Saturday... Do you believe what others say? Do you?

It all depends upon who they are, doesn't it?

We believe so much what others say and it leads us down wrong paths. We really do need to be careful. It is so interesting what comes through the media as truth, doesn't it? It can keep us awake at night.

David in Psalm 3:1 & 2 (NIV) says, "Lord, how many are my foes! How many rise up against me!" Here is the phrase, "Many are saying of me, 'God will not deliver him.'" Did he believe what they said? Do you believe everything that you hear, that you read?

He goes on, verse 3, "But you, Lord, are a shield around me, my glory, the One who lifts my head high. I call out to the Lord, and he answers me from the holy mountain." And then verse 7, "Arise, Lord! Deliver me, my God!" He didn't listen to what others said. He did the complete opposite. He knew what He knew. He believed in what He believed. He believed in God.

Here is what he knew. Here is what he believed. Verse 8, "From the Lord comes deliverance. May your blessing be on your people." He believed what God said and what He had done and will do.

And what does believing in what God says do for us? Verse 5 says, "I lie down and sleep; I wake up again, because the Lord sustains me. I will not fear though tens of thousand assail me on every side." You get a good nights sleep. That's what you do.

Again, no matter what you are going through, "From the Lord comes deliverance. May your blessing be on your people." That is what I believe! Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning

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