Monday... Maybe we need today to be reminded of this fact.

Life can be so complicated. I mean, think of what has happened this past weekend. Our ex-president was shot. It seems that he is going to be ok. But there could be other areas in your life that are very complicated.

The writer of Psalm 44:1 (NLT) says, "O God, we have heard it from our own ears - our ancestors have told us of all you did in their day, in days long ago." Yes we can think of other days and be reminded of what God has done even in our own life but then we can say, "But today is different" and that is true but there is one fact that is the same and we need to be reminded of it no matter what we are going through. Maybe we need to be reminded of this fact today.

I need help!

Verse 3 says, "They did not conquer the land with their swords; it was not their own strong arm that gave them victory." And yes, we do need to be reminded of that fact. We may think we can do anything. Your mom and dad told you that you could do anything you want to do but. And we may be living in one of those but-times where we are just not getting it done.

The writer continues and he is talking about God, "It was your right hand and strong arm and the blinding light from your face that helped them," and here is the fact that we need to over and over be reminded of, "for you loved them." And you love us.

And then verse 9 says, "But now you have tossed us aside in dishonor. You no longer lead our armies to battle." But even in these times we must be reminded that God loves us. And verse 26 reminds us that we can pray, "Rise up! Help us! Ransom us because of your unfailing love."

There is this picture of someone being pushed off a cliff but they have this rope wrapped around them and we can see that at just the right time before they hit the bottom the rope keeps them from being crushed. That rope in the lives of those who have put their trust in God is God's love. But those times of free fall can be rough, can't they? Yes, that is where trusting in God's unfailing love comes in.

Here is another way to put it. Everything that happens to those of us who have put our daily and lifetime trust in God must go through God's love. Now whatever is happening may be happening to us to destroy us. That is its purpose. The devil and his followers hate God and those who are followers of God and hurting us is his way of getting back at God. Now whenever that is happening to us it's purpose is to hurt us, to destroy us but when it goes through God's love the purpose is changed to something that is good for us, that will bring glory to God. It may be the same thing but its purpose is changed when it goes through God's love.

Satan hates God and he killed his only Son but God changed the purpose from hatred to love and to saving the world by bringing his Son back to life.

Maybe we need to be reminded of the fact that no matter what we are going through, God loves us and we can pray to him, "Rise up! Help us! Ransom us because of your unfailing love." And remember that in his time he will answer it because he does love us with unfailing love. And also remember, "It was your right hand and strong arm and the blinding light from your face that helped them, for you loved them." And he love us too! Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning

Monday... He did it by Himself

Isaiah 44:24b (AMP), "I am the Lord, Maker of all things. Who alone stretches out the heavens, Who spreads out the earth by Myself." Monday... He did it by Himself. Many have a tendency to think very highly of themselves and what they can do. Oh we do have great ability but we are not the source. Yes it is important to have self-confidence but we are limited. The prophet Isaiah in 44:9-10 (NLT) says, "How foolish are those who manufacture idols. These prized objects are really worthless. The people who worship idols don't know this, so they are all put to shame. Who but a fool would make his own god - an idol that cannot help him one bit?" Now later in verse 24 (AMP) he writes, "For the Lord, your Redeemer, and He who formed you from the womb says, 'I am the Lord, Maker of all things, Who alone stretches out the heavens, Who spreads out the earth by Myself.'" I love that. "By Myself." Now we do need confidence but we are foolish to ma...

Friday... We have this hope of expectancy.

Psalm 5:3 (NLT), "Listen to my voice in the morning Lord. Each morning I bring my requests to you and wait expectantly." Friday... We have this hope of expectancy. Now David found a great way to start his day. He says in Psalm 5:1-3 (NLT), "O LORD, hear me as I pray." And that is a great place to start. It really is. Morning sunrise He goes on, "Listen to my cry for help, my King, my God, for I pray to no one but you." And that is so important. We don't try to pump ourselves up by ourself. No, we pray to no one but you, God, my LORD, my King. Now this relationship with God is so, so very important. And then David says, "Listen to my voice in the morning, LORD. Each morning I bring my requests to you" And that is so great. And then he says, "and wait expectantly." Yes, we have this hope of expectancy. We are experienced. That is what a relationship with God and a moment by moment connection does. It makes a difference in our daily wa...

Friday... Yes, we can know this to be true.

Psalm 12:6 (NLT), "The Lord's promises are pure, like silver refined in a furnace, purified seven times over." Friday... Yes, we can know this to be true. Maybe this is what you want to say in this day in which we live. Psalm 12:1-2 (MSG) says, "Quick, I need your helping hand! The last decent person just went down, all the friends I depend on gone. Everyone talks in lie language; lies slide off their oily lips. They doubletalk with forked tongues." Do you ever feel that way?" Have you found that to be true? Well David the writer of this Psalm continues and says in verse 6 something to encourage us, to lift us up, to give us hope. Psalm 12:6 (NLT) says, "The Lord's promises are pure, like silver refined in a furnace, purified seven times over." The Message Paraphrase says verses 6-8 this way, "God's words are pure words, pure silver words refined seven times in the fires of his word-kiln, pure on earth as well as in heaven, God, keep ...

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