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Wednesday... So, let's get it and do it!


Psalm 146:5b (MSG), "Put your hope in God and know real blessing."

Wednesday... So, let's get it and do it!

Here is what we need to and can do. Psalm 146:5b (MSG), says, "Put your hope in God and know real blessing."

Over in Mark 8 Jesus 'disciples were having an argument. Verses 16-19 (MSG) says, "Meanwhile the disciples were finding fault with each other because they had forgotten to bring bread. Jesus overheard them." 


I wonder what God thinks over the things we argue about. He has to have a lot of patience, doesn't he?

"Jesus overheard and said. 'Why are you fussing because you forgot bread? Don't you see the point of all of this? Don't you get it at all?'" He must get frustrated.

He goes on. "'Remember the five loaves I broke for the five thousand? How many baskets of leftovers did you pick up?' They said, 'Twelve.' 'And the seven loaves for the four thousand - how many bags full of leftovers did you get?' 'Seven.'  He said, 'Do you still not get it?'"

Now maybe we haven't seen miracles like that in our lives but if we have put our hope in God there are times when we need to be reminded of the difference he's made in our lives.

Psalm 146:3-5 (NLT) says, "Don't put your confidence in powerful people; there is no help for you there. When they breathe their last, they return to the earth, and all their plans die with them. But joyful are those who have the God of Israel as their helper, whose hope is in the Lord their God." The Message says, "Put your hope in God and know real blessing."

Verses 6-8 (NLT) reminds us of why we must put our hope in God. It says, "He made heaven and earth, the sea, and everything in them. He keeps every promise forever. He gives justice to the oppressed and food to the hungry. The Lord frees the prisoners. The Lord opens the eyes of the blind. The Lord lifts up those who are weighed down. The Lord loves the godly."

And as Jesus said to his disciples, "Do we still not get it?" 

So let's take some time every once in awhile and just remember what God has done in our lives and then be reminded in whatever difficulty we are now going through to, "Put your hope in God and know real blessing." So, let's get it and let's do it! Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning


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