Friday... There are awesome miracles for us to see.

Psalm 66:3 (NLT), "Come and see what our God has done, what awesome miracles he performs for people."

Friday... There are awesome miracles for us to see.

So many times we are in such a hurry. On my way to this coffee shop I was going the speed limit but some guy was on my tail. He finally got around me and was able to get to where he wanted faster. I think he was headed to playing a round of golf and some guys may have been waiting on him. I'm sure they had a good reason just like we do when it seems that God is going too slow in what we want him to do for us.

Now God always has a reason for what he does and it is amazing what he can do. David writes in Psalm 66:3 (NLT), "Come and see what our God has done, what awesome miracles he performs for people."

Now he also writes in verses 16-19, "Come and listen, all you who fear God, and I will tell you what he did for me. For I cried out to him for help, praising him as I spoke." And we've been there. He continues and shows us a reason why it seems sometimes that he is slow. David says, "If I had not confessed the sin in my heart, the Lord would not have listened." So there is the first thing we need to do. Is there a sin that we need to confess to God? Maybe God is waiting on us.

And this is important to see. Verses 19-20 says, "But God did listen! Praise God, who did not ignore my prayer or withdraw his unfailing love."

And here is something else we need to be doing. Instead of being anxious and griping we need to be praising. Verse 8 says, "Let the whole earth bless our God and loudly sing his praises. Our lives are in his hands, and he keeps our feet from stumbling. You have tested us, O God; you have purified us like silver." Yes, he has a purpose.

I also was reading this morning over in John 21 of one of the disciples who was having trouble in believing that Jesus had come back to life. Our non-believing can hold us back on our time. Verse 24-25 says, "One of the twelve disciples, Thomas (nicknamed the Twin), was not with the others when Jesus came. They told him, 'We have seen the Lord!' But he replied, 'I will not believe it unless I see the nail wounds in his hands, and put my fingers into them, and placed my hand into the wound in his side."

Now look at this. Verses 26-29 says, "Eight days later the disciples were together again, and this time Thomas was with them. The doors were locked, but suddenly, as before, Jesus was standing among them. 'Peace be with you, ' he said. Then he said to Thomas, 'Put your finger here, and look at my hands. Put your hand into the wound in my side. Don't be faithless any longer. Believe!' 'My Lord and my God!' Thomas exclaimed. Then Jesus told him, 'You believed because you have seen me. Blessed are those who believe without seeing me." The key word here is "Believe!"

Yes, there are awesome miracles for us to see. It is not God who is slow. He knows what he is doing. So let's confess, praise and believe. And that can calm our anxiety and impatience. And Psalm 66:3 (NLT) says, "Come and see what our God has done, what awesome miracles he performs for people." 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...

Wednesday... It didn't just happen.

Psalm 16;10 (NLT), "For you will not leave my soul among the dead or allow your holy one to rot in the grave." Wednesday... It didn't just happen. We are headed into a weekend of deep emotion. One that we really really love was killed and it didn't just happen. David in Psalm 16:10 (NLT) writes of this happening. He says about God, "For you will not leave my soul among the dead or allow your holy one to rot in the grave." We read over in the Gospels at the beginning of the New Testament in the Bible of the life of God's Son who came to earth to be our sacrifice so that our soul would not be left among the dead. Jesus came so that we wouldn't have to be buried at death and just left there. But he also shares that Jesus who was going to be killed as a sacrifice for our sins would not have to rot in a grave. David many generations before foretold this and that is what happened. Now that had to be a God thing. We can guess a lot about our future and we d...

Friday... Yes, we need them. We really do

Psalm 8:3-4 (NLT), "When I look at the night sky and see the work of your fingers - the moon and the stars you set in place - what are mere mortals that you should think about them, human beings that you should care for them?" Friday... Yes, we need them. We really do. No, not the fact that I can go out my front door and look out at night at the marvels of the sky. I can do that and it is amazing and it takes my breath away each time I see it. Yes, that is a fact but the reality of who did that and the wisdom and the faith that I have to believe that and to marvel that the one who did that cares about me makes such a difference in how I live my life. Yes, God really does. That is so wonderful for us to believe. And that is why faith and wisdom are so important. Now whatever belief you have at how that marvel happened must also be believed through faith. And the sad thing to me is that more and more people have been taught that there is no God and therefore he did not have a h...

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