Monday... We can be so down on ourselves, can't we?

Monday... We can be so down on ourselves, can't we? Especially on a Monday morning, headed into a new week, a new day, we can think we're a mess, can't we?

David said in Psalm 40:17 (NLT), "As for me, since I am poor and needy," It is so easy to think that way about yourself. The MESSAGE says, "I'm a mess. I'm nothing and have nothing." Now that may be the truth but that isn't the way God sees us if we're following Him.

David continues (NLT) and this is the phrase that stopped me this morning, "let the Lord keep me in his thoughts." Now that may be very presumptuous for us to pray. The God Who is over all, Who created all keeps me in His thoughts. That can't be true, can it? I'm poor and needy. I'm nothing and have nothing, and I am in His thoughts. But it's true. He is thinking about us. He knows us and He loves us and He cares for us. That makes us very special. So special that He sent His Son to die for us.

David continues, "You are my helper and my savior. O my God do not delay."

Verses 16 & 17 (MSG) says, "But all who are hurting for you - oh, let them sing and be happy. Let those who know what you're all about tell the world you're great and not quitting. And Me? I'm a mess. I'm nothing and have nothing: make something of me. You can do it; you've got what it takes - but God, don't put it off."

Now that can be a much needed prayer to pray today. You feel like you are a mess and you need to know that God is thinking about you. And you want Him to make something of of this day, of you and you don't want Him to put it off. So just pray, "O, my God, do not delay." "But God, don't put it off." He listens and responds to that kind of prayer. "You are my helper and my savior." Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning

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