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

Monday... He did it by Himself

Isaiah 44:24b (AMP), "I am the Lord, Maker of all things. Who alone stretches out the heavens, Who spreads out the earth by Myself." Monday... He did it by Himself. Many have a tendency to think very highly of themselves and what they can do. Oh we do have great ability but we are not the source. Yes it is important to have self-confidence but we are limited. The prophet Isaiah in 44:9-10 (NLT) says, "How foolish are those who manufacture idols. These prized objects are really worthless. The people who worship idols don't know this, so they are all put to shame. Who but a fool would make his own god - an idol that cannot help him one bit?" Now later in verse 24 (AMP) he writes, "For the Lord, your Redeemer, and He who formed you from the womb says, 'I am the Lord, Maker of all things, Who alone stretches out the heavens, Who spreads out the earth by Myself.'" I love that. "By Myself." Now we do need confidence but we are foolish to ma...

Friday... We have this hope of expectancy.

Psalm 5:3 (NLT), "Listen to my voice in the morning Lord. Each morning I bring my requests to you and wait expectantly." Friday... We have this hope of expectancy. Now David found a great way to start his day. He says in Psalm 5:1-3 (NLT), "O LORD, hear me as I pray." And that is a great place to start. It really is. Morning sunrise He goes on, "Listen to my cry for help, my King, my God, for I pray to no one but you." And that is so important. We don't try to pump ourselves up by ourself. No, we pray to no one but you, God, my LORD, my King. Now this relationship with God is so, so very important. And then David says, "Listen to my voice in the morning, LORD. Each morning I bring my requests to you" And that is so great. And then he says, "and wait expectantly." Yes, we have this hope of expectancy. We are experienced. That is what a relationship with God and a moment by moment connection does. It makes a difference in our daily wa...

Friday... Yes, we can know this to be true.

Psalm 12:6 (NLT), "The Lord's promises are pure, like silver refined in a furnace, purified seven times over." Friday... Yes, we can know this to be true. Maybe this is what you want to say in this day in which we live. Psalm 12:1-2 (MSG) says, "Quick, I need your helping hand! The last decent person just went down, all the friends I depend on gone. Everyone talks in lie language; lies slide off their oily lips. They doubletalk with forked tongues." Do you ever feel that way?" Have you found that to be true? Well David the writer of this Psalm continues and says in verse 6 something to encourage us, to lift us up, to give us hope. Psalm 12:6 (NLT) says, "The Lord's promises are pure, like silver refined in a furnace, purified seven times over." The Message Paraphrase says verses 6-8 this way, "God's words are pure words, pure silver words refined seven times in the fires of his word-kiln, pure on earth as well as in heaven, God, keep ...

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