Friday... How do you get even? Do you have a plan?

Friday... How do you get even? Do you have a plan? Has it worked?

Good questions but what about the answer?

This is another area where God's answer is different than the ways of the world.

Proverbs 20:22 (NIRV) says, "Don't say, 'I will get even with you for the wrong you did to me.' Wait for the Lord, and he will make things right."

We spend so much time and emotion on something that God is better suited to do. The MESSAGE Paraphrase says, "Wait for God; he'll settle the score." He wants to handle it. Let Him.

Here is another area that we spend so much time on. Verse 24 (NLT) says, "The Lord directs our steps, so why try to understand everything along the way?"

This world right now is so confusing and so frustrating. So how much time are you spending trying to understand it all and all you are doing is living in confusion and fear with great anxiety?

The MESSAGE says, "The very steps we take come from God; otherwise how would we know where we are going?" What do you mean, I am smart. I know what I am doing and there is our problem.

This next verse is what we do so many times, verse 25 says, "An impulsive vow is a trap; later you wish you could get out of it." And that is so true, isn't it?

Here is the key in these areas, verse 22b (Amp), "Wait [expectantly] for the Lord, and He will rescue and save you."

He knows what He is doing. So relax and let Him do it. Today is a good time to start. Again, "Wait [expectantly] for the Lord." Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning

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Tuesday... I wonder what would happen if we didn't take the credit?

Nehemiah 6:16b (NLT), "They realized this work had been done with the help of our God." Tuesday... I wonder what would happen if we didn't take the credit? Over in the Old Testament in the book of Nehemiah it tells of a major task that through the leadership of Nehemiah was accomplished. The walls of Jerusalem had been torn down and God had laid it on Nehemiah to build those walls back up. It was definitely an almost impossible task but Nehemiah 6:15-16 says, "So on October 2 the wall was finished - just fifty-two days after we had begun. When our enemies and the surrounding nations heard about it, they were frightened and humiliated. They realized this work had been done with the help of our God." Now, we so many times want to take credit for doing the impossible. It would make such a difference for us. But I wonder what would happen through us if God got the credit? Psalm 96 tells us what we are to do. Verses 2-3 says, "Sing to the LORD; praise his name. ...

Thursday... Maybe we need this word today.

Psalm 57:1b (NIRV), "There I will stay until the danger is gone." Thursday... Maybe we need this word today. There are words in life that give us confidence no matter what we are facing. Now we have to believe them in order for them to have an impact. David wrote Psalm 57 while he was in a cave hiding from Saul who wanted to kill him and he says in the last part of verse 1, "There I will stay." It was a safe place and Saul didn't know that he was there. But he doesn't stop there. With confidence he said, "There I will stay until." And until is definitely a word of faith and confidence. "There I will stay until the danger is gone." Do we need that today? Let me give you the whole verse. In verse 1 David says, "Have mercy on me, God. Have mercy on me." And that is a great place to start in times of trouble. Maybe that is what we need to pray today, "Have mercy on me, God. Have mercy on me." It is so great to have someone...

Tuesday... We just have trouble listening.

1 Corinthians 13:7 (NLT), "Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance." Tuesday... We just have trouble listening. Over in Jeremiah 25:4 (NLT) it says, "Again and again the LORD has sent you his servants, the prophets, but you have not listened or even paid attention." And Jeremiah went on to tell what was going to happen. There will be consequences if we do not listen to what God says through his Word. Now the Apostle Paul over in 1 Corinthians was having a problem with some professed Christ followers who were having trouble at listening. And we too can have problems at listening. We can think that being a Christ follower means we do a lot of finger pointing and we give up on people who don't do what we say. We can even do that in our families. But Paul writes in 1 Corinthians 13:7 (NLT), "Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance." In verse ...

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