Thursday... So, let's wait quietly.

Psalm 63:1 (NLT), "I wait quietly before God, for my victory comes from him."

Thursday... So, let's wait quietly.

Now waiting quietly is so difficult and it is dependent upon who we believe is in control. Now if we think it is us then we are not so quiet are we?

Now King David writes in Psalm 63:1 (NLT), "I wait quietly before God, for my victory comes from him."

I am also reading a chapter a day in the book of Ecclesiastes and it is a very honest book. Solomon is the writer and he is known as the wisest man who has ever lived. He also wrote the book of Proverbs and I spend a lot of time in that book.

Now in the first verse of chapter 2 (NLT) of Ecclesiastes, Solomon writes, "I said to myself, 'Come on, let's try pleasure. Let's look for the '"good things"' in life.' But I found that this too, was meaningless." And he goes on and comes to the conclusion that all in life that we really give ourselves totally to do are meaningless without God.

In verses 24-25 he says, "So I decided there is nothing better than to enjoy food and drink and to find satisfaction in work. Then I realized that these pleasures are from the hand of God. For who can eat or enjoy anything apart from him?" In verse 26b he writes, "God gives wisdom, knowledge, and joy to those who please him."

Now Solomon's dad, David wrote a big portion of the Book of Psalms and in Psalm 63:1 he says, "I wait quietly before God, for my victory comes from him." Now we need to get this fact settled in our life.

I also read Mark 13 this morning. In this Jesus is telling his disciples what are going to be the signs of when he will return. Yes, he is about to be crucified. We will acknowledge tomorrow on Good Friday that Jesus was crucified and then on Sunday we will celebrate Easter and his resurrections. I'm still not sure in chapter 13 that the disciples realized all of that is about to happen but Jesus still gives them and us a head's up of the fact that he will return.

With what is happening in the MIddle East right now it is good for us to acknowledge that God has a plan and that he is is control and for us to as David said, "wait quietly before God, for my victory comes from him." Yes, our victory comes from him.

Some want to get out in front and tell the world what is about to happen, at least what they think is going to happen. But we don't know. David said, "I wait quietly before God, for my victory comes from him."

He goes on to say in verse 2, "He alone is my rock and my salvation, my fortress where I will never be shaken."

But some could say, "But I am scared about what is happening" and that is understandable. There is so much unknown out there but again David writes, "I wait quietly before God, for my victory comes from him. He alone is my rock and my salvation, my fortress where I will never be shaken."

Yes, there are situations in my wife, Margaret and I right now and I needed this thought today.

Yes, let's wait quietly before God. 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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