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

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...

Wednesday... It didn't just happen.

Psalm 16;10 (NLT), "For you will not leave my soul among the dead or allow your holy one to rot in the grave." Wednesday... It didn't just happen. We are headed into a weekend of deep emotion. One that we really really love was killed and it didn't just happen. David in Psalm 16:10 (NLT) writes of this happening. He says about God, "For you will not leave my soul among the dead or allow your holy one to rot in the grave." We read over in the Gospels at the beginning of the New Testament in the Bible of the life of God's Son who came to earth to be our sacrifice so that our soul would not be left among the dead. Jesus came so that we wouldn't have to be buried at death and just left there. But he also shares that Jesus who was going to be killed as a sacrifice for our sins would not have to rot in a grave. David many generations before foretold this and that is what happened. Now that had to be a God thing. We can guess a lot about our future and we d...

Friday... Yes, we need them. We really do

Psalm 8:3-4 (NLT), "When I look at the night sky and see the work of your fingers - the moon and the stars you set in place - what are mere mortals that you should think about them, human beings that you should care for them?" Friday... Yes, we need them. We really do. No, not the fact that I can go out my front door and look out at night at the marvels of the sky. I can do that and it is amazing and it takes my breath away each time I see it. Yes, that is a fact but the reality of who did that and the wisdom and the faith that I have to believe that and to marvel that the one who did that cares about me makes such a difference in how I live my life. Yes, God really does. That is so wonderful for us to believe. And that is why faith and wisdom are so important. Now whatever belief you have at how that marvel happened must also be believed through faith. And the sad thing to me is that more and more people have been taught that there is no God and therefore he did not have a h...

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