significant occasions he indeed spoke Biblical truth, as here, yet he failed to live out to the end the very truth his own mouth had spoken. Here he speaks of “your servants who continue wholeheartedly in your way,” yet he himself wandered from that way, blinded by conceit, pride, and pleasure. I don’t think he ever could have been described as an atheist, but he practiced functional atheism in his later years. That is, he perhaps spoke of the Creator, but he acted as though He didn’t really exist, participating in active idolatry with his multiple foreign wives. His wisdom is often referenced, but to me, anyone who would take that many wives in the first place didn’t have “a lick of sense,” to use an old expression. It was a point of pride for a ruler to have “reproductive success,” and it was a tool of diplomacy to marry the daughters of foreign rulers. Solomon didn’t have the wisdom to get past that kind of thinking, accepting such things as his “rightful due,” and it did him in.

I have thankfully not extended my hands to multiple women as Solomon did, but conceit and entitlement have been traps for me none the less. My father was true in every way to my mother, in contrast to David’s multiple wives, so I had a much better example in that area. However, school studies were always easy for me, and sports were about the only area in which I couldn’t excel if I set my mind to it. I became familiar with the words of the Bible but didn’t submit myself to what it said, as something of a “poster child” for self-deception, as James spoke of. (James 1:22) God in His great mercy opened my eyes and brought me back to Himself, or I would have ended up much as Solomon did. Today I am very grateful to have learned that God’s smart and I’m not, whatever well-meaning people tell me or the devil whispers in my ear. I need to focus on being as faithful a steward as possible of the things the Lord has placed in my hands, always seeking His will, His guidance, because I know I make a mess of things on my own. I am to speak His Word with assurance, but never think I can interject anything He’s not saying. I am to walk in gratitude and obedience, for His glory.

Father, thank You again for Your grace, mercy, and patience. May I be an instrument of that grace, mercy, and patience toward those to whom I minister, leading them into obedient fellowship with You, for their blessing and Your glory. Thank You. Praise God!

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March 17, 2015

Posted on March 20, 2015 by jgarrott

2 Samuel 24:14 David said to Gad, “I am in deep distress. Let us fall into the hands of the Lord, for his mercy is great; but do not let me fall into the hands of men.”

Faced with an extremely difficult decision, David chose God’s mercy. As I read it, he didn’t really differentiate between famine and disease, but he knew he couldn’t trust human punishment. It looks to me like he said, “Lord, You choose.” An important part of fearing the Lord is trusting the Lord not to do anything out of proportion. The thing is, we don’t know what is proportional and what isn’t. When we come right down to it, we don’t know much of anything! That’s why faith is essential. It is only when we come to Paul’s famous declaration of faith that we can have real peace: “I know whom I have believed, and am convinced that he is able to guard what I have entrusted to him for that day.” (2 Timothy 1:12) As Jesus told us, in this world we will have troubles. (John 16:33) Since that is a given, the question becomes one of how we respond to them. If we trust God as David did, we will still go through the consequences of our sin and the sin of others, but things will be held to a minimum, and we will experience God turning even bad things around for good. (Romans 8:28)

Cathy and I are in the middle of just such a situation as this right now. As I have said frequently, Cathy’s various medical problems have hardly managed to slow her down. However, this latest seems to be the exception. Lumbar stenosis (pressure on the spinal cord) has given her structural pain that is problematic to say the least. I expect to be purchasing her a cane today to give her more mobility, but distance walking is currently out of the question. I find myself tempted to doubt the competence of the orthopedic doctor we have gone to, but that’s hardly fair. We are in a position of having to choose trust, because that’s clearly the best option. I need wisdom in how to cooperate with God’s health for Cathy, as well as in how to be the support she needs in getting around and getting things done. What we must not do is rail against God and say, why me? Rather, as Jesus said, we are to rejoice, because He has overcome the world. (John 16:33)

Father, it’s harder for me to deal with when the problems are with Cathy’s body than when they are with mine. I ask for a revelation of Your grace and mercy for us both, that we may rest, relax, and rejoice in You, for Your glory. Thank You. Praise God!

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March 16, 2015

Posted on March 19, 2015 by jgarrott

Deuteronomy 13:17-18 None of those condemned things shall be found in your hands, so that the Lord will turn from his fierce anger; he will show you mercy, have compassion on you, and increase your numbers, as he promised on oath to your forefathers, because you obey the Lord your God, keeping all his commands that I am giving you today and doing what is right in his eyes.

Deuteronomy 13 is one of those chapters we would just as soon were not in the Bible. We don’t like the idea that idolatry is as serious as it really is. At this point God was establishing a people for Himself as a witness among the nations, and He wasn’t going to let that be polluted. They had no Bible at all; Moses was the first to record God’s dealings with mankind. That was a major reason it was so easy for the Israelites to slip into idolatry. To forestall that, they really needed to fear the Lord, and this was part of that. Today we have both the Old and the New Testaments, so the question of responsibility and accountability has become much more individual, but idolatry is really no less serious. We forget that to our peril. For most Westerners idolatry is seldom in the form of a statue, but idols are none the less prevalent for that. Perhaps the prime idol in the West is human intellect, followed closely by physical pleasure. There’s a real irony to those being together in opposition to God, since at first glance they might seem to be opposites, but many are caught up in idolatry of both. Today we are not to go around killing idolaters; their own sin will do them in. (Actually, Mohammad may well have been influenced by passages such as this in setting up some of his edicts, but he wasn’t following the God of Creation in the first place.) Today we are called to deal strictly with the idolatry we discover in our own lives, and not tolerate it simply because “everybody’s doing it.” It is no accident that the first of the 10 Commandments is, “You shall have no other gods before Me.” (Exodus 20:3)

Raised in a strongly Christian home as I was, I didn’t recognize my own areas of idolatry very readily, but I tripped up both in placing my own intellect ahead of God and in placing my pleasure ahead of God’s commands. How foolish! Growing up in Japan I was very familiar with idols of wood, metal, and stone, so I didn’t make the connection to intangible idols very quickly. Now I understand that, and I am called to minister to people who have fallen prey to idolatry of every stripe. My focus is not to be on condemning their errors, but rather on pointing them to the Truth, that is Jesus Christ. At the same time, I need to be helping believers recognize the subtle forms of idolatry that can creep into their lives, so that together we may serve the Lord in all purity.

Father, help me indeed place nothing ahead of You. I am all too prone to let my own comfort and convenience get in the way of obedience. Help me love and serve You with single-minded devotion, letting nothing rival You in my heart, so that You may be glorified as all of Your plans for me are fulfilled. Thank You. Praise God!

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