Thursday... Maybe you need this fix today.

Thursday... Maybe you need this fix today. How has your day started?

In Psalm 42 and 43 the Psalmist repeats himself. Some even think that these two Psalms were one Psalm at one time. It seems that this Psalmist was going through a down time and needed a fix. Maybe you are too.

The Psalmist asks a very good question in Psalm 42:5, 11 and Psalm 43:5 (MSG). He asks a question that many of us could be asking in what we have been and are going though. He asks himself, "Why are you down in the dumps, dear soul? Why are you crying the blues?" If we were with you today, could we ask you that question and of course you could come back with some great answers. Somehow we thought this would be over by now and we could get back to what our life used to be like.

Now the answer is found in what we are fixing your eyes on. Yes there is a lot around us that is bringing us down, down, down. But the Psalmist writes, "Fix my eyes on God - soon I'll be praising again. He puts a smile on my face. He's my God."

Everyday after I have gotten us from my night of rest and have cleaned up and put clean clothes on, I then open up all the window blinds to let the light in, I sit in one particular chair and give thanks to God for so many good things in my life. I give Him thanks. I fix my eyes on what God has done for me. That is a great way to start my day. I did that this morning and then fixed me something to eat and then back to the same chair to connect with God through prayer and His Word. Now that's one way to fix your eyes on God.

Yes, life can be rough right now but God takes bad and turns it into good.

"Why are you so down in the dumps, dear soul? Why are you crying the blues? Fix my eyes on God - soon I'll be praising again. He puts a smile on my face. He's my God." 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...

Friday... We have this hope of expectancy.

Psalm 5:3 (NLT), "Listen to my voice in the morning Lord. Each morning I bring my requests to you and wait expectantly." Friday... We have this hope of expectancy. Now David found a great way to start his day. He says in Psalm 5:1-3 (NLT), "O LORD, hear me as I pray." And that is a great place to start. It really is. Morning sunrise He goes on, "Listen to my cry for help, my King, my God, for I pray to no one but you." And that is so important. We don't try to pump ourselves up by ourself. No, we pray to no one but you, God, my LORD, my King. Now this relationship with God is so, so very important. And then David says, "Listen to my voice in the morning, LORD. Each morning I bring my requests to you" And that is so great. And then he says, "and wait expectantly." Yes, we have this hope of expectancy. We are experienced. That is what a relationship with God and a moment by moment connection does. It makes a difference in our daily wa...

Friday... Yes, we can know this to be true.

Psalm 12:6 (NLT), "The Lord's promises are pure, like silver refined in a furnace, purified seven times over." Friday... Yes, we can know this to be true. Maybe this is what you want to say in this day in which we live. Psalm 12:1-2 (MSG) says, "Quick, I need your helping hand! The last decent person just went down, all the friends I depend on gone. Everyone talks in lie language; lies slide off their oily lips. They doubletalk with forked tongues." Do you ever feel that way?" Have you found that to be true? Well David the writer of this Psalm continues and says in verse 6 something to encourage us, to lift us up, to give us hope. Psalm 12:6 (NLT) says, "The Lord's promises are pure, like silver refined in a furnace, purified seven times over." The Message Paraphrase says verses 6-8 this way, "God's words are pure words, pure silver words refined seven times in the fires of his word-kiln, pure on earth as well as in heaven, God, keep ...

Todays Beginning

Search This Blog