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

Tuesday... I wonder what would happen if we didn't take the credit?

Nehemiah 6:16b (NLT), "They realized this work had been done with the help of our God." Tuesday... I wonder what would happen if we didn't take the credit? Over in the Old Testament in the book of Nehemiah it tells of a major task that through the leadership of Nehemiah was accomplished. The walls of Jerusalem had been torn down and God had laid it on Nehemiah to build those walls back up. It was definitely an almost impossible task but Nehemiah 6:15-16 says, "So on October 2 the wall was finished - just fifty-two days after we had begun. When our enemies and the surrounding nations heard about it, they were frightened and humiliated. They realized this work had been done with the help of our God." Now, we so many times want to take credit for doing the impossible. It would make such a difference for us. But I wonder what would happen through us if God got the credit? Psalm 96 tells us what we are to do. Verses 2-3 says, "Sing to the LORD; praise his name. ...

Thursday... Maybe we need this word today.

Psalm 57:1b (NIRV), "There I will stay until the danger is gone." Thursday... Maybe we need this word today. There are words in life that give us confidence no matter what we are facing. Now we have to believe them in order for them to have an impact. David wrote Psalm 57 while he was in a cave hiding from Saul who wanted to kill him and he says in the last part of verse 1, "There I will stay." It was a safe place and Saul didn't know that he was there. But he doesn't stop there. With confidence he said, "There I will stay until." And until is definitely a word of faith and confidence. "There I will stay until the danger is gone." Do we need that today? Let me give you the whole verse. In verse 1 David says, "Have mercy on me, God. Have mercy on me." And that is a great place to start in times of trouble. Maybe that is what we need to pray today, "Have mercy on me, God. Have mercy on me." It is so great to have someone...

Tuesday... We just have trouble listening.

1 Corinthians 13:7 (NLT), "Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance." Tuesday... We just have trouble listening. Over in Jeremiah 25:4 (NLT) it says, "Again and again the LORD has sent you his servants, the prophets, but you have not listened or even paid attention." And Jeremiah went on to tell what was going to happen. There will be consequences if we do not listen to what God says through his Word. Now the Apostle Paul over in 1 Corinthians was having a problem with some professed Christ followers who were having trouble at listening. And we too can have problems at listening. We can think that being a Christ follower means we do a lot of finger pointing and we give up on people who don't do what we say. We can even do that in our families. But Paul writes in 1 Corinthians 13:7 (NLT), "Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance." In verse ...

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