Wednesday... They have been a constant.

Psalm 125:1 (AMP), "Those who trust and rely on the Lord [with confident expectation] are like Mount Zion, which cannot be moved but remains forever."

Wednesday... They have been a constant.

I have lived in Las Vegas, Nevada two different times for a total of 19 years. Now when we first moved here there were mountains all around this city. And they still are there. I'm sure that these same mountains were here when the first explorers had a drink in the Meadows. And I'm sure they were here way before anyone ever saw them. These mountains have been a constant.

When we first came here in the nineties, there were many people. But we now have houses where there were no houses back then. This town has grown but something could happen and all humans could leave but the mountains will be a constant, they will still be here.

Now it is important for us to see that God has been a constant even before the mountains and before people. He has for sure been a constant.

Now I remember when parking was free on the Strip. It isn't now. I remember two casinos on Rancho that were built when we lived here, but they have been torn down in the last two years. They are gone. What man builds may not be constant but that is what too many times we admire and put our trust in.

I remember when Eisenhower was President. But no more. Trump is now President. Life changes but the mountains are still here. And that is what God reminds us of in Psalm 125:1 (AMP). It says, "Those who trust and rely on the Lord [with confident expectation] are like Mount Zion, which cannot be moved but remains forever." That is so important for us to remember and to live by and put our trust in and rely on. For sure God is an eternal constant and the mountains around us are a reminder of that fact.

Moses said in Deuteronomy 5:32-33, "Therefore you shall pay attention and be careful to do just as the Lord your God has commanded you; you shall not turn aside to the right or to the left [deviating from My commandments]. You shall walk [that is, live each and every day] in all the ways which the Lord your God has commanded you, so that you may live and so that it may be well with you, and that you may live long in the land which you will possess." Moses was reminding the people of Israel of the covenant that God made with them at Mount Sinai. God spoke to them from a mountain

The New Living Translation says Psalm 125:1-2 this way, "Those who trust in the Lord as as secure and Mount Zion; they will not be defeated but will endure forever. Just as the mountains surround Jerusalem, so the Lord surrounds his people, both now and forever."

And then verses 4-5a (AMP) says, "Do good, O Lord, to those who are good and to those who are upright in their hearts. But" and this is so important for us to remember, "But as for those who turn aside to their crooked ways [in unresponsiveness to God], the Lord will lead them away with those who do evil." And that is also so important for us to realize.

Again verse 1 says, "Those who trust and rely on the Lord [with confident expectation] are like Mount Zion, which cannot be moved but remains forever." And then verse 2 says, "As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so the Lord surrounds his people from this time forth and forever." God has been and is and will be constant! 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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