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Friday... So, how is it going?


Friday... So, how is it going?

I am here in the United States in the middle of a Presidential election so there is a lot of negative talk going around. It just goes with the territory. But with the negative talk there can be a lot of fear. Fear is a powerful tool to make people dissatisfied. Politicians use it and so does the devil, so I ask you again, how is it going?


King David was in the middle of being seized by some of his and his countries enemies. He was in a bad spot and in Psalm 56:3 (AMP) he says, "When I am afraid, I will put my trust and faith in You." And the You is God. Verse 4 says, "In God, whose word I praise; In God I have put my trust; I shall not fear." And from experience he says, "What can mere man do to me?"

He then goes on and in verse 11 says, "In God have I put my trust and confident reliance; I will not be afraid." And again he reminds us, "What can mere man do to me?"

Both candidates tell us over and over what the other candidate can do to us but David get's us on track and says, "What can mere man (or woman) do to me?"

Verse 8 in The Message Paraphrase says, "You've kept track of my every turn through the sleepless nights, each tear entered in your ledger, each ache written in your book." And then verses 10-11, "I'm proud to praise God, proud to praise God. Fearless now, I trust in God; what can mere mortals do to me?"

I know, I know, that if our focus is on them we can make a long list, but if our focus, our trust, our confident reliance is on God then the negative list is no more. And I have found that those negative lists take us to the dark side.

But here is another list. David says in verses 12-13, "God, you did everything you promised, and I'm thanking you with all my heart. You pulled me from the brink of death, my feet from the cliff-edge of doom. Now I stroll at leisure with God in the sunlit fields of life." Now that is the way to live, really live, strolling "at leisure with God in the sunlit fields of life." 

So how is it going? So, let's put our trust and confident reliance on the one who really can keep us from tripping and falling and who will live with us in the light of life. Verse 11 (NIRV), "I trust in God, I am not afraid. What can mere people do to me." Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning

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