Monday... We do so much to get it but do we really want it?

Do we really want attention? Do clothes, color and styling our hair get it? What about our talent, our abilities? We do so much for attention, don't we?

Well the writer of Psalms 147 thought it was what people wanted so in verse 11a (MSG) he writes. "Those who fear God get God's attention." Oh I, know in one sense we fear getting God's attention. We are afraid that He will see the wrong that we are doing. But this kind of fear is different than that. We want this kind of attention. And it is important to know that "Those who fear God get God's attention" isn't it?

Verses 10 - 11 in the Amplified Bible says, "He does not delight in the strength (military power) of the horse, nor does he take pleasure in the legs (strength) of a man. The Lord favors those who fear and worship Him, [with awe-inspired obedience], those who wait for mercy and lovingkindness."

We too many times think that we know what will get attention and we spend all our efforts in doing it but we really do want to know what God is looking for, don't we? I know I do.

Verses 10-11 in the New Living Translation says, "He takes no pleasure in the strength of the horse or in human might. No, the Lord's delight is in those who fear him, those who put their hope in his unfailing love." We don't want to disappoint Him or not do what He asks. And it's good to know that "The Lord favors those who fear and worship Him, [with awe-inspired obedience]' those who wait for mercy and lovingkindness." We really do want to get it, don't we? Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning

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Monday... He did it by Himself

Isaiah 44:24b (AMP), "I am the Lord, Maker of all things. Who alone stretches out the heavens, Who spreads out the earth by Myself." Monday... He did it by Himself. Many have a tendency to think very highly of themselves and what they can do. Oh we do have great ability but we are not the source. Yes it is important to have self-confidence but we are limited. The prophet Isaiah in 44:9-10 (NLT) says, "How foolish are those who manufacture idols. These prized objects are really worthless. The people who worship idols don't know this, so they are all put to shame. Who but a fool would make his own god - an idol that cannot help him one bit?" Now later in verse 24 (AMP) he writes, "For the Lord, your Redeemer, and He who formed you from the womb says, 'I am the Lord, Maker of all things, Who alone stretches out the heavens, Who spreads out the earth by Myself.'" I love that. "By Myself." Now we do need confidence but we are foolish to ma...

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...

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 ...

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