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Wednesday... Just some good old common sense makes sense.


Wednesday... Just some good old common sense makes sense. And where do we get it?

Psalm 119:73 (NLT) says, "You made me; you created me. Now give me the sense to follow your commands." The MESSAGE Paraphrase says,  "Train me in good common sense."

Now think of this. It really does makes sense to go to the One who made us, who created us, doesn't it? And by the way, He's given us a manuel.

I just bought another car and I want to know all about it, all the little gadgets that will make driving so much safer and easier but it didn't have a manuel.  I did find that I can go online and it will be there but the thought goes through our mind that we really don't need it and it is annoying to have to go online. But that doesn't make sense, does it? But we live that way.

Now, just before this verse there are a couple of verses, verses 70 - 72 (NLT) that says this, "Their hearts are dull and stupid, but I delight in your instructions. My suffering was good for me, for it taught me to pay attention to your decrees. Your instructions are more valuable to me than millions in gold and silver." The manual says there's a purpose behind the suffering, and that is very valuable to know.

And then verses 74-77, "May all who fear you find in me a cause for joy, for I have put my hope in your word. I know, O Lord, that your regulations are fair; you disciplined me because I needed it. Now let your unfailing love comfort me, just as you promised me, your servant. Surround me with your tender mercies so I may live, for your instructions are my delight."

Now that really makes sense, doesn't it? Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning



 

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