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Tuesday... There is a prayer that is really to us.


Psalm 139:5-6 (NLT), "You go before me and follow me. You place your hand of blessing on my head. Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too great for me to understand."

Tuesday... There is a prayer that is really to us.

Now Psalm 139 is a tremendous place for us to spend some time and if we do, it will make such a difference in how we live each day.

It starts in verse 1 (NLT) by saying, "O Lord, you have examined my heart and know everything about me." And we need to realize that, to really know that is a fact. Yes, He knows everything about us but still loves us. He is not discouraged with what He knows.

And then it ends with a prayer that has been and is being answered. It is a prayer that is really for us to know is a reality, that it is really happening. Verse 23 says, "Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts." He does that every moment of every day. That is being answered right know even if we haven't prayed this prayer.


Verse 24, and our response needs to be, "Point out anything in me that offends you and lead me along the path of everlasting life." We need to do our part for this to make a difference in our lives. He will point out but the benefit comes only if we listen. Yes, God wants us to realize that this is what he is doing each and everyday in us and that it is up to us to reap the benefit. Just ask Him, what He sees.

Verses 5-6 emphasizes this fact. They say, "You go before me and follow me." I love that. "You go before me and follow me. You place your hand of blessing on my head. Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too great for me to understand." Oh if we would really understand that this is true. What a difference it would make in our lives.

Yes, He tests us but he also places His hand of blessing on us. Yes, "Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too great for me to understand." This is where striving to understand can make such a different in our lives each and every day.

Oh God, "You go before me and follow me. You place your hand of blessing on my head. Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too great for me to understand."

And I know this is true but help me to really realize it, "Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. Point out anything in me that offends you and lead me along the path of everlasting life." We need to really know that this is true and that we must listen to what He wants to point out to us what offends Him in us and what makes us anxious and then for Him to lead us along the path of everlasting life and we must follow.

Yes, this is a prayer that is really to us. Let's really understand it and do it. Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning


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