Friday... He uses many different ways to get our attention.

Psalm 6:9 (NLT), "The Lord heard my plea; the Lord will answer my prayer."

Friday... He uses many different ways to get our attention.

Have you found that be true or maybe you didn't realize that in what you were going through was God's way of getting your attention?

David was going through a very tough time and he was very emotional. Psalm 6-7 (NIRV) says, "My groaning has worn me out. All night long my tears flood my bed. My bed is wet because of crying. I'm so sad I can't see very well. My eyesight gets worse because of all my enemies."

But then verse 9 says, "The Lord has heard my cry for his mercy. The Lord accepts my prayer."

Maybe you are going through a very emotional time. Have you thought that God is maybe striving to get your attention? Verse 10 says, "All my enemies will be covered with shame and trouble. They will turn back in shame. It will happen suddenly."

Now over in Matthew 2 in verses 1b-2 (NIRV) it says, "After Jesus birth, Wise Men from the east came to Jerusalem. They asked, 'Where is the child who has been born to be king of the Jews? We saw his star when it rose. Now we have come to worship him'" Here God used a star to get their attention.

Of course we see stars almost every night but somehow this star got their attention. God used a star.

Now later he used a dream. They had stopped to see King Herod to find out where this baby was. They had asked in verse 2, "Where is the child who was born to be king of the Jews." We go to so many different places to find answers. But that was not a good place to go. Herod said in verse 8, "As soon as you find him, report it to me. Then I will go and worship him too." Now he didn't want to worship him, he wanted to kill him and verse 12 says, "But God warned them in a dream not to go back to Herod. So they returned to their country on a different road." He used a dream to get their attention, to speak to them.

Now verse 13 says, "When the Wise Men left, Joseph had a dream." Joseph was married to Mary who was the mother of Jesus. Now the Heavenly Father of Jesus was God but his earthly father was Joseph and God got his attention through a dream.

Verse 13 continues, "In a dream an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph. 'Get up!' the angel said. 'Take the child and his mother and escape to Egypt. Stay there until I tell you to come back. Herod is going to search for the child. He wants to kill him.'" And they left for Egypt during the night.

And then in verse 19 it says, "After Herod died, Joseph had a dream while still in Egypt. In the dream an angel of the Lord said, "Get up!... Take the child and his mother. Go to the Land of Israel."

Yes, God uses many different ways to get our attention. He did then and he does now.

And he also uses a still small voice. At all times we need to be sensitive and open to God through His method of getting our attention. Realize what David did and know without a doubt, "The Lord heard my plea; the Lord will answer my prayer." It may not be the same method of getting our attention but he will answer when we turn to Him. So let's be open to what He will use to get our attention and let's turn to Him and His answer. Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning

Thursday... Maybe we need this word today.

Psalm 57:1b (NIRV), "There I will stay until the danger is gone." Thursday... Maybe we need this word today. There are words in life that give us confidence no matter what we are facing. Now we have to believe them in order for them to have an impact. David wrote Psalm 57 while he was in a cave hiding from Saul who wanted to kill him and he says in the last part of verse 1, "There I will stay." It was a safe place and Saul didn't know that he was there. But he doesn't stop there. With confidence he said, "There I will stay until." And until is definitely a word of faith and confidence. "There I will stay until the danger is gone." Do we need that today? Let me give you the whole verse. In verse 1 David says, "Have mercy on me, God. Have mercy on me." And that is a great place to start in times of trouble. Maybe that is what we need to pray today, "Have mercy on me, God. Have mercy on me." It is so great to have someone...

Tuesday... We just have trouble listening.

1 Corinthians 13:7 (NLT), "Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance." Tuesday... We just have trouble listening. Over in Jeremiah 25:4 (NLT) it says, "Again and again the LORD has sent you his servants, the prophets, but you have not listened or even paid attention." And Jeremiah went on to tell what was going to happen. There will be consequences if we do not listen to what God says through his Word. Now the Apostle Paul over in 1 Corinthians was having a problem with some professed Christ followers who were having trouble at listening. And we too can have problems at listening. We can think that being a Christ follower means we do a lot of finger pointing and we give up on people who don't do what we say. We can even do that in our families. But Paul writes in 1 Corinthians 13:7 (NLT), "Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance." In verse ...

Friday... We have this hope of expectancy.

Psalm 5:3 (NLT), "Listen to my voice in the morning Lord. Each morning I bring my requests to you and wait expectantly." Friday... We have this hope of expectancy. Now David found a great way to start his day. He says in Psalm 5:1-3 (NLT), "O LORD, hear me as I pray." And that is a great place to start. It really is. Morning sunrise He goes on, "Listen to my cry for help, my King, my God, for I pray to no one but you." And that is so important. We don't try to pump ourselves up by ourself. No, we pray to no one but you, God, my LORD, my King. Now this relationship with God is so, so very important. And then David says, "Listen to my voice in the morning, LORD. Each morning I bring my requests to you" And that is so great. And then he says, "and wait expectantly." Yes, we have this hope of expectancy. We are experienced. That is what a relationship with God and a moment by moment connection does. It makes a difference in our daily wa...

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