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Monday... So, who will really do it?


Psalm 4:6 (NLT), "Many people will say, 'Who will show us better times?' Let your face smile on us, Lord."

Monday... So, who will really do it?

Good question, especially before our Presidential election tomorrow here in the United States. But is it really up to them? Will they really be the ones who do it?


Well, this thought in my reading in the Psalms this morning gives those of us who are followers of God a different perspective. Yes, God does use people but is it really isn't up to them.

Verses 7 & 8 says, "You have given me greater joy than those who have abundant harvests of grain and new wine. In peace I will lie down and sleep, for you alone, O Lord, will keep me safe."

Yes, "you alone, O Lord, will keep me safe." Do we really believe that? I mean there will be Christ followers who will be devastated if their candidate loses. They really will. 

Oh I know, we have listened to what each candidate has said and we believe them in what they say and we have put our whole trust in them but what if they don't win?

Do you think that we who live in the United States are the only people that God loves and the only country where God works? I don't think so.

Now here is the problem. The Message Paraphrase in verses 6-8 says, "Why is everyone hungry for more? 'More, more,' they say. 'More, more.'" The writer then says, "I have God's more-than-enough, more joy in one ordinary day, than they get in all their shopping sprees. At day's end I'm ready for sound sleep, for you, God, have put my life back together."

And that's what I plan to do no matter who wins or who loses. 

We have bought a house and we really need for the house we have lived in to be sold and humanly we are a little anxious because it hasn't been sold and we have been told that it's because of the election. But is that true? Could it be because God wants to see where our trust lies or that he has a better plan? That he has his hand on what is happening and he knows best. 

Now I really needed to be reminded of that fact this morning. "You have given me greater joy than those who have abundant harvests of grain and new wine. In peace I will lie down and sleep, for you alone, O Lord, will keep me safe." You alone, you alone, you alone.

The Amplified Bible says verses 7-8 this way, "You have put joy in my heart, more than [others know] when their wheat and new wine have yielded abundantly. In peace [and with a tranquil heart] I will both lie down and sleep, for You alone, O Lord, make me dwell in safety and confident trust."

No matter in what county we live and no matter who wins the election here in the USA, again, "You alone, O Lord, make me dwell in safety and confident trust." Let's remember that. Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning

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