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Thursday... Ok, this we need to remember.


Thursday... Ok, this we need to remember.

Each day brings so many different situations. Some would call them problems or trouble or injustice. They happen, don't they?

Look at this, we need to remember this. Psalm 94:12-13 (NLT) says, "Joyful are those you discipline, Lord, those you teach with your instructions." Now that is a different way to look at our troubles, isn't it? He goes on, "You give them relief from troubled times until a pit is dug to capture the wicked." What we are going through may also come from the evil that is around us but God is working it all out. Yes, He is. 

Now Verse 14 is what we need, really need to remember if we are going through correction or going through evil situations. It says, "The Lord will not reject his people; he will not abandon his special possession."

Two things to remember. First of all, "The Lord will not reject his people." The MESSAGE says, "God will never walk away from his people." We may but He won't. Whatever you are going through, He is there with you. He is working on your trouble, your discipline, your injustice. We need to remember that.

And number two: we are his  "special possession." (NLT) Do you know that you are special? Do you really know that? Well, that is what Psalm 94:14b says.

Maybe you need to write that down and put it on your refrigerator. I am special. I am special. I am special.

The MESSAGE says, we are His "precious people." We are so special, so precious that He sent His Son, Jesus to die as a sacrifice for our sins and then to come back to life so His Holy Spirit could live in and through us and to empower us to live through these difficult and challenging times. In other word, to live each and every day.

And then verse 15 says, "Rest assured that justice is on its way and every good heart put right." Remember, the Psalms were written before Jesus and that is what happened and is happening and going to happen. God is at work. Believe it.

Verses 16-19 (NLT) says, "Who will protect me from the wicked? Who will stand up for me against evildoers? Unless the Lord had helped me, I would soon have settled in the silence of the grave. I cried out, 'I'm slipping!' but your unfailing love, O Lord, supported me. When doubts filled my mind, your comfort gave me renewed hope and cheer." 

And we let's remember that no matter what we are facing Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning 


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