Friday... We have such an advantage now.

Psalm 94:19 (AMP), "When my thoughts multiply within me, Your comforts delight me."

Friday... We have such an advantage now.

I am reading daily in different books in the Old Testament of the Bible. Now we today have such an advantage over the people in the book of Exodus the second book in the Bible.

Over in Exodus, God had sent Moses the writer of this book to Egypt to go before Pharaoh the leader of Egypt and to do all he could to convince him to release the children of Israel who had become slaves to go out for some focus time in their worship of God. It would be a step in there leaving Egypt and eventually setting up their own country. Now we have the whole Bible and we can read the whole story but they didn't. They had Moses who had a connection with God.

Now Moses said in Exodus 4:23 (AMP), "Ever since I came to Pharaoh to speak in Your name, he has harmed and oppressed this people, and You have done nothing at all to rescue Your people." That sounds a lot like what we would say and we have the whole Bible to read and we have the possibility of our sins taken care of by Jesus and we also have the potential for the Holy Spirit to live in us and guide us and encourage us and teach us. Yes, we have such an advantage now but we still act the same.

Now we can go to Psalm 94 and read in verse 14 (NLT), "The Lord will not reject his people; he will not abandon his special possession." Verse 19 says, "When doubts filled my mind, your comfort gave me renewed hope and cheer." And verse 11 in Psalm 84, "For the Lord God is our sun and our shield. He gives grace and glory. The Lord will withhold no good thing from those who do right."

And we also have the privilege of different translations. In verses 12-13 of Psalm 94 in the Amplified Bible it says, "Blessed [with wisdom and prosperity] is the man whom you discipline and instruct, O Lord, and whom you teach from your law, that You may grant him [power to calm himself and find] peace in the days of adversity, until the pit is dug for the wicked and ungodly." Now that is such an encouragement, "You may grant him [power to calm himself and find] peace in the days of adversity," He is talking about us.

And then our highlighted verse for today, verse 19 says, "When my anxious thoughts multiply within me, your comforts delight me."

Now the interesting thing about today is, in my schedule, Psalm 84 was what I read but when I sat down to write I read Psalm 94 and as I read in the Amplified Version verses 13 & 19 came into focus with Exodus 4:23 in the Amplified Bible.

By the way, we can know the rest of the story. We can read about the parting of the Red Sea, And if we read the Bible much this whole story of the slaves in Egypt is told over and over to show God's power and love and to encourage us. In Zechariah 10:11 (NLT) I read today, "They will pass through the sea of distress, for the waves of the sea will be held back, and the waters of the Nile will dry up. The pride of Assyria will be crushed, and the rule of Egypt will end."

Again, we have such an advantage now. And it can make such a difference in our days and in our lives. Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning

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 ...

Friday... It is so exciting but wait a minute.

Proverbs 19:2 (NLT), "Enthusiasm without knowledge is no good; haste makes mistakes." Friday... It is so exciting but wait a minute. This time of the year is so exciting. We get our paycheck from work and then we head to the store or Amazon and buy and buy and buy all those presents and then our check is gone Proverbs 19:2 (NLT) says, "Enthusiasm without knowledge is no good; haste makes mistakes." But buying gifts can be so much fun and seeing how happy they are when opening those presents makes us feel so good. But then verse 3 says, "People ruin their lives by their own foolishness and then they are angry at the Lord." Now for some that is their life. They get money and they spend it on their wants with no thought of what needs to be paid. An important lesson that we have learned is just because you have money in the bank doesn't mean you must spend it. But our enthusiasm takes over. But the problem is when it is gone and there is no money to pay th...

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