Tuesday... He was in a cave.

David the writer of this Psalm was in a cave hiding from King Saul who was wanting to kill him. Now I'm not sure that is what you are going through but you too during your problem could pray this. Verse 1 (NLT) says, "Have mercy on me, O God, have mercy! I look to you for protection. I will hide beneath the shadow of your wings until the danger passes by." So no matter what is happening to you just pray this prayer to God.

I love the honesty of the Psalms. They give us what we need to say no matter what we are going through.

David goes on. Verses 2 & 3 say, "I cry out to God Most High, to God who will fulfill his purpose for me. He will send help from heaven to rescue me, disgracing those who hound me." And then he stops for a moment. He then says, "My God will send forth his unfailing love and faithfulness." That fact reinforces his faith that God is listening and is going to do something because of his unfailing love and his faithfulness. And also because he has a purpose for his life. And he also does for us.

Yes, God had a great purpose for David. He was going to be the next King. That is why Saul was trying to kill him, And God has a purpose for you and me. There is a force out there that doesn't wants God's purpose in our lives no matter what age we are to be fulfilled. He doesn't want God's purpose to be fulfilled in our lives today. My sinuses are really bothering me but here I am writing.

Yes God has a purpose for you and me and he will send forth his unfailing love and faithfulness to us to fulfill it. So let's not let what we are facing today, sidetrack us from God's purpose to be fulfilled in and through us.

And also know that eventually the danger will pass us by. "I will hide beneath the shadow of your wings until the danger passes by." Eventually King Saul left the area and David came out of the cave. You see, "My God will send forth his unfailing love and faithfulness."

David then ends this Psalm in verses 9-11 by saying, "I will thank you, Lord, among all the people. I will sing praises among all the nations. For your unfailing love is as high as the heavens. Your faithfulness reaches to the clouds. Be exalted, O God, above the highest heavens. May your glory shine over all the earth." Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning

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Friday... Yes, we need them. We really do

Psalm 8:3-4 (NLT), "When I look at the night sky and see the work of your fingers - the moon and the stars you set in place - what are mere mortals that you should think about them, human beings that you should care for them?" Friday... Yes, we need them. We really do. No, not the fact that I can go out my front door and look out at night at the marvels of the sky. I can do that and it is amazing and it takes my breath away each time I see it. Yes, that is a fact but the reality of who did that and the wisdom and the faith that I have to believe that and to marvel that the one who did that cares about me makes such a difference in how I live my life. Yes, God really does. That is so wonderful for us to believe. And that is why faith and wisdom are so important. Now whatever belief you have at how that marvel happened must also be believed through faith. And the sad thing to me is that more and more people have been taught that there is no God and therefore he did not have a h...

Wednesday... It didn't just happen.

Psalm 16;10 (NLT), "For you will not leave my soul among the dead or allow your holy one to rot in the grave." Wednesday... It didn't just happen. We are headed into a weekend of deep emotion. One that we really really love was killed and it didn't just happen. David in Psalm 16:10 (NLT) writes of this happening. He says about God, "For you will not leave my soul among the dead or allow your holy one to rot in the grave." We read over in the Gospels at the beginning of the New Testament in the Bible of the life of God's Son who came to earth to be our sacrifice so that our soul would not be left among the dead. Jesus came so that we wouldn't have to be buried at death and just left there. But he also shares that Jesus who was going to be killed as a sacrifice for our sins would not have to rot in a grave. David many generations before foretold this and that is what happened. Now that had to be a God thing. We can guess a lot about our future and we d...

Tuesday... Each one of us see and describe what we are going through differently but...

Tuesday... Each one of us see and describe what we are going through differently but... We each one have our own way of explaining what we are going through, don't we? Some of us are maximisers, other are minimizers and neither one is better. We each one are different and we see what we are facing differently but no matter what it is and how you see it and describe it, God can handle it! Now the writer of Psalm 46 shows the extremes. In verse 1 he states the basic reality and then he moves on into our fears and he maximizes them to make sure we really understand. Here is what Psalm 46:1-3 (NLT) says, "God is our refuge and strength, always ready to help in times of trouble. So we will not fear when earthquakes come and the mountains crumble into the sea. Let the oceans roar and foam. Let the mountains tremble as the waters surge!" So what do you fear? The Amplified Bible says verse 1 this way, "God is our refuge and strength [mighty and impenetrable], a very presen...

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