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Tuesday... These two words have such an impact.


Psalm 77:11 (NLT), "But then I recall all you have done, O Lord; I remember your wonderful deeds of long ago."

Tuesday... These two words can have such an impact.

They really can, both negative and positive.

Psalm 77 starts the way many of our days start. The first verse (NLT) says, "I cry out to God, I shout." And that is a good thing but he goes on. "Oh that God would listen to me!" Verse 3 says, "I think of God, and I moan, overwhelmed with longing for his help."

Now the writer, Asaph is allowed by God to tell his feelings and so are we. And so many start our day that way.

And God allows him to keep writing. In verse 10 though he writes, "And I said, 'This is my fate; the Most High has turned his hand against me.'" And I'm sure that we all have been tempted to believe that, to say that.


Let's continue. He's not done. Verse 11 changes direction. He starts with the two words that can have such an impact on us. Here is what he says, "But then." But then." "But then I recall all you have done, O Lord; I remember your wonderful deeds of long ago."

He goes on, "They are constantly in my thoughts. I cannot stop thinking about your mighty works." But they can be hidden by our despair, by our negative self-talk. Yes, The Evil One knows how to overwhelm us. And Asaph shows us how to overcome our despair, our hopelessness.

The Psalms are great examples by God of how to handle the negatives of life. God knows what we are going through and he has given us a tool to handle life. It is call the Bible. "But then I recall all you have done, O Lord; I remember your wonderful deeds of long ago."

My mom would when I was young tell me a story from the Bible before I went to sleep. And I remember those stories. God has used them over and over in times of anxiety. His Spirit brings them and other great thoughts to my mind to counteract the lies of the Evil One. And that was happening to Asaph. That is why I am in God's Word on a daily basis and the Holy Spirit plants into my mind so he can bring them back when I am overwhelmed.

Verses 13-15 (MSG) goes on, "O God! Your way is holy! No god is great like God! You're the God who makes things happen; you showed everyone what you can do - You pulled your people out of the worst kind of trouble, rescued the children of Jacob and Joseph." And he can do the same thing for us.

Back to verse 1 (NLT) where he says "I cry out to God, I shout. Oh, that God would listen to me!" And then verse 11, "But then I recall all you have done, O Lord; I remember your wonderful deeds of long ago." And the last verse of Psalm 77 (MSG) says, "Hidden in the hands of Moses and Aaron, You led your people like a flock of sheep." And he wants to and will do the same today for us. Let's just remember! Yes, Yes! #todaysbeginning

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