Tuesday... We sometimes are tempted to take the credit.

Tuesday... We sometimes are tempted to take the credit. But did we really do it?

David in Psalm 30:1 (MSG) says, "I give you all the credit, God - you got me out of that mess, you didn't let my foes gloat."

Now maybe we need to take the credit for the mess. That may have been our fault but even if we showed some wisdom in getting out of it the wisdom came from God.

Verses 2 & 3 (NLT) says, "O Lord my God, I cried to you for help, and you restored my health. You brought me up from the grave, O Lord you kept me from falling into the pit of death."

Even in our health, we love to take credit. Some would take credit because they wore a mask or they took the shots or they didn't take the shots or they didn't wear the mask. The whole Covid world that we have lived in has brought people into a great patting themselves on the back, of taking credit because of what they did or didn't do. I mean the conflict that has come like we should take the credit.

"I give you all the credit, God - you got me out of that mess, you didn't let my foes gloat." David was a king. He wrote this Psalm for the dedication of the Temple. He knew who should get the credit. If our political leaders would quit taking all the credit and placing all the blame and acknowledge that they maybe are a partial cause of our problems and acknowledge that we need God and we need to cry out to God for help and then give Him the credit for getting us out of the mess then things would be different. And if we as individuals would do the same. We need a revival of who should get the credit.

Verses 2-3 (MSG) says, "God, my God, I yelled for help and you put me together, God, you pulled me out of the grave, gave me another chance at life when I was down-and-out." Again, "God, you pulled me out of the grave, gave me another chance at life when I was down-and-out."

Verses 11-12 says, "You did it, you changed wild lament into whirling dance; You ripped off my black mourning band and decked me with wildflowers. I'm about to burst with song; I can't keep quiet about you God, my God. I can't thank you enough."

Verse 12 (NLT), "that I might sing praises to you and not be silent. O Lord my God, I will give you thanks forever." Maybe we need a revival of who should get the credit. "I give you all the credit, God - you got me out of that mess, you didn't let my foes gloat. Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning

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