Monday... Surely there is, surely?

Proverbs 23:18-19 (AMP), "Surely there is a future [and a reward], and your hope and expectation will not be cut off. Listen my son (daughter) and be wise, and direct your heart in the [way of the Lord]."

As we head out to a new day, a new week we sometime wonder? But again, "Surely there is a future [and a reward]." Surely, yes, surely. We need that sometime reinforced, don't we? May that is what so many of of us need today.

Too many time we wake up and compare ourselves to other people. Verses 17-18 in the Message says, "Don't for a minute envy careless rebels; soak yourself in the "Fear-of-God - That's where your future lies, then you won't be left with an armload of nothing." As the last part of verse 17 in the Amplified Bible says, "But [continue to] live in the [reverent, wonderful] fear of the Lord day by day."

Psalm 113:4 (MSG) says, "God is higher than anything and anyone, outshining everything you can see in the skies. Who can compare with God, our God, so majestically enthroned, surveying his magnificent heaven's and earth?" Nothing can compare to God. That is where we focus.

And then over to 2 Thessalonians 2:16-17 (MSG), "May Jesus himself and God our Father, who reached out in love and surprised you with gifts of unending help and confidence, put a fresh heart in your you, invigorate your work, enliven your speech." And that is what we each one need on a Monday morning isn't it?

And just remember, God who is higher than anything and anyone want us to reach out to him in love so he can surprise us with gifts of unending help and confidence and he will put refresh our heart and invigorate our work and enliven out speech.

"Surely there is a future [and a reward], and your hope and expectation will not be cut off." Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning

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Monday... He did it by Himself

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