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

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...

Monday... Three ifs and two thens. They go together!

Monday... Three ifs and two thens. They go together! They really do. And this is what caught my attention this morning as I was reading Proverbs 2. Verse 1 (NRSVUE) says, "My child, if you accept my words and treasure my commands within you." Verse 3 (NIV), "Indeed i f you call out for insight and cry aloud for understanding, Verse 4, and if you look for it as for silver and search for it as for hidden treasure, Verse 5, then you will understand the fear of the Lord and find the knowledge of God." And verses 9-11, " Then you will understand what is right and just and fair - every good path. For wisdom will enter your heart, and knowledge will be pleasant to your soul. Discretion will protect you, and understanding will guard you." There will always be some effort we must do, some ifs for the thens to be realized in our lives. So many of us want to understand without the ifs. But the thens are so worth, so very worth the effort. Verses 5-6 in the Ampli...

Wednesday... Our unless can turn into useless.

Wednesday... Our unless can turn into useless. It really can. I have found that unless I give the correct email of my wife then I can't get what I wanted. I put an extra i in her email and I have been working for 5 days to get it changed. Unless has been useless. The writer of Psalm 94 uses this word and shows how important it is. Verses 17-19 (NLT) says, "Unless the Lord had helped me, I would have soon settled in the silence of the grave. I cried out, 'I'm slipping!' but your unfailing love, O Lord, supported me. When doubts filled my mind, your comfort gave me renewed hope and cheer." "Unless the Lord had helped me." So many people go on and on and on striving to live their life on their own but they keep slipping and doubting and living without hope and cheer. Yes the Lord has such unfailing love for us, he really does but unless we have a relationship with him and we turn to him and ask him for help then the unless turns in to useless because h...

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