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Monday... Oh to be really satisfied.


Monday... Oh to be really satisfied.

We search and search for something that will satisfy us. The writer of Psalm 90 went to the right place. He says to God in verse 14 (NLT), "Satisfy us each morning with your unfailing love, so we may sing for joy to the end of our lives." We search and search and it is right in front of us.

Did that last item you ate or those clothes that you bought satisfy you? They may have for a moment but we get up each morning ready to go and search for more. We even search for love but is it unfailing? God's love is. It really is. And it will last forever. Nothing else will do that.

Verse 15 says, "Give us gladness in proportion to our former misery!" Oh, so many places we have searched only to be miserable. 

Now, Moses is the writer of this Psalm and it is understandable why he would also say, "Replace the evil years with good." He had to lead those griping people through the wilderness for 40 years instead of going into the promised land which God had prepared for them if they would follow him and obey him. Moses knew where to turn. He turned to God. Maybe you have lived in sin and you are so miserable and you need to turn to God and pray, "Replace the evil years with good." If you turn to him, he will. Just pray, "Give us gladness in proportion to our former misery. Replace the evil years with good."

He then says in verses 16-17, "Let us, your servants, see you work again;" He saw the Red Sea opened up and the people walk through it on dry ground and then come down on the Egyptians who were trying to catch them. He saw the water come from a rock, he saw the manna come down from the heavens to feed them in the wilderness, he saw God work in so many ways. So he prayed, "Let us, your servants, see you work again;" It is so good to remember so we can pray from experience and by faith, "Let us, your servants, see you work again;"

He says, "Let us, your servants see you work again; let your children see your glory. And may the Lord our God show us his approval and make our efforts successful. Yes, make our efforts successful."

If you are having problems with being satisfied in your life then make this your prayer to God on this new day, this new week and almost new month? Moses knew where to turn and you can too.  He turned to God and his unfailing love. Yes yes! https://todaysbeginning.blogspot.com





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