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Friday... We each one are so different.


Friday... We each one are so different.

We each one live our lives with different emotions. Some minimize and other maximize. Some get up each day calm and others wake up overwhelmed. And God loves and understands each one of us. He created each one of us to be unique.

And King David, the writer of many of the Psalms is so honest about who he is. In his writing Psalm 142 he is in real danger. He is hiding in a cave because his enemy, King Saul is out looking for him and wanting to kill him. And I think any of us would be maximizers in that kind of situation, wouldn't we? 

He says in verses 1-2 (NLT), "I cry out to the Lord; I plead for the Lord's mercy. I pour out my complaints before him and tell him all my troubles." And that is such a good thing to do. In those times it is so good to really be honest about our situation and our need of God. 

Let me ask you. Where do you as minimizers turn when you can't handle what you are facing? 

Now I am a minimizer. I wake up each morning ready for my day. You could say that I wake up with a smile. I know, I know that may make some of you sick. But I really do. Now I do wake up sometimes with problems that are greater than me so I do talk to God about them. I may not cry out to him but I do bring them to God. My relationship with God is a part of my minimizing because I believe that I don't have to handle the problems I face alone.  They are not all left up to me.

Now David in verse 3 goes on, He says, "When I am overwhelmed, you alone know the way I should turn, Wherever I go, my enemies have set traps for me." Do you ever feel that way? Even minimizers can feel that way. And being overwhelmed is a horrible place to be when you don't have a relationship with God. You may be very competent but sometimes life's problems can be greater than we can handle and it is so good to have someone that we can turn to that can give us help and ideas and plans and guidance and whatever we need. 

Just being able to stop and pray can make all the difference.

David in verse 4 says, "I look for someone to come and help me, but no one gives me a passing thought! no one cares what happens to me." Maybe that is where you are today. In other words, you are overwhelmed. Minimizing just isn't working.

David then says in verses 5-7 says, "Then I pray to you, O Lord. I say, 'You are my place of refuge. You are all I really want in life. Hear my cry, for I am very low. Rescue me from my persecutors, for they are too strong for me. Bring me out of prison so I can thank you. The godly will crowd around me, for you are good to me.'"

And God did bring him out of this situation. King Saul even came in to the cave but he didn't see David.  God had it all handled. And he can handle whatever you are facing today. And in no way do we minimize what God has the power to do. And in no way can we maximize how much God loves us and maximize what he can and will do. 

Again, verse 3, "When I am overwhelmed, you alone know the way I should turn," Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning


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