The Devotional

Papa “J” says

So who can keep up with the day ahead? Seems to me that just as soon as one fills in the day planner, its time to turn out the lights and think about tomorrow that never comes.

While in the Navy I had a tour of duty at Hickam Air Force Base in Hawaii. I was assigned to the Navy Overseas Air Cargo Terminal there. Our normal day was shipping and receiving all sorts of material and goods, to places like Midway Island, Guam, the Philippine Islands and Vietnam. On one occasion a box about one foot square came to the terminal. Marked in bold letters were the words. Forty thousand U.S. Dollars, signature required. The box had a destination of Midway Island, but at each stop along the way someone had to sign for the box and send it on to the final destination. Some said that it was the Navy's way of; “to catch a thief” and the Air Force people could not believe that the Navy would do something that would provoke a temptation to steal. The box made it to Midway, hand delivered by the pilot who had last signed for the money when it left Hickam. Integrity! Not required, since a trail of accountability was so strong even a thief would, for the event be honest. We live in a relative society and that is the absolute truth. It is what I call and “oxy clean moment, in a moron world!”

Psalms 7

Psalm 7:1-2 Do you meditate personally with God each day? I hope you do, you know God is interested in you and always seeking your very best comfort and peace. We need to trust Him since it is He who delivers us from persecution. David cries out to God since the words of Cush of the the tribe of Benjamin have been threatening to David. Cush is a kinsman, an Israelite and friend, turned enemy. When people who are close to us go on the attack, we feel that there is none deliver, but there is, He is God who never fails.

Psalm 6:3-5 There always is a need for integrity. What good would it be to ask God to pulverize someone whom was seeking peace from me and I was being evil to them. This is a critical issue, often we are bent on retribution even when it is our own hands that have been the ministers of evil. We want God to step in and clean up our mess and have Him shift the blame.

So herein is where accountability works. First of all accountability comes from within the heart and not from some outside influence to make us accountable. Integrity means that I must first examine my purpose. If it lines up to the plan and purpose of God, then I should seek God's deliverance. If it does not then I should be willing to face the enemy and reconcile.