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Friday... It's going to happen.


Friday... It's going to happen.

We can be so impatient, can't we? 

Psalm 40 verse 17 (MSG) says, "I'm a mess." That's a good place to start, isn't it? It great to start with a true assessment of the situation and David in all honesty starts with "I'm a mess." He knows he needs help, he knows he needs God.

He goes on, "I'm nothing and I have nothing:" And then he asks, "Make something of me. You can do it - you've got what it takes -" And that is also a true assessment of the situation. David knows where to turn for help. He knows he needs help and he know where to go for help.

For us it used to be the Yellow Pages but we don't have them anymore. Do you even know what the Yellow Pages were? Maybe a close friend would be a great place to go or even your parents. My dad and mom were always the right people to go to but they are now in heaven. They have gone on before me. But David knew where to go back when he was alive and it is the same for us today. You, God have what it takes.. Have you found that true? Let me tell you, it is so true.

But then David put in a but. And we always want to put in this but because we want it and we want it to happen now, "but God, don't put it off." Again, we can be so impatient, can't we?

Have you ever thought about the fact that the situation that God has allowed into our life is one of the situations that God is using to make something of us? But we are so impatient, we want it done right now.

I know, I know, I am really tired of this Covid thing. Both my daughter,, Stef and her husband, Andrew have it and it is really tiring but what if it is still happening in us and around us because we haven't learned the lesson from it. Maybe somewhere down the line of our life we will look back and see how God has used it to make something of us, the something that God wants us to be. So maybe, maybe, we need to be patient. God wants to do a work in us and through us that is greater than we could ever imagine.

Look at verse 16 (NLT). It says, "But may all who search for you be filled with joy and gladness in you. May those who love your salvation repeatedly shout, 'The Lord is great!'" And The MESSAGE 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." God is not finished in making us what He wants us to be. He is not quitting so let's be patient and let Him do His work in and through us and let us rejoice in it. Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning


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