Friday... He knows, he really does.

Psalm 94:19 (AMP), "When my anxious thoughts multiply within me, Your comfort delights me."

Friday... He knows, he really does.

There is a time when I am going through some anxious thoughts that I am awakened. I am a morning person. I get up early by my alarm at the same time every day. But I sometimes wake up earlier than I want because I am troubled about something. Do you have those times?

The writer of Psalm 94:19 (AMP) says, "When my anxious thoughts multiply within me, Your comfort delights me." And in verse 13 he writes, "That you may grant him [power to calm himself and find] peace in the days of adversity."

When I am awakened I start praying and remembering scripture. The Evil One wants to keep us in turmoil so my thought is that if I pray then it will get him off my back and let me get back to sleep. I strive to remember and pray. That's not what he wants.

Verses 12-14 says, "Blessed [with wisdom and prosperity] is the man whom You discipline and instruct, O Lord, and whom you teach from the law. that you may grant him [power to calm himself and find] peace in the days of adversity, until a pit is dug for the wicked and ungodly. For the Lord will not abandon His people, nor will he abandon His inheritance."

Verses 12-13 in The Message says, "How blessed the man you train, the woman you instruct in your Word, providing a circle of quiet within the clamor of evil."

He goes on. Verses 17-19 (NLT) says, "Unless the Lord had helped me, I would have 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."

He knows what you are going through and he knows what to do so give him your doubts and let him give you renewed hope and cheer. The Message says, "When I am upset and beside myself, you calm me down and cheer me up." Again, he, God knows, he really does. Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning

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