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Friday... There is so much to be had. Just believe it!


Friday... There is so much to be had. Just believe it!

David in Psalm 62 says this word twice and it is something that is so very hard for us to say and do. In verse 1 (NLT) he says, "I wait quietly before God, for my victory comes from him." And verse 5 says, "Let all that I am wait quietly before God for my hope is in him." And did you see that other word? "I wait quietly before God" and "Let all that I am wait quietly before God." Yes, waiting is a difficult thing for us to do and doing it quietly is almost impossible, isn't it?


Now verse 8 (AMP) give us another important word. It says, "Trust [confidently] in Him at all times, O people; Pour out your heart before Him, God is a refuge for us." To trust confidently in Him is why we can wait quietly before God.

David had experience and confidence that lead him to being able to wait quietly. So what is it that you are waiting on God for? Now I understand why it is so difficult for us to wait. I really do. I am needing this Psalm personally today. We as a family are in a waiting period and it is not easy to do, is it? But our past experience and God's Word shows us that we can do it with confidence in God.

Now verse 5 in the Amplified Bible says something very important. It says, "For God alone my soul waits in silence and quietly submits to Him, for my hope is from Him." That word submit is very difficult for us to do. We want control, we want to see what we do to be successful. Submitting means we are weak but the truth is compared to God we are weak.

Paul in 2 Corinthians 3 in verses 4-5 (NLT) says, "We are confident for all of this because of our great trust in God through Christ, It is not that we think we are qualified to do anything on our own. Our qualification comes from God." 

And then verse 18b says, "And the Lord - who is the Spirit - makes us more and more like him as we are changed into his glorious image." And that is what quietly waiting is all about. He is using it to change us and to make us like him. You see, God has a plan and he knows what he is doing. And that is one of the benefits and reasons why we go through times of waiting and doing it quietly and confidently with trust in God.  

So let's remember this. Psalm 62:6-8 says, "He alone is my rock and my salvation, my fortress where I will not be shaken. My victory and honor come from God alone. He is my refuge, a rock where no enemy can reach me. O my people, trust in him at all times. Pour out your heart to him, for God is our refuge." Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning

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