Saturday... Please don't give up on me!

Saturday... Please don't give up on me! Is that your prayer to God today? Is that what you want to say to God?

Psalm 119:1-4 (MSG) says, "You're blessed when you stay on course, walking steadily on the road revealed by God. You're blessed when you follow his directions, doing your best to find him. That's right - you don't go off on your own; you walk straight along the road he set. You, God, prescribe the right way to live; now you expect us to live it." And that is what we want to do.

But then the Psalmist prays what we also want and need to pray. Verses 5-6 says, "Oh, that my steps might be steady, keeping to the course you set. Then I'd never have regrets in comparing my life to your counsel." We need you God! We see what is available to us, we see you instructions, see the path that is set before us but we need You. We need you God.

And then verses 7 & 8 (NLT), "As I learn your righteous regulations, I will thank you by living as I should. I will obey you degrees." And then he says what we also want to say, "Please don't give up on me!" Oh God, please, don't give up on me. I need You, I need Your patience. I need Your instruction, I need Your direction. I want Your blessing, I want and need Your guiding hand. And please, please God, don't give up on me!!!

Verse 8 in The Message says, "I'm going to do what you tell me to do; don't ever walk off and leave me." And we can know that He won't. That is something that we can be sure of, He won't. He won't. He won't walk away and He won't give up on us.

Just know that today. No matter what you are going through today He is with you.

Psalm 117 says, "Praise the Lord, all you nations. Praise him, all you people of the earth. For his unfailing love for us is powerful; the Lord's faithfulness endures forever, Praise the Lord."

So many others may have given up on us but He hasn't. "The Lord's faithfulness endures forever." Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning

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