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Monday... So, how has the day started?


Psalm 60:4 (NKJV)), "You have given a banner to those who fear You, that it may be displayed because of the truth."

Monday... So, how has the day started?

Yes, how has it started?


Now David started Psalm 60:1 (NLT) by saying, "You have rejected us, O God, and broken our defenses. You have been angry with us; now restore us to your favor."

Ok, there may be some truth there. We may have gotten off track.

In verse 3 (NKJV) he writes, "You have shown Your people hard things; You have made us drink the wine of confusion."

For many of us that can be so true, we have been shown hard times and drunk the wine of confusion but it can show us something.

Verse 4 says, "You have given a banner to those who fear You, that it may be displayed because of the truth."

Yes, we can be confused, we have drunk the wine of confusion but we need to keep searching. Again, verse 4 says, "You have given a banner to those who fear You, that it may be displayed because of the truth."

Now if you continue in this Psalm you will come to the last two verses. Verse 11 says, "Give me help from trouble, for the help of man is useless." Yes, we can turn to others instead of God and He allows us to drink the wine of confusion and then He brings us back to reality, to the truth. In our confusion pray, "Give me help from trouble, for the help of man is useless."

Over in Proverbs 30:2-3 it says, "Surely I am more stupid than any man, and do not have understanding of a man. I neither learned wisdom nor have knowledge of the Holy One." And verse 5 (NIRV) says, "Every word of God is perfect. Hide it like a shield to those who put their trust in him. He keeps them safe."

And back to verse 12 in Psalm 60 (AMP), "Through God we will have victory, for He will trample down our enemies."

Yes, showing us hard times and our drinking the wine of confusion can bring us back to reality. Verse 4 (NKJV) says, "You have given a banner to those who fear You, that it may be displayed because of the truth." And the truth is, "Through God we will have victory, for He will trample down our enemies." Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning


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