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Wednesday... Yes, he can do it.


Psalm 109:27 (AMP), "And let them know that this is Your hand; You, Lord have done it."

Wednesday... Yes, he can do it.

One of our needs it is said is self-actualization. We want to feel good about what we are doing. Now we will say, "I need to do this because it gives me worth." But in reality we cannot handle everything that comes our way and our worth so many times goes out the window. And I'm sure we all have felt that.

Now King David had a lot of those moments and he came to an important conclusion. Yes, he was a king, yes he won battles, yes he was very talented. But he found that he couldn't handle it all no matter how much talent and opportunities he had. So he lamented all over the place in the Psalms he wrote. But that was good because it brought him to the conclusion that he needed help and he knew where to turn. He knew, he can do it.


Now he writes in Psalm 109:26-27 (AMP), "Help me, O Lord my God; Save me according to Your lovingkindness - And let them know that this is Your hand; You, Lord, have done it." 

The New Living Translation says verse 27 this way, "Let them see that this is your doing, that you yourself have done it, Lord." Verse 26 says, "Help me, O Lord my God! Save me because of your unfailing love."

Now whatever bad that happens in our lives does not happen because God did it. Jesus later in Matthew 6:10 said that we are to pray, "May your kingdom come soon. May your will be done on earth, as it is in heaven." All that bad that happens to us doesn't happen because of God, it happens because of our turning away from God. This is not God's kingdom yet and his will is not done all the time here on earth as it is in heaven. But if there is bad happening to us then we can pray, "Help me, O Lord my God! Save me because of your unfailing love." and he turns the bad into good so we can say,""Let them see that this is your doing, that you yourself have done it, Lord." Yes he turns the purpose from bad to good because of his unfailing love.

And back to verses 27-29. David writes, "Let them see that this is your doing, that you yourself have done it, Lord. Then let them curse me if they like, but you will bless me! When they attack me, they will be disgraced! But I, your servant will go right on rejoicing! May my accusers be clothed with disgrace; may their humiliation cover them like a cloak." Yes, He can do that. 

And David goes on in verses 30-31, "But I will give repeated thanks to the Lord, praising him to everyone. For he stands beside the needy, ready to save them from those who condemn them."

Yes, we may think that we need self-actualization and God does give that to us but what we really need is the Lord standing beside us, ready to save us because of his unfailing love. And yes he can do it. Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning


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