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Monday... It makes all the difference.


Psalm 125:4 (NLT), "O LORD, do good to those who are good, whose hearts are in tune with you."

Monday... It makes all the difference.

Over in the Psalms in 125:4 (NLT) it says, "O LORD, do good to those who are good, whose hearts are in tune with you." Over in Proverbs 4:23 it says, "Guard your heart above all else, for it determines the course of your life."


Having our heart in tuned with God really does make all the difference in how we handle life.

Jude wrote a letter at the end of the New Testament. Now Jude says in 1:1 (NIRV), "I Jude, am writing this letter. I serve Jesus Christ. I am the brother of James." Now, understand what that means. Jude was also the human brother of Jesus. So what would have happened to him and his life if he would have said and believed in his heart that no way was Jesus who he said he was. That would have messed up his whole life but he settled in his heart that Jesus was who he said he was and Jude said, "I serve Jesus."

Now in his letter he was dealing with some guys who were going around and saying that Jesus wasn't who said he was. In verses 17-19 (NIRV) he writes, "Dear friends, remember what the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ said would happen. They told you, 'In the last days, some people will make fun of the truth. They will follow their own ungodly desires.' They are the people who separate you from one another. They do only what comes naturally. They are not led by the Holy Spirit."

Verse 19 in the New Living Translation says, "These people are the ones who are creating divisions among you. They follow their natural instincts because they do not have God's Spirit in them." Again, "Guard your heart above all else, for it determines the course of your life."

Psalms 125:1-2 says, "Those who trust in the Lord are as secure as Mount Zion; they will not be defeated but will endure forever. Just as the mountains surround Jerusalem, so the Lord surrounds his people, both now and forever." And again verse 4, "O LORD, do good to those who are good, whose hearts are in tune with you."

Yes, that makes all the difference in our life for now and forever. Again, "O LORD, do good to those who are good, whose hearts are in tune with you." And yes, "Guard your heart above all else, for it determines the course of your life." "both now and forever. Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning


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