Wednesday... Just a word that we need to hear today.

Psalm 75:3 (AMP), "The earth and all the inhabitants of it melt [in tumultuous times]. It is I who will steady it's pillars."

Wednesday... Just a word that we need to hear today.

God knows what we need to hear but we must be open to hear it. There is so much out there that gets out attention but we need to hear this in this time in which we are living.

So, how is what we are seeing all around us affecting us? Well, here is a word from God that we need to hear.

Psalm 75:3 (AMP) says, "The earth and all the inhabitants of it melt [in tumultuous times]. It is I who will steady it's pillars." The NLT says, "When the earth quakes and its people live in turmoil, I am the one who keeps it foundations firm."

Over in Zechariah 3:1-2 (NIV) it says, "Then he showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the Lord, and Satan standing at his right side to accuse him, The Lord said to Satan, 'The Lord rebuke you, Satan! The Lord who has chosen Jerusalem, rebuke you! Is not this man a burning stick snatched from the fire?'" The Message says, "Everything is going up in flames, but I reach down and pull out Jerusalem."

Satan for sure is the accuser and in difficult times he is right beside us condemning us. Yes, he is the great accuser but God continues to share with Zephaniah. Verses 3-4 (NIV), "Now Joshua was dressed in filthy clothes as he stood before the angel. The angel said to those who were standing before him, 'Take off the filthy clothes.' Then he said to Joshua, 'See, I have taken away your sin, and I will put fine garments on you.'"

It is so easy for us to listen to the wrong voice and in these times, Satan wants our message to be words of accusation. We are so good at pointing figures but God has a different approach. He wants us to be pillars. He wants to reach down and to share the message that God wants to take us out of our filthy clothes and take away our sins and put fine garments on us.

We need to get out of sharing the message of the accuser and see what God is wanting us to do. We have a tremendous opportunity during these tumultuous times to be pillars and not let the fires melt us.

Psalm 75:9-10 (NLT) says, "But as for me, I will always proclaim what God has done. I will sing praises to the God of Jacob. For God says, 'I will break the strength of the wicked, but I will increase the power of the godly.'" God want us to be pillars in tumultuous times, He want us to show that he is keeping our foundation firm even in difficult times.

Verse 1 says, "We thank you, O God! We give thanks because you are near. People everywhere tell of your wonderful deeds." That is our message in tumultuous times. Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning

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