Tuesday... Think on this!

Proverbs 24:15-16 (NLT) says, "Don't wait in ambush at the home of the godly, and don't raid the house where the godly live. The godly may trip seven times, but they get up again. But one disaster is enough to overthrow the wicked." In other words, it's a waste of time.

Has all of this that has happened in these last two years been a waste of time for those who are striving to bring the godly down? They have been trying and trying to bring the godly down but it has not worked. We keep getting back up and I know we have been frustrating those who have been waiting in ambush and who have been raiding our lives.

Verse 10 says, "If you fail under pressure, your strength is too small."

Remember this, Psalm 24:1-6 says, "The earth is the Lord's, and everything in it. The world and all its people belong to him. For he laid the earth's foundation on the seas and built it on ocean depths. Who may climb the mountain of the Lord? Who may stand in his holy place? Only those whose hearts are pure, who do not worship idols and never tell lies. They will receive the Lord's blessing and have a right relationship with God their savior. Such people may seek you and worship in your presence, O God of Jacob."

Think on this, a right relationship with God makes all difference no matter what is happening around us. "Don't wait in ambush at the home of the godly, and don't raid the house where the godly live. The godly may trip seven times, but they get up again." That's what a right relationship with God does. Verses 5 & 6 in The MESSAGE Paraphrase says, "God is at their side; with God's help they make it. This Jacob, is what happens to God-seekers, God-questers." Think on this. Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning

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