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Friday... It doesn't overtake us.


Friday... It doesn't overtake us. He uses it.

I was reviewing yesterday and some of the troubles that people are going through and I found this phrase this morning in Proverbs 12:21 (NIV). It says, "No harm overtakes the righteous, but the wicked have their fill of trouble."

Now we all do have trouble but it doesn't need to harm us, or overtake us. We need to see that today. That is what having a relationship with God does for us. Our troubles do not harm us or overtake us because we have a God who uses all things for our good and his glory. 

I just finished yesterday reading the Gospels and today I started reading the Acts of the Apostles. The Apostles had just gone through an impossible situation. There leader had been killed and now it was all on them. Really, really a bad time but was it? Yes, Jesus left them in his physical presence but he left his Spirit to live within them and empower them and change them. God took something bad and turned it into good. 

Those who have a relationship with God have a different view of trouble, at least we can. "No harm overtakes the righteous."

The Amplified Bible says verse 21 this way, "No harm befalls the righteous, but the wicked are filled with trouble." New Living Translation, "No harm comes to the godly, but the wicked have their fill of trouble." The New International Reader's Version says, "No harm comes to godly people, But sinners have all the trouble they can handle." The Message, "No evil can overwhelm a good person, but the wicked have their hands full of it."

Look at what King David in Psalm 72:12-14 (NLT) says, "He will rescue the poor when they cry to him; he will help the oppressed, who have no one to defend them. He feels pity for the weak and the needy, and he will rescue them. He will redeem them from oppression and violence, for their lives are precious to him." 

Listen, he may allow it but he will use it for our good and his glory. He uses it and he can be trusted. As verse 14 says, "He will redeem them from oppression and violence, for their lives are precious to him." Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning


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