Wednesday... Are you feeling weak? Is all of this getting you down?

Wednesday... Are you feeling weak? Is all of this getting you down? You can be honest. You can tell Him what you feel. You can call out to Him.

David in Psalm 61:2 (NIRV) says, "I call out as my heart gets weaker." It is good to realize what is happening to us. But it is also good to do something about it.

Verse 1 says, "Listen to my prayer." Good place to start. "From a place far away I call out to you." Do you think it is because God is far away or could it be because we have let the cares of life lead us away from Him? It is a good thing to realize that we have drifted away and we need to come back and also that He is there with us even if we don't realize it. We may be far away but He is right there and we need to acknowledge that and call out to Him.

Again, "I call out as my heart gets weaker." The NLT says, "I cry out to you for help when my heart is overwhelmed." Do you feel weak, do you feel overwhelmed, then cry out to Him for help. Even though you have been ignoring Him, He is right there with you so call out to Him.

And this you can pray and then this you can know, "Lead me to the safety of a rock that is high above me." And then verses 3-5, "For you are my safe refuge, a fortress where my enemies cannot reach me. Let me live forever in your sanctuary, safe beneath the shelter of your wings! For you have heard my vows, O God. You have given me an inheritance for those who fear your name."

Our weakness comes from striving to take care of our situation all alone. "cry out to him when you are overwhelmed." He is there even though you aren't focussed on Him. Again, "I call out as my heart get weaker." Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning

Comments

Monday... He did it by Himself

Isaiah 44:24b (AMP), "I am the Lord, Maker of all things. Who alone stretches out the heavens, Who spreads out the earth by Myself." Monday... He did it by Himself. Many have a tendency to think very highly of themselves and what they can do. Oh we do have great ability but we are not the source. Yes it is important to have self-confidence but we are limited. The prophet Isaiah in 44:9-10 (NLT) says, "How foolish are those who manufacture idols. These prized objects are really worthless. The people who worship idols don't know this, so they are all put to shame. Who but a fool would make his own god - an idol that cannot help him one bit?" Now later in verse 24 (AMP) he writes, "For the Lord, your Redeemer, and He who formed you from the womb says, 'I am the Lord, Maker of all things, Who alone stretches out the heavens, Who spreads out the earth by Myself.'" I love that. "By Myself." Now we do need confidence but we are foolish to ma...

Wednesday... It didn't just happen.

Psalm 16;10 (NLT), "For you will not leave my soul among the dead or allow your holy one to rot in the grave." Wednesday... It didn't just happen. We are headed into a weekend of deep emotion. One that we really really love was killed and it didn't just happen. David in Psalm 16:10 (NLT) writes of this happening. He says about God, "For you will not leave my soul among the dead or allow your holy one to rot in the grave." We read over in the Gospels at the beginning of the New Testament in the Bible of the life of God's Son who came to earth to be our sacrifice so that our soul would not be left among the dead. Jesus came so that we wouldn't have to be buried at death and just left there. But he also shares that Jesus who was going to be killed as a sacrifice for our sins would not have to rot in a grave. David many generations before foretold this and that is what happened. Now that had to be a God thing. We can guess a lot about our future and we d...

Friday... Yes, we need them. We really do

Psalm 8:3-4 (NLT), "When I look at the night sky and see the work of your fingers - the moon and the stars you set in place - what are mere mortals that you should think about them, human beings that you should care for them?" Friday... Yes, we need them. We really do. No, not the fact that I can go out my front door and look out at night at the marvels of the sky. I can do that and it is amazing and it takes my breath away each time I see it. Yes, that is a fact but the reality of who did that and the wisdom and the faith that I have to believe that and to marvel that the one who did that cares about me makes such a difference in how I live my life. Yes, God really does. That is so wonderful for us to believe. And that is why faith and wisdom are so important. Now whatever belief you have at how that marvel happened must also be believed through faith. And the sad thing to me is that more and more people have been taught that there is no God and therefore he did not have a h...

Todays Beginning

Search This Blog