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Friday... We will win!!!


Friday... It is so easy for us to compare and complain, isn't it? We so many times feel like we are losers. But let me tell you something today, we will win!!!

This has been a very difficult time, hasn't it? This pandemic has been rough. But this is not the end. No it isn't.

The writer of Psalm 49 in verses 1-3 (NLT) said, "Listen to this, all you people! Pay attention, everyone in the world! High and low, rich and poor - listen! For my words are wise, and my thoughts are filled with insight."

Then verse 5, "Why should I fear when trouble comes, when enemies surround me? They trust in their wealth and boast of great riches." And we compare and complain. Look at them and what they have and look at me and what I have. But in verse 6 the Psalmist says, "They trust in their wealth and boast of great riches. Yet they cannot redeem themselves for death."

Verse 8, "Redemption does no come easily, for no one can ever pay enough to live forever and never see the grave."

In some ways that has been what this pandemic has shown, being wealthy doesn't make a difference with an unknown virus. Again, "High and low, rich and poor - listen!"

Look at verse 15. It says, "But as for me, God will redeem my life. He will snatch me from the power of the grave." The NIV says, "But God will redeem me from the realm of the dead; he will surely take me to himself."

You see, those who put their trust in God, who live their lives for God will win. It may seem in this world that they don't have it altogether but they do. Yes they do. Yes we do! Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning


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