Friday... We can do so much but.

Friday... We can do so much but.

There is so much that we can do in whatever situation we are in. I mean, the internet is unbelievable. I love what I can find and share on here. I also love streaming. I love YouTube. There is so much to learn on there. But, but.

Here is what I read this morning in Romans 15:4 (NLT). It says, "Such things were written in the Scriptures long ago to teach us hope and encouragement as we wait patiently for God's promises to be fulfilled." Yes, there is so much available to us but there is also the Scriptures. Not just the promises but there is so much that has been written in the Scriptures long ago to teach us hope and encouragement. Have you found that to be true?

There was a key time in my life when I had gotten off track. I stopped and talked to people of wisdom. I read, read, read and I came up with a series of changes that I needed to make and one of them was to read a chapter of Psalms everyday. I have read for 40+ years a chapter dependent upon the date. The first 30, the second thirty, all the way to the fifth 30 and I will in five months have read all 150 chapters of Psalms.  This discipline change had a major impact in changing me from a man of despair and anxiety to a man of hope and faith. Yes it changed many other things but that was the key one.

Here is a highlight verse I read today in Psalm 35. I'm on my second 30 and today is the 5th. Verse 10 says, "With every bone in my body I will praise him: 'Lord, who can compare with you? Who else rescues the helpless from the strong? Who else protects the helpless and poor from those who rob them?'" Such encouragement for this day in which I will live. I am not helpless because of the Lord.

And then I read this in Proverbs 5:21, "For the Lord sees clearly what a man does, examining every path he takes." I need to be reminded of that fact as I live this day. He clearly sees all I will do and he will examine every path I take. That truth keeps me on his path.

And then what has been highlighted in Romans 15. But it starts for me in Psalms. That one book has made a lifetime change on me but I haven't stopped there. 

And then back to Romans 15:4 but from the Amplified Bible which says it this way, "For whatever was written in earlier times was written for our instruction, so that through endurance and the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope and overflow with confidence in His promises." 

But it continues. Verses 5 & 6 says, "Now may the God who gives endurance and who supplies encouragement grant that you be of same mind with one another according to Christ Jesus, so that with one accord you may with one voice glorify and praise and honor the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ." We are not alone. We really do need each other to with one voice praise and honor the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. What would happen in this world if we would do that? It would change our world. 

Yes, we can do so much but we could do so much more if we search the Scripture daily which will teach us hope and encouragement as we wait patiently for God's promises to be fulfilled. Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning