Monday... These four words set a person a part in facing a new day. . .

Monday... These four words set a person a part from others as they get up in the morning to face a new day.

David in Psalm 59:16 (NLT) says, "But as for me." "But as for me." Can that be said of you or do you live and do and react like those around you? You say, but as for them. I'm not going to be an individual, I'm going to be like them. Now that can be a good thing if they are living in a way that is making a positive difference. The influence of a person striving to do something that will make a difference for good in people's lives can be a very good thing but too much of the time it is not a good thing to follow the crowd.

So what did David do? What set Him a part? Verse 16 says, "But as for me, I will sing about your power. Each morning I will sing with joy about your unfailing love." Too many people wake up and complain and gripe. They wake up angry with life. They wake up in despair not in joy. They wake up feeling weak. David woke up singing with joy about God's unfailing love and about His power.

David goes on, "For you have been my refuge, a place of safety when I am in distress." Verse 17, "O my Strength, to you I will sing praises, for you, O God, are my refuge, the God who shows me unfailing love."

In other words, but as for me, I going to focus on You God, on Who You are and what You have done in my life. That's what I'm going to do when I wake up. I'm not going to be like everyone else and wake up in a bad mood. No, I'm going to do all I can to wake up singing. And that will make all the difference in how we face our day. Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning

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