Monday... We haven't see anything yet!

Deuteronomy 3:24 (NLT), "O Sovereign Lord, you have only begun to show your greatness and the strength of your hand to me, your servant. Is there any god in heaven or on earth who can perform such great and mighty deeds as you?"

Monday... We haven't see anything yet!

I am in my seventies and I have seen God work in so many ways. I really have. I love looking back and remembering and Moses seems to be doing the same thing here in Deuteronomy 3:24 (NLT). He writes in his old age, "O Sovereign Lord, you have only begun to show your greatness and the strength of your hand to me, your servant. Is there any god in heaven or on earth who can perform such great and mighty deeds as you?" And of course the answer is no. Yes he had gone through so much but there was more to come.

Now he had seen the burning bush, he had seen all of the plagues in Egypt and then the crossing of the Red Sea on dry ground. But he also saw the 40 years of disobedience by the Children of Israel and their wandering through the wilderness for 40 years but he knew that something great was about to happen. Yes, they had just won two battles on this side of the Jordan River and he went up to Pisgah Peak and looked over the land in every direction visualizing what was about to happen. He had just seen two parts of the promise land conquered but there was more to come.

Of course, I don't know what you have gone and are going through in your life. I don't know about your relationship with God but I do know God and how he has worked in my life. He truly is an amazing God but I also know that he is not done doing what he can and will do in my life. I love the first part of 24, and I believe it, "O Sovereign Lord, you have only begun to show your greatness and the strength of your hand to me, your servant." And I also know the answer to the last part, "Is there any god in heaven or on earth who can perform such great and mighty deeds as you?" The answer is no.

At 77 and about to be 78, I know that I haven't seen everything yet. Looking back is great and I thank the Lord for yesterday but the best is yet to come. I haven't seen anything yet. That's why getting up each morning is exciting. Yes, he has taken care of the battle of yesterday but today is a new day. I can live with great anticipation and expectation.

Of course at my age, heaven is getting closer but I also believe that my life here isn't over but if it is, I haven't seen anything yet. Now you may not be at my time in life. Moses was able to look over the Jordan at what was ahead but he also knew that he wasn't going to be able to see it up close. Joshua was given the task to lead the people over the Jordan. Yes, they had taken care of two of the kingdoms on this side and some of the tribes had their rewards but there was more to come.

Yes, no matter what we are going through, God is not done. There are more battles ahead. Verse 24 in the Good News Translation says, "Sovereign Lord, I know that you have shown me only the beginning of the great and wonderful things you are going to do. There is no god in heaven and earth who can do mighty things that you have done!" Yes, we by fatih can know this to be true. Yes, we can know it. And yes, we haven't seen anything yet! 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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