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Wednesday... Now we respond to what has happened.


Wednesday... Now we wake up to a new day and we respond to what has happened. 

Some wake up like the writer of Psalm 64 (MSG), "Listen and help, O God. I'm reduced to a whine and a whimper, obsessed with feelings of doomsday." Yes, yes, we don't know who our President is but doomsday? I think God is still in control. 

It is so easy to see situations around us and go to pieces. Be overly dramatic at what is happening around us. Yes, yes, there could be change, things are different everyday but does that cause us to be in such despair.

There's a story over in 2 Samuel where Absalom, David's son wanted to be king so he came to kill his father but in the battle Absalom was killed. 2 Samuel 19:4 (NLT) says, "The king covered his face with his hands and kept on crying, 'O my son Absalom! O Absalom, my son, my son!'"

Verses 5-8, "Then Joab went to the king's room and said to him, 'We saved your life today and the lives of your sons, your daughters, and your wives and concubines, Yet you act like this, making us feel ashamed of ourselves. You seem to love those who hate you and hate those who love you. You have made it clear today that your commanders and troops mean nothing to you, It seemed that if Absalom had lived and all of us died, you would be pleased. Now go out there and congratulate your troops, for I swear by the Lord that if you don't go out, not a single one of them will remain here tonight. Then you will be worse off than ever before.' So the king went out..."

We sometimes need someone to remind us of whom is in control and of whom we serve. If we act like everyone else when we don't get what we want then how can we show that God makes all the difference in our lives. 

The last two verses of Psalm 64 (MSG) says, "Everyone sees it." They are looking to see how a God-follower handles disappointment. Here is what we should want. "God's work is the talk of the town. Be glad, good people! Fly to God! Good-hearted people, make praise your habit." Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning


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