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Tuesday... He is our source.


Psalm 91:1-2 (NLT), "Those who live in the shelter of the Most High will find rest in the shadow of the Almighty. This I declare about the Lord; He alone is my refuge, my place of safety; He is my God, and I will trust him."

Tuesday... He is our source.

We place so much trust on ourself and other human beings. Yes, God works through us and our abilities but he is the source, the starting point.


The writer of Psalm 91:1-2 (NLT) says, "Those who live in the shelter of the Most High will find rest in the shadow of the Almighty. This I declare about the Lord; He alone is my refuge, my place of safety; He is my God, and I will trust him."

Now God uses others but he is the source.

Over in the New Testament of the Bible in Acts 16 there were two men, Paul and Silas who were headed out to a certain place to share the message of Christ but verse 6b says, "the Holy Spirit prevented them from preaching the word in the province of Asia at the time." So they headed north, verse 7b "but again the Spirit of Jesus did not allow then to go there."

Then in verse 9 it tells us that Paul that night had a vision of a man pleading for them to "Come over to Macedonia and help us." Yes God had a plan. Yes, Paul was an amazing man. He wrote many book in the New Testament, he brought the gospel to the Gentiles but the Spirit of Jesus was his source of where to go.  

Now in the time of heading where God wanted them to go, Paul and Silas because of their message were thrown into prison. And verses 25-26 says, "Around midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening. Suddenly there was a massive earthquake, and the prison was shaken to it foundations. All the doors immediately flew open, and the chains of every prisoner fell off." 

Now the jailer was about to kill himself but Paul yelled out that no one had escaped. And the jailer called for lights and fell down trembling before Paul and Silas. Verse 30, "Then he brought them out and asked, 'Sirs, what must I do to be saved?'" And that is a question that so many are asking today. 

In this day in which we live we have so many answers. Verse 31, "They replied, 'Believe in the Lord Jesus and you will be saved, along with everyone in your household.'" That is God's answer.

Yes, we are so smart and we think we have all the answers. We have so many sources of our beliefs but we must be reminded that we are to "Believe in the Lord Jesus and you will be saved" and back to Psalm 91:1-2, "Those who live in the shelter of the Most High will find rest in the shadow of the Almighty. This I declare about the Lord; He alone is my refuge, my place of safety; He is my God, and I will trust him." Yes, God uses so many others but the Lord is our source. He is where we start and He can be trusted. Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning



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