Skip to main content

Thursday... Have you found this to be true?


Psalm 65:5a (NLT), "You faithfully answer our prayers with awesome deeds."

Thursday... Have you found this to be true?

As I sat out this morning looking at the mountain across the freeway from where we live, I was emotional at what God has done in our life. David said in Psalm 65:5a "You faithfully answer our prayers with awesome deeds." And I have found that to be so true, over and over again.


Now I do have a relationship with God. I do follow him on a daily bases and obey him. I am into his word and I strive to live what I read. And I connect with God through prayer and he answers my prayers with awesome deeds. It is amazing what he has done in Margaret and my life. It is so awesome. It really is.

Now if it is true for us it can be true with you.

David continues, "You are the hope of everyone on earth, even those who sail on distant seas." Now if I am out sailing and all I see is water then I do need some hope. I hope the captain knows where he's going and how to get there. I hope the boat will not sink. I hope they don't run out of gas. I hope they can handle storms if one should come upon us. Yes, God, you are my hope no matter what I am going through, no matter where I am. 

Yes, David had some awesome deeds in his life. I mean he as a teenage killed a giant, Goliath who was causing problems for the Israel army and he did it with some small stones and a slingshot. He also killed a lion who wanted to kill his sheep. Yes as a boy he was a shepherd and that boy also became the King of Israel.

Now David starts this Psalm by saying in verses 1-3, "What mighty praise, O God, belongs to you in Zion. We will fulfill our vows to you, for you answer our prayers. All of us must come to you. Though we are overwhelmed by our sins, you forgive them all."

Yes, David was a follower of God and he could say, "You faithfully answer our prayers with awesome deeds." And I as a 78 year old man can look back on my life even this week and see where God has answered my prays with awesome deeds.

And the same can be true of anyone who comes to God and who may be overwhelmed by their sins. Again, "What mighty praise, O God, belongs to you in Zion. We will fulfill our vows to you, for you answer our prayers. All of us must come to you. Though we are overwhelmed by our sins, you forgive them all." And there it is. There is the key. Yes, he is our hope no matter what we have done.

So have you found this to be true? It can be, yes it can be. "All of us must come to you. Though we are overwhelmed by our sins, you forgive them all." And then, "You faithfully answer our prayers with awesome deeds." Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning


Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Tuesday... Each one of us see and describe what we are going through differently but...

Tuesday... Each one of us see and describe what we are going through differently but... We each one have our own way of explaining what we are going through, don't we?  Some of us are maximisers, other are minimizers and neither one is better. We each one are different and we see what we are facing differently but no matter what it is and how you see it and describe it, God can handle it!  Now the writer of Psalm 46 shows the extremes. In verse 1 he states the basic reality and then he moves on into our fears and he maximizes them to make sure we really understand. Here is what Psalm 46:1-3 (NLT) says, "God is our refuge and strength, always ready to help in times of trouble. So we will not fear when earthquakes come and the mountains crumble into the sea. Let the oceans roar and foam. Let the mountains tremble as the waters surge!" So what do you fear? The Amplified Bible says verse 1 this way, "God is our refuge and strength [mighty and impenetrable], a very presen...
Post a Comment
Read more

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...
Post a Comment
Read more

Wednesday... Our unless can turn into useless.

Wednesday... Our unless can turn into useless.  It really can. I have found that unless I give the correct email of my wife then I can't get what I wanted. I put an extra i in her email and I have been working for 5 days to get it changed. Unless has been useless. The writer of Psalm 94 uses this word and shows how important it is. Verses 17-19 (NLT) says, "Unless the Lord had helped me, I would have soon settled in the silence of the grave. I cried out, 'I'm slipping!' but your unfailing love, O Lord, supported me. When doubts filled my mind, your comfort gave me renewed hope and cheer." "Unless the Lord had helped me." So many people go on and on and on striving to live their life on their own but they keep slipping and doubting and living without hope and cheer. Yes the Lord has such unfailing love for us, he really does but unless we have a relationship with him and we turn to him and ask him for help then the unless turns in to useless because h...
Post a Comment
Read more