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Tuesday... It really does make a difference in how we feel.


Tuesday... It really does make a difference in how we feel.

The writer of Psalm 73 started this Psalm focusing on those who were rich around him and he got into a really bad mood. Verse 7 (NLT) says, "These fat cats have everything their hearts could ever wish for!" And that thought got him into a very bad mood. Even to the point in verse 21 he says, "Then I realized that my heart was bitter and I was all torn up inside." What we focus on does make a difference in how we feel. It really does.


But he didn't stop there. He started evaluating what this focus was doing to him. And in his honesty he stops and says in verse 22, "I was so foolish and ignorant - I must have seemed like a senseless animal to you." And that was good. We need to get to the point of realizing what it is that has gotten us into a bad mood and that it is really senseless. It really is. And we need to stop and really evaluate what is the truth, and to change our focus. And I hope that this time together each morning in God's Word is a time of refocus. 

So many times we need a new beginning. Look at what verses 23-26 says and dwell and meditate on them and see what a difference they make in how you feel.  Here is what the writer shares. He says, "Yet I still belong to you; you hold my right hand. You guide me with your counsel, leading me to a glorious destiny. Whom have I in heaven but you? I desire you more than anything on earth. My heart may fail, and my spirit may grow weak, but God remains the strength of my heart; he is mine forever." 

Now Satan uses whatever he can to get us off track. Paul in 2 Corinthians 11:14 says "Even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light" and that is why it is so imperative for us to feed our mind and heart with God's Word to counteract the lies of Satan. 

Verse 28 (AMP) says, "But as for me, it is good to draw near to God; I have made the Lord God my refuge and placed my trust in Him, that I may tell of all Your works." The Message says, "But I'm in the very presence of God - oh, how refreshing it is!" And that makes all the difference in how we feel, doesn't it? Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning 


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