Skip to main content

Tuesday... We are unique and very useful.


Tuesday... We are unique and very useful.

Have you noticed how different we each one are? God in His creation made us the way we are and we are not totally like anyone else. And He shared His thoughts and plans and guidelines through different personalities and it called the Bible. Yes God did that.

In my reading each morning, I read at least five different translations and paraphrases. It really gives me an understanding as to what God is saying to me personally. God uses so many different ways to show us His way but it all goes through His Spirit and who He created us to be as a unique individual. 

Today I read Psalm 86 which is a Psalm of David. Verse 1 in the New International Version says, "Hear me, Lord, and answer me, for I am poor and needy."

The New International Reader's Version says, "Lord, hear me and answer me. I am poor and needy."

The New Living Translation says, "Bend down, O Lord, and hear my prayer; answer me, for I need your help."

The MESSAGE paraphrase puts it this way, "Bend an ear, God; answer me. I'm one miserable wretch!"

And then the Amplified Bible, "Incline Your ear, O Lord, and answer me, For I am distressed and needy [I long for Your help}."

Now how would you pray this in your own words? We are each individuals who see things through our own, personal way. That is the way God made us and His Spirit uses different ways to speak to us as individuals and for us to speak to Him. He does. 

Let me ask you, did anyone of those spoke to you and where you are right now? Was there a quickening of your heart as you read it? That is how the His Spirit works. He knows your wants and needs, He knows how you view yourself and Him and He wants you to be honest at who you.  So let Him speak to your picture of who you are and your feelings.

By the way, if none of them spoke to you, then keep reading. God through the Holy Spirit and The Bible has a word for you today. 

By the way, I have written a thought on this verse three different times, in three different ways. That is also the way God works. Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning   

 





Labels:

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

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...
Post a Comment
Read more

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 ...
Post a Comment
Read more

Friday... So what is it that you really fear?

1 Corinthians 15:57 (NLT), "But thank God! He gives us victory over sin and death through our Lord Jesus Christ." Friday... So what is it that you really fear? Yes, fear holds us back. It seems to take hold of us so that we can't even really enjoy living. Now I have found that one of the best ways to handle fear is to solve the problem of what we fear. Let's say that death is what we really fear. Everyday we wake up afraid to get up because we are afraid to do anything because we are afraid to die. And that is so understandable. Now I have found the solution to fearing death. I have through faith taken care of my fear to die. 1 Corinthians 15:57 (NLT) says, "But thank God! He gives us victory over sin and death through our Lord Jesus Christ." Verse 22 (CEV) says, "Adam brought death to all of us, and Christ will bring life to all of us." Death was not God's plan. Adam was created for an eternal life but he and his partner, Eve blew it and sin a...
Post a Comment
Read more