Friday... We want the best, don't we?

Psalm 118:8-9 (GNT), "It is better to trust in the Lord than to depend on people. It is better to trust in the Lord than to depend on human leaders."

Friday... We want the best, don't we?

When we are in trouble we want someone that we can really trust, don't we? If we have a job to be done, we want the best.

Psalm 118:8-9 (GNT) says, "It is better to trust in the Lord than to depend on people. It is better to trust in the Lord than to depend on human leaders."

Back in the last section of Exodus, Moses got specific instructions from God to build a Tabernacle and how to it. God had brought these people out of Egypt and they were wandering through the desert and they needed and wanted a place to worship God. Down the road it was a permanent Temple they would build but in their wandering they needed a place that they could put up and take down where they could worship and it needed to be the best. God wanted the best.

Now God knew what he wanted and he knew who he wanted to do the task. They had to be the best.

Let's say you have a job to do and you want the best. Have you ever thought that it would be a good thing to go to God first. Oh we need to go to God in our troubles but we also need to go to him with our needs. Why, because we really trust him. He has proven true in our distress and he can be proven true in our needs.

Now in Exodus 35:30-31 (NLT) it says, "Then Moses told the people of Israel, 'The Lord has specifically chosen Bezalel son of Uri, grandson of Hur, of the tribe of Judah. The Lord has filled Bezalel with the Spirit of God, giving him great wisdom, ability, and expertise in all kinds of crafts.'"And then verses 34-35, "And the Lord has given both him and Oholiab son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, the ability to teach their skills to others. The Lord has given them special skills as engravers, designers, embroiderers in blue, purple, and scarlet thread on fine linen cloth, and weavers. They excel as craftsmen and as designers."

There is so much that God wants to do through us and he wants the best and "It is better to trust in the Lord than to depend on people. It is better to trust in the Lord than to depend on human leaders." God know what is best and he knows the best.

Psalm 118:5 says, "In my distress I prayed to the Lord, and the Lord answered me and set me free. The Lord is for me, so I will have no fear. What can mere people do to me?" Yes, in our times of stress it is best to go to the best and he will also lead us to the best who can make a difference in those times of distress.

And then verses 7-9 says, "Yes, the Lord is for me, he will help me. I will look in triumph at those who hate me. It is better to take refuge in the Lord than to trust in people. It is better to take refuge in the Lord than to trust in princes."

Verse 14 says, "The Lord is my strength and my song; he has given me victory,"

Verses 22-25 says, "The stone that the builders rejected has now become the cornerstone. This is the Lord's doing, and it is wonderful to see. This is the day the Lord has made. We will rejoice and be glad in it. Please, Lord, save us, Please, Lord, please give us success."

And then verse 29, "Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good! His faithful love endures forever." And he can be trusted no matter what situation we are in need. 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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