August 15

<p><a href= "http://traffic.libsyn.com/thehighroadshow/2287S0815.mp3" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">Download</a></p> <!-- END 998 Download Link --> <p>Psalm 115-118 We are in the Wisdom Stream reading from the Tree of Life Version. 7streamsmethod.com | @7StreamsMethod | @serenatravis | #7Streams | <a href= "https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=YPPA8XGTQ2YHU">Donate</a></p> <!--more--> <p>Commentary by Dr. Drake Travis</p> <blockquote> <div>Lord, we thank you for your endless and loving care.  Amen</div> </blockquote> <p>115 - Blessing and praise all go to the Name of the Lord our God.  He is in heaven and as real as anything; MORE real than anything we see. Idols are nothing. [In fact, "EE-dole" is the greek word for: something a human has made though it really is nothing; it is a nothing.  And yet the pagans trust in these things. Verse 8 has the stinging assessment: "those who make them become like them." I guess that those who worship carved blocks of wood become blockheads, those who worship the earth turn into "dirtballs" and those who worship animals start acting like them in time...or acting worse actually.  It isn't meant to be funny. It's more the Psalmist bellowing at us to not have idols.  But the house of Israel, <em>their</em> God IS God. And that is the glaring / even cosmic contrast between what we worship legitimately and what the lost folks worship to no avail.</p> <div>116 - A tremendous Psalm of deliverance by an attentive God who saves from death, darkness, trouble, affliction, evil men, and calamity.  In case anyone felt inquisitive the Hebrew that lands in the script without warning: <em>kedoshim</em>...blessed are...the death of kedoshim - that refers to those who serve God faithfully / His saints / we can presume this refers to martyrs as well.  This Psalm inspires us to live lives dedicated to our Lord and King.  It's a great one to read especially in a ceremony to those committing to or being dedicated into ministry.</div> <div>117 - As of this Psalm we