Monday... We are not alone.

Thank you so much, God for being at my side. No matter what I am facing today, you are there.

Now the writer of Psalm 124 asks a good question. He says in verses 1 & 2 (NLT), "What if the Lord had not been on our side? Let all Israel repeat: What if the Lord had not been on our side when the people attack us?"

We sometimes act like he isn't with us. We go into deep despair. We have such a pity party.

Now the Psalmist then answers and we need to stop and realize what a difference it makes to have God in our lives. He says in verses 2-5 (MSG), "If God hadn't been with us when everyone went against us, we would have been swallowed alive by their violent anger, swept away by the flood of rage, drowned in the torrent: We would have lost our lives in the wild, raging water."

Now it can be so easy for us to focus on the bad and not on the what if. Yes, it rains on the good and the bad. Yes, life has its moments but what if God is not by our side? What if we went through all that life throws at us but without God? That it why it is so important for us to stop and realize what if and thank him for his being at our side and do what the Psalmist does.

In verses 6-8 (NLT) he says, "Praise the Lord, who did not let their teeth tear us apart! We escaped like a bird from a hunter's trap. The trap is broken, and we are free! Our help is from the Lord, who made heaven and earth."

The Message says it this way, "Blessed be God! He didn't go off and leave us. He didn't abandon us defenseless, helpless as a rabbit in a pack of snarling dogs. We've flown free from their fangs, free of their traps, free as a bird. Their grip is broken; we're free as a bird in flight." And then verse 8, "God's strong name is our help, the same God who made heaven and earth."

Isaiah 64:4 (NLT) says "For since the world began, no ear has heard and no eye has seen a God like you, who works for those who wait on him!"

So again, I say, "Thank you so much, God for being at my side. No matter what I am facing, you are there." And if you have a relationship with him, if you wait on him, you can say the same thing. Remember, "Our help is from the Lord, who made heaven and earth." Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning

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