Friday... They go together.

Have you ever thought, without Good Friday there is no Easter? They go together. Discouragement and God go together.

Too many times good times do not turn us to God. It's the difficult ones, it's the troubling times, the pandemics, the inflation going wild, gas prices going up. That is when it seems we turn to God and that makes whatever we are going through a good thing.

I was reading this morning in Psalm 37 and seeing how David was doing. He is always an encouragement.

Verses 3 & 4 (NLT) says, "Trust in the Lord and do good. Then you will live safely and prosper. Take delight in the Lord, and he will give you your heart's desire." Now that's an encouragement.

Verse 5, "Commit everything you do to the Lord. Trust him and he will help you." Did you need that thought today?

Verse 7, "Be still in the presence of the Lord, and wait patiently for him to act. Don't worry about evil people who prosper or fret about their wicked schemes." Wow, that would have been a great Psalm for the followers of Christ to have read as they were facing Good Friday. I mean, there world as they knew it was completely falling apart. "Be still in the presence of the Lord, and wait patiently for him to act." There was nothing they could do except wait. Is that true of you today? They didn't know that Easter was coming even though Jesus had told them over and over what was going to happen. And that many times is true of us too, isn't it?

Verse 7 in the Amplified Bible says, "Be still before the Lord; wait patiently for Him and entrust yourself to Him; Do not fret (whine, agonize) because of him who prospers in his way. Because of the man who carries our wicket schemes."

Verse 9 (NLT), "For the wicked will be destroyed, but those who trust in the Lord will possess the land."

The Message puts verses 7-9 this way, "Quiet down before God, be prayerful before him. Don't bother with those who climb the ladder, who elbow their way to the top. Bridle your anger, trash your wrath, cool your pipes - it only makes things worse. Before long the crooks will be bankrupt; God-investors will soon own the store."

And then verses 18 & 19 (NLT), "Day by day the Lord takes care of the innocent, and they will receive an inheritance that lasts forever. They will not be disgraced in hard times; even in famine they will have more than enough."

Remember, they just go together, Good Friday goes with Easter and discouragement and God go together. He is the ONE we turn to. Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning

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