Saturday... There is power in connecting to the right power source...

Saturday... There is power in connecting to the right power source.

We may be needing a tool to do a job for us. Let's say it is a power saw. We need to cut a big piece of wood. It has the ability to cut the wood but it cannot do it if it is not connected to electricity. It has power if it is connected to power.

We have so much potential. It is amazing what we can do when we are connected to power. Maybe you are in such a situation right now and you need to connect to God.

David in Psalm 54 (NLT) says, "Come with great power, O God, and rescue me! Defend me! Listen to my prayer, O God. Pay attention to my plea. For strangers are attacking me; trying to kill me. They care nothing for God." He needed something that was more powerful than he was to take care of this situation he was facing so he connected to God, he prayed to God.

Yes, you and I have the potential for power if we connect to power. God is close to you and he wants to work in and through you. He has created you with such potential but he has also created you with the need to connect with him to fulfill that potential.

David then says, in verse 4, "But God is my helper. The Lord keeps me alive!" And then verse 6, "I will sacrifice a voluntary offering to you; I will praise your name, O Lord, for it is good. For you have rescued me from my troubles and helped me to triumph over my enemies."

It started with David's connecting to God and asking for him to come, to rescue him and defend him and to pay attention to his plea. Maybe you need to do that today. Yes yes! #todaysbeginning.

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Monday... He did it by Himself

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