Wednesday... Yes, I will have it for today, tomorrow and the next day.

We need this everyday. I'm sure you need it for today.

Psalm 84:5 (NASB) says, "Blessed is the person whose strength is in You." And then verse 7a says, They go from strength to strength." Verse 5 in the NLT says, "What joy for those whose strength comes from the Lord who have set their minds on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem."

There is strength in focus. Verses 5-7 in The Message says, "And how blessed all those in whom you live, whose lives become roads you travel; They wind through lonesome valleys, come upon brooks, discover cool springs and pools brimming with rain! God-traveled, those roads curve up the mountain, and at the last turn - Zion! God in full view."

There is strength in focusing on God each and every day. He doesn't give you the strength today for tomorrow. Each day is different. Today I'm in a valley, tomorrow by a spring and then there is a curve up a mountain. And if I have put my focus on God then He will give me the strength over and over for each new day and each new situation.

So let's get up and focus on what God has for us and know that He is out ahead of us with the strength that we will need for today.

Verse 7 (NIRV), "Those people get stronger as they go along, until each appears in Zion, where God lives." (AMP), "They go from strength to strength [increasing in victorious power]; Each of them appears before God in Zion."

Verses 11 (NLT) says, "For the Lord God is our sun and shield. He gives us grace and glory. The Lord will withhold no good thing from those who do what is right." And then verse 12 (AMP), "O Lord of hosts, How blessed and greatly favored is the man who trusts in You [believing in You, relying on You, and committing himself to You with confident hope and expectation]." We "go from strength to strength." Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning

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