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Tuesday... Quitting is an option but so is a fresh start.


Psalm 145:14 (MSG), "God gives a hand to those down on their luck, give a fresh start to those ready to quit."

Tuesday... Quitting is an option but so is a fresh start.

Are you really down on your luck and you're ready to quit? Well David writes in Psalm 145:14 (MSG), "God gives a hand to those down on their luck, gives a fresh start to those ready to quit." I hope you believe in God. David did and he had been in so many situations where he could have quit. So he wrote this from experience.


The Amplified Bible says verse 14 this way. It says, "The Lord upholds all those [of His own] who fall and raises up all those who are bowed down." Did you notice that it says "of His own"? There is something different even in us if those going through bad times are a part of our family. They really matter to us, at least they should.

Now God's plan was that all of us would be a family together but he set up some guidelines in order for us to get the benefit of being a part of his family but our representatives decided they wanted to go their own way. That is called the Fall. They caused it. Now God has done all he can to pick us up but we must reach out and let him pick us up.

Some fall and they say, "I don't need help. I'll get up on my own." But the truth is they may really need help but they don't want to ask for it and if they can't do it on their own, they just quit. But God wants to give us a fresh start.

The NLT says, "The Lord helps the fallen and lifts those bent beneath their loads."

Verse 19 says, "He grants the desire of those who fear him; he hears their cries for help and rescues them." 

Verses 18- 20 in The Message says, "God's there, listening for all who pray, for all who pray and mean it. He does what's best for those who fear him - hears them call out and saves them. God sticks by all who love him, but it's all over for those who don't."

And then back to verse 14, "God gives a hand to those down on their luck, gives a fresh start to those ready to quit." And that is good news, isn't it? Now you can be in God's family. Just ask him and then do what he says. Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning





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