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Tuesday... Could there be a purpose in what we are going through?


Tuesday... Could there be a purpose in what we are going through? I wonder if there is?

David writes in Psalm 40:1 (NLT), "I waited patiently for the Lord to help me." We need patience. We need dependence. "and he turned to me and heard my cry." We need experience that strengthens us and our faith.

Verse 2, "He lifted me out of the pit of despair." We need to learn that being down is normal but it is not where we need to stay and we need someone to help us get out of it. "out of the mud and the mire." Oh we really do need to see we don't need to stay there. We seem to be in a  lot of mud and mire right now, don't we? "He set my feet on solid ground." Now that is where we need to be. That is where we need to live. That is a whole lot better than being down in the mud and mire isn't it? He will lift you and set you there. He will, He will. "and steadied me as I walk along." Yes He will! 

Verse 3, "He has given me a new song to sing." I didn't know I could sing but I've got a new song so let's do it. "a hymn of praise to our God." Now that is a real song to sing that makes all the difference in how I view my life up there on that solid rock. 

And here is the real purpose in all of this. "Many will see what He has done and be amazed. They will put their trust in the Lord."

It really is amazing how God works in and through our mud and mire and then in our rock climbing in other people's lives. People are watching how we handle what we are going through. We show them how putting our trust in God makes such a difference in our lives. and could in their lives. 

The MESSAGE says, "More and more people are seeing this: they enter the mystery, abandoning themselves to God."  Now that is a real purpose in living through what we are going through, isn't it? Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning

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