Tuesday... There is so much frustration.

Luke 24:6 (NLT), "He isn't here! He is risen from the dead! Remember what he told you back in Galilee"

Tuesday... There is so much frustration.

And so many times that is so true of us.

The last chapter of Luke starts on Sunday morning with some women coming to the tomb where they thought Jesus was buried after his crucifixion on Friday. Saturday was the Sabbath and because of their Jewish belief they couldn't come but here on Sunday they came with spices they had prepared. In other words they came to show how much they loved Jesus but they found the tomb empty and they were so frustrated and discouraged and terrified. And so many times in our life we have deep emotions because life isn't going the way we planned.

It is so easy for us to have problems with God because of our life not turning out the way we thought it should. Many times we too are frustrated, discouraged and even terrified. We wonder why God isn't taking care of us the way we think he should. He must not love us.

Now they find the tomb empty and they were very puzzled and suddenly two men appeared to them, clothed in dazzling clothes and the men asked them an interesting question. Luke 24:5 (NLT) says, "Then the men asked, 'Why are you looking among the dead for someone who is alive?'" And then verse 6 says, "He isn't here! He is risen from the dead! Remember what he told you back in Galilee"

Now God in his patience, I'm sure asks this same question of us so many times when we are emotionally frustrated, discouraged and even terrified. He has given us the Bible and his Holy Spirit and he wants us to remember what he has told us in so many different ways.

Look at this. I read this this morning. Psalm 77:10-12 says, "And I said, 'This is my fate; the Most High has turned his hand against me.' But then I recall all you have done, O LORD; I remember your wonderful deeds of long ago. They are constantly in my thoughts. I cannot stop thinking about your mighty works."

I also read this in Isaiah 7. Right in the middle of some bad happenings in Judah, verse 13 says, "Then Isaiah said, 'Listen well, you royal family of David! Isn't it enough to exhaust human patience? Must you exhaust the patience of my God as well?'" And 14 says, "All right then, the Lord himself will give you the sign. Look! The virgin will conceive a child! She will give birth to a son and will call him Immanuel (which means 'God is with us')" He was profitizing Jesus's birth.

Back to Luke. "He isn't here! He is risen from the dead! Remember what he told you back in Galilee" Man cannot have power over God. Yes they thought they had taken care of him through killing him but it didn't work. His name is Emmanuel. Yes, Jesus had been released from his human body and he is with us. He is Immanuel.

Verses 6-7 says, "He isn't here! He is risen from the dead! Remember what he told you in Galilee, that the Son of Man must be betrayed into the hands of sinful men and be crucified, and that he would rise again on the third day." That is what he had said to them and the other disciples. He was striving to prepare them for what was going to happen and God has also striven to do that for us if we will just read God's Word, the Bible and listen to his Holy Spirit.

It is so important to see that as we read God's Word it goes to where the Holy Spirit can bring it to our mind when we need it. Yes, let's remember. 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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