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

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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