Friday... But whose is this, anyway?

Friday... A good question to ask as we go through these uncertain times is, whose is this, anyway? We act like all of this is ours and we know what is best for us. But, whose is this, anyway?

Psalm 24:1 (NLT) answers this clearly, "The earth is the Lord's, and everything in it. The world and all its people."

And this is the way we must view what we are going through.

I like what David said in Psalm 31:21-24 (NIV) and we need to see and say the same thing in this time and this place we are living in. He said, "Praise be to the Lord, for he showed me the wonders of his love when I was in a city under siege. In my alarm I said, 'I am cut off from your sight!' Yet you heard my cry for mercy when I called to you for help."

He goes on, "Love the Lord, all his faithful people! The Lord preserves those who are true to him, but the proud he pays back in full. Be strong and take heart, all you who hope in the Lord."

Verse 23 in the NLT says, "Love the Lord, all you godly ones! For the Lord protects those who are loyal to him" and this is so important for us to see, those who think all of this is there's, David says, "but he harshly punishes the arrogant." The MESSAGE says, "But he pays back in full those arrogant to go it alone."

This isn't our's this is his and we are his. And let's remember that as we are going through this time, this siege that we are living in.

And then verse 24 in the NLT says, "Be strong and courageous, all you who put your hope" not in yourself, but "in the Lord!" Yes yes! #todaysbeginning

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