Wednesday... So how is our life going today and are we prepared?

Psalm 144:1 (NLT), "Praise the LORD, who is my rock. He trains my hands for war and gives my fingers skill for battle."

Wednesday... So how is our life going today and are we prepared?

And that is a very good question?

Now for some as they wake up this morning it seems that they are in a battle. And that is how David starts Psalm 144. For David, some of that came from a time of disobedience but here he writes in Psalm 144:1 (NLT), "Praise the LORD, who is my rock. He trains my hands for war and gives my fingers skill for battle." Yes David was trained for these kind of days and God is doing the same kind of training in us and we need to see that. "He trains my hands for war and gives my fingers skill for battle." Yes we are trained for what we are facing.

Now Acts 13:22b (MSB) says, "He raised up David as their king and testified about him: 'I have found David son of Jesse a man after My own heart; he will carry out My will in its entirety." And yes he is the one who wrote this Psalm "Praise the LORD, who is my rock. He trains my hands for war and gives my fingers skill for battle."

If we are waking up to a battle and have a relationship with God we too can and must say, "Praise the LORD, who is my rock. He trains my hands for war and gives my fingers skill for battle." Yes, we too are prepared for what we are facing.

Now David goes on to write something that helps us when we wake up to battles in our life. We need to be reminded of this. Verse 2 says, "He is my loving ally and my fortress, my tower of safety, my rescuer. He is my shield, and I take refuge in him. He makes the nations submit to me." Again, "He trains my hands for war and gives my fingers skill for battle."

Verse 3 is so important for us to acknowledge. "O LORD, what are human beings that you should notice them, mere mortals that you should think of them? For they are like a breath of air; their days are like a passing shadow."

Now it is so easy for us to wake up facing a battle and thinking that in no way do I deserve this. But as followers of Christ we must see that while He was on this earth He was constantly in a battle and in no way are we better than Jesus. Listen He was prepared for what He was facing and He has prepared us and we need to realize that we don't deserve this but "He is my loving ally and my fortress, my tower of safety, my rescuer. He is my shield, and I take refuge in him." We are not alone and he has prepared us. "He trains my hands for war and gives my fingers skill for battle." And we don't deserve this so we need to thank Him and praise Him and love Him.

As you read the rest of the Psalm you see that life is not always a battle. And David ends this Psalm by saying, "Yes, joyful are those who live like this! Joyful are those whose God is the LORD." No matter how our life is going God has prepared us and is preparing us so let's be joyful. No matter what, "Yes, joyful are those who live like this! Joyful are those whose God is the LORD."

So, no matter what we are facing today, let's be joyful! Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning

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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