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Tuesday... Ok, let's just calm down!

 

Psalm 94:19 (MSG), "When I am upset and beside myself, you calm me down and cheer me up."

Tuesday... Ok, let's just calm down!

But that is easier said than done, isn't it?

Now Psalm 94:19 (MSG) says, "When I am upset and beside myself, you calm me down and cheer me up."


Have you ever sensed in those times when you are upset there is a still small voice that is there striving to calm you down?  Probably not. The problem is to stop and sense that it is there and to listen to what it is saying. Now God also uses people. But most of the time we are so focused on ourselves that we don't sense anything but the anxiety.  

Now our pride and our self focus many times believes we can handle it. But can we? Too many times we just let the anxiety pile upon us. 

The New Living Translation says, "When doubts filled my mind, your comfort gives me renewed hope and cheer." I love that. What are we filling our minds with?

Look at these verses. Verses 16-19 says, "Who will protect me from the wicked? Who will stand up for me against evildoers? Unless the Lord had helped me, I would soon have 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." 

So let's just calm down by filling our mind with God's Word. If it is there then in those times of great anxiety the Holy Spirit can bring a verse of comfort to your mind that will counteract those doubts with renewed hope and cheer. The Amplified Bible says, "When my anxious thoughts multiply within me Your comforts delight me." 

Look at verses 18-19 in the NIRV, "I said, 'My foot is slipping.' But Lord, your faithful love kept me from falling. I was worried. But your comforts brought me joy,"

We are not alone. Even if you don't have a relationship with God he is close by and all you have to do is to reach out to him. Our unbelief gives us so much anxiety. But our faith in God and our focus on his unfailing love for us brings us comfort and joy. Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning


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