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Thursday... Here are four tremendous words.


Psalm 59:16a (NLT), "But as for me, I will sing about your power. Each morning I will sing with joy about your unfailing joy."

Thursday... Here are four tremendous words.

And they can make such a difference in our lives.


Right before these words, David writes in Psalm 59:14-15 (NLT), "My enemies come out at night, snarling like vicious dogs as they prowl the streets. They scavenge for food but go to sleep unsatisfied." Now that is one type of person. We see a lot of them, don't we? And maybe that is what we do.

But David goes on and says in verse 16a four tremendous words. He says, "But as for me." You see, no matter what we are going through, what we are facing, we have a choice. "But as for me." Those four words grabbed my attention.

Now David goes on to say, "I will sing about your power. Each morning I will sing with joy about your unfailing love."

Now I am a fan of the Los Angeles Dodgers. They are one of two baseball teams who are playing in the World Series and last night they lost. Now as I go online and read I will see so many fans who went to sleep last night after the loss totally disappointed and woke up completely in a bad mood. But David said, "But as for me." I have a choice as to how my disappointment will affect my new day.

Yes, no matter what has happened we have a choice. Disappointment is a part of life. But so is waking up singing.

Look at verses 16-17. This is what David says because he has a relationship with God and how that makes a difference in what he chooses. "But as for me, I will sing about your power. Each morning I will sing with joy about your unfailing love. For you have been my refuge, a place of safety when I am in distress. O my Strength, to you I sing praises, for you, O God, are my refuge, the God who shows me unfailing love."

Listen, God can make such a difference as we face the disappointment of yesterday and the opportunity of a new day.

I make the choice each morning of starting my day with thanking God and then starting my reading in the Bible in the Psalms. And it is all predicated on the fact that I have given my life to God who is my refuge, my place of safety, my Strength, and He loves me with an unfailing love. Everything that happens to me will go through his unfailing love.

Yes, it is so important to know that we have a choice. "But as for me." Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning







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