Thursday... It is coming so what are we going to do?

Psalm 56:3 (NLT), "But when I am afraid, I will put my trust in you."

Thursday... It is coming so what are we going to do?

Now, we do have a day or two to look back. It has been an interesting year. A lot has happened in our life and it can be easy for us to look forward to 2025 with some fear. As I faced this last year, 2024, there is no way that I would have seen what was going to happen and I'm sure that is true this next year. So what emotions do you have? In there I'm sure there can be some fear. The unknown does that.

In my daily reading I came upon this verse that King David wrote. Psalm 56:3 (NLT) says, "But when I am afraid, I will put my trust in you." I'm sure we all may need that verse as we face the unknown of 2025.

Now when we look back and see the difficult things that happened we also as a Christ follower must look at how God has made such a difference in those fearful times that came upon us. Not sure that I want to go through them again but there are things that we learned in them. God uses these experiences is such a great way.

David goes on in verse 4. He says, "I praise God for what he has promised." And that is so important to do. If we have put our trust in God and the promises he has given to us as we have spent time in God's Word, the Bible, we will see how he has brought us through those fears with confidence and he has changed us in them. Praising him builds confidence as we face the unknown of another year.

David goes on, "I trust in God, so why should I be afraid? What can mere mortals do to me?" Good question.

I am also reading Revelation in my reading time and I have found that we will win. We are on the winning side. Yes, this is a testing time but it will be worth it.

I'm also reading in the book of Genesis and seeing all the troubles that Isaac went through but God at key times would stop him and let him know what he had promised his dad, Abraham and that he promised the same to him and as I keep reading I see how mere mortals couldn't keep God's promises from happening.

It seems that Isaac was having problems with the wells he was digging. Others would come and fill them up or take them from him. In 26:21a it says, "Isaac's men then dug another well. but again there was a dispute over it." Verse 22, "Abandoning that one, Isaac moved on and dug another well. This time there was no dispute over it."

Verses 23-25 says, "From there Isaac move to Beersheba where the Lord appeared to him on the night of his arrival. 'I am the God of your father, Abraham,' he said. 'Do not be afraid, for I am with you and will bless you. I will multiply your descendants, and they will become a great nation. I will do this because of my promise to Abraham, my servant.' Then Isaac built an altar there and worshiped the Lord. He set up his camp at that place, and his servants dug another well."

Later, David says in Psalm 56:8a, "You keep track of all my sorrows." And then verses 9-11, "My enemies will retreat when I call on you for help. This I know: God is on my side! I praise God for what he has promised; yes, I praise God for what he has promised. I trust in God so why should I be afraid? What can mere mortals do to me"

So don't give up. Trust God and his promises. Maybe you just need to keep digging those wells, just keep at it. Yes, a new year and "I trust in God, so why should I be afraid." Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning

Tuesday... I wonder what would happen if we didn't take the credit?

Nehemiah 6:16b (NLT), "They realized this work had been done with the help of our God." Tuesday... I wonder what would happen if we didn't take the credit? Over in the Old Testament in the book of Nehemiah it tells of a major task that through the leadership of Nehemiah was accomplished. The walls of Jerusalem had been torn down and God had laid it on Nehemiah to build those walls back up. It was definitely an almost impossible task but Nehemiah 6:15-16 says, "So on October 2 the wall was finished - just fifty-two days after we had begun. When our enemies and the surrounding nations heard about it, they were frightened and humiliated. They realized this work had been done with the help of our God." Now, we so many times want to take credit for doing the impossible. It would make such a difference for us. But I wonder what would happen through us if God got the credit? Psalm 96 tells us what we are to do. Verses 2-3 says, "Sing to the LORD; praise his name. ...

Thursday... Maybe we need this word today.

Psalm 57:1b (NIRV), "There I will stay until the danger is gone." Thursday... Maybe we need this word today. There are words in life that give us confidence no matter what we are facing. Now we have to believe them in order for them to have an impact. David wrote Psalm 57 while he was in a cave hiding from Saul who wanted to kill him and he says in the last part of verse 1, "There I will stay." It was a safe place and Saul didn't know that he was there. But he doesn't stop there. With confidence he said, "There I will stay until." And until is definitely a word of faith and confidence. "There I will stay until the danger is gone." Do we need that today? Let me give you the whole verse. In verse 1 David says, "Have mercy on me, God. Have mercy on me." And that is a great place to start in times of trouble. Maybe that is what we need to pray today, "Have mercy on me, God. Have mercy on me." It is so great to have someone...

Tuesday... We just have trouble listening.

1 Corinthians 13:7 (NLT), "Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance." Tuesday... We just have trouble listening. Over in Jeremiah 25:4 (NLT) it says, "Again and again the LORD has sent you his servants, the prophets, but you have not listened or even paid attention." And Jeremiah went on to tell what was going to happen. There will be consequences if we do not listen to what God says through his Word. Now the Apostle Paul over in 1 Corinthians was having a problem with some professed Christ followers who were having trouble at listening. And we too can have problems at listening. We can think that being a Christ follower means we do a lot of finger pointing and we give up on people who don't do what we say. We can even do that in our families. But Paul writes in 1 Corinthians 13:7 (NLT), "Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance." In verse ...

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