Friday... So, what do we do when we have a choice?

Psalm 70:4 (NLT), "But may all who search for you be filled with joy and gladness in you. May those who love your salvation repeatedly shout, 'God is so great!'"

Friday... So, what do we do when we have a choice?

That is a good question here on this Friday morning. Throughout our lives we will have choices. We will.

Now if we have the attitude that David has, it makes such a difference. He writes in Psalm 70:4, NLT), "But may all who search for you be filled with joy and gladness in you. May those who love your salvation repeatedly shout, 'God is so great!'

David's son, Solomon also has some good thoughts in Ecclesiastes 10. In verse 2 he says, "A wise person chooses the right road; a fool takes the wrong one." Verse 10 says, "Using a dull ax requires great strength, so sharpen the blade. That's the value of wisdom; it helps you succeed."

And then verses 12-14, "Wise words bring approval, but fools are destroyed by their own words. Fools base their thoughts on foolish assumptions, so their conclusions will be wicked madness; they chatter on and on. No one really knows what is going to happen; no one can predict the future."

Ok, now let's go to Luke 5. Here we find Jesus preaching on the shore of the Sea of Galilee, and there was a great crowd but he noticed two empty boats. The fisherman were washing their nets and Jesus stepped into one of the boats whose owner was Simon and he asked him to push it out into the water and Simon did and Jesus sat in the boat and taught the crowds from there.

Now verse 5 says, "When he had finished speaking, he said to Simon, 'Now go out where it is deeper and let down your nets to catch some fish.'" And verse 5 says, "'Master,' Simon replied, 'we worked hard all last night and didn't catch a thing. But if you say so, I'll let the nets down again.'"

Simon was a pro. He knew how to fish but here was this man telling him to do something and he said, "But if you say so." And that was a very wise thing to say and to do. Yes, he had a choice. He could have said, "I'm the pro here and I know what is best and we're tired so I'm not going to listen to you." But he said, "But if you say so, I'll let down the nets to catch some fish."

And verses 6-7 says, "And this time their nets were so full of fish they began to tear! A shout for help brought their partners in the other boat, and soon both boats were filled with fish and on the verge of sinking."

Back to what David said, "May those who love your salvation repeatedly shout, 'God is so great!'" And then to Solomon in Ecclesiastes, "Wise words bring approval, but fools are destroyed by their own words. Fools base their thoughts on foolish assumptions, so their conclusions will be wicked madness; they chatter on and on. No one really knows what is going to happen; no one can predict the future."

By the way, in verses 10b-11 Jesus says, "'From now on you'll be fishing for people. As soon as they landed, they left everything and followed Jesus." You see, Simon was Simon Peter and James and John were in the other boat and these were the first of the twelve disciples who Jesus called to be his disciples.

Yes, Simon could have not listened to this novice and not done what he said for them to do. But he said, "But if you say so, I'll let the nets down again." And look what happened.

Yes, "But may all who search for you be filled with joy and gladness in you. May those who love your salvation repeatedly shout, 'God is so great!'" Also, "A wise person chooses the right road; a fool takes the wrong one." And "But if you say so, I'll let the nets down again." And look what happened. Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning

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 ...

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...

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