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Tuesday... Do we really appreciate Him?


Psalm 140:7 (NLT), "O Sovereign LORD, the strong one who rescued me, you protected me on the day of battle."

Tuesday... Do we really appreciate Him?

King David is the writer of a big portion of the Psalms and he starts many of them with the fact that he was in  great trouble. Now Paul who was the writer of a big portion of the New Testament said in Acts 13:22, "But God removed Saul and replaced him with David, a man about whom God said, 'I have found David son of Jesse, a man after my own heart. He will do everything I want him to do.'" Now maybe the reason why God said that about him was because of the way David handled trouble

David in Psalm 140:7 (NLT) says, "O Sovereign LORD, the strong one who rescued me, you protected me on the day of battle." David really appreciate God because He over and over rescued him from trouble after trouble.


Verses 1-2 of Psalm 140 says, "O LORD, rescue me from evil people, protect me from those who are violent, those who plot evil in their hearts and stir up trouble all day long."

Verse 5 says, "The proud have set a trap to catch me; they have stretched out a net; they have placed traps all along the way."

Over and over David turned to the Lord in times of trouble. Verses 6-8 says, "I said to the Lord, 'You are my God!' Listen, O LORD, to my cries for mercy! O Sovereign LORD, the strong one who rescued me, you protected me on the day of battle. LORD, do not let evil people have their way. Do not let their evil schemes succeed, or they will become proud." Yes, David really appreciate God.

So my question to us is, do we really appreciated God?

Over in Proverbs 20:24 (AMP) it says, "Do not say, 'I will repay evil'; wait [expectantly] for the Lord, and He will rescue and save you."

There is so much in our lives that the Lord wants to take care of if we would only go to Him and ask Him to rescue and save us. If we have Him in our lives then just do as David did, "LORD, do not let evil people have their way. Do not let their evil schemes succeed." And we too can say, "O Sovereign LORD, the strong one who rescued me, you protected me on the day of battle."

Yes we too can say what David said in Psalm 140:12-13, "I know [with confidence] that the LORD will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and [will secure] justice for the poor. Surely the righteous will give thanks to Your name; the upright will dwell in Your presence."

So "Do not say, 'I will repay evil'; wait [expectantly] for the Lord, and He will rescue and save you."  And we will "give thanks to Your name; the upright will dwell in Your presence." That is how we show we appreciate Him. Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning




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