Monday... We can be so needy and not know it.

Psalm 16:8-9 (NLT), "I know the Lord is always with me. I will not be shaken, for he is right beside me. No wonder my heart is glad, and I rejoice. My body rests in safety."

Monday... We can be so needy and not know it.

I mean, we wake us this morning and face this new day with confidence because we know that God is with us.

Psalm 16:8-9 (NLT) says, "I know the Lord is always with me. I will not be shaken, for he is right beside me. No wonder my heart is glad, and I rejoice. My body rests in safety." Yes that is accepting that we are needy and we know that we have someone with us who can handle anything we need. And that is a great way to live.

But there are sometimes that we really don't know that we are needy and that we really do need someone else. Now I sometimes have trouble with this. My personal confidence can be too high so I don't realize that I do need help when someone offers it.

Proverbs 16:18 (MSG) says, "First pride, then the crash - the bigger the ego, the harder the fall." I've had that happen at different times in my long life. But I can do this. I know I can.

Verse 5 (NIRV) says, "The Lord hates all those who have proud hearts. You can be sure that they will be punished."

Now there is a very interesting story over in Matthew 8:23-27. And yes, it starts with real confidence because of experience.

Verse 23 says, "Jesus got into a boat. His disciple followed him." Now the disciple saw so many miracles by Jesus but here was something they knew they could do. They were fishermen. They could handle a boat. They were very good at this so they didn't need help. "So Jesus went to sleep."

Remember, we can be needy and not know it. But verse 24 says, "Suddenly a terrible storm came up on the lake. The waves crashed over the boat. But Jesus was sleeping." Now if our confidence is in our self alone then sometimes our pride will get to us. "First pride, then the crash - the bigger the ego, the harder the fall."

But these guys knew that Jesus was in their boat so verse 25 says, "The disciples went and woke him up. They said, "Lord! Save us! We're going to drown!" And then Jesus said, in verse 26a, "Your faith is so small! Why are you so afraid?"

Now the problem too many times is that our faith is in the wrong thing. It is in ourselves. Yes, there are times when others around us can help. We don't need to do it alone but then there are also times when we need to realize that God is in our boat. Yes, our faith may not be too small on ourselves and we can be so needy and not know it. But then our faith is so small and we are so afraid.

Yes, we need to realize there are those who want to help and also that Jesus is always with us if he is in our boat. "I know the Lord is always with me. I will not be shaken, for he is right beside me. No wonder my heart is glad, and I rejoice. My body rests in safety." And yes, there are those around us he has put there who will help. Yes, our faith is so small and that is why we are afraid.

By the way verse 26b says, "Then Jesus got up and ordered the winds and the waves to stop. It became completely calm." Yes, yes! #todaysbeginnng

Monday... He did it by Himself

Isaiah 44:24b (AMP), "I am the Lord, Maker of all things. Who alone stretches out the heavens, Who spreads out the earth by Myself." Monday... He did it by Himself. Many have a tendency to think very highly of themselves and what they can do. Oh we do have great ability but we are not the source. Yes it is important to have self-confidence but we are limited. The prophet Isaiah in 44:9-10 (NLT) says, "How foolish are those who manufacture idols. These prized objects are really worthless. The people who worship idols don't know this, so they are all put to shame. Who but a fool would make his own god - an idol that cannot help him one bit?" Now later in verse 24 (AMP) he writes, "For the Lord, your Redeemer, and He who formed you from the womb says, 'I am the Lord, Maker of all things, Who alone stretches out the heavens, Who spreads out the earth by Myself.'" I love that. "By Myself." Now we do need confidence but we are foolish to ma...

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...

Friday... Yes, we can know this to be true.

Psalm 12:6 (NLT), "The Lord's promises are pure, like silver refined in a furnace, purified seven times over." Friday... Yes, we can know this to be true. Maybe this is what you want to say in this day in which we live. Psalm 12:1-2 (MSG) says, "Quick, I need your helping hand! The last decent person just went down, all the friends I depend on gone. Everyone talks in lie language; lies slide off their oily lips. They doubletalk with forked tongues." Do you ever feel that way?" Have you found that to be true? Well David the writer of this Psalm continues and says in verse 6 something to encourage us, to lift us up, to give us hope. Psalm 12:6 (NLT) says, "The Lord's promises are pure, like silver refined in a furnace, purified seven times over." The Message Paraphrase says verses 6-8 this way, "God's words are pure words, pure silver words refined seven times in the fires of his word-kiln, pure on earth as well as in heaven, God, keep ...

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