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Friday... I love its honesty.


Psalm 3:3 (NLT), "But you O LORD, are a shield around me; you are the glory, the one that holds my head high."

Friday... I love its honesty.

David writes in Psalm 3:3 (NLT), "But you O LORD, are a shield around me; you are the glory, the one that holds my head high."


But that is not where he starts. Verses 1 & 2 says, "O LORD, I have so many enemies; So many are saying, 'God will not rescue him.'"

Now, so many end there, they won't go on and they agree with what others say, "'God will not rescue him." Maybe that is where you are today. But not David and not Paul in the New Testament of the Bible. Yes, they understand that life can and will be tough but they are not alone.

Paul in Acts 20:23 (NIRV) says, "Now I am going to Jerusalem. The Holy Spirit compels me. I don't know what will happen to me there. I only know that in every city the Spirit warns me. He tells me that I will face prison and suffering." There is the honesty. But Paul goes on. Verse 24 (NLT) says, "But my life is worth nothing to me unless I use it for finishing the work assigned me by the Lord Jesus - the work of telling others the Good News about the wonderful grace of God."

He then says in verse 32 (NIRV), "Now I trust God to take care of you. I commit you to the message about his grace. Then you will share in what God plans to give all people."

Now again, David says in Psalm 3:3 (NLT), "But you O LORD, are a shield around me; you are the glory, the one that holds my head high." And then verse 4, "I cried out to the LORD and He answered me from his holy mountain."

Yes, the Bible is honest. Yes, Jesus, God's Son died on a cross and yes, He was brought back to life and yes, He is now sitting next to His Father in heaven and we are here like Paul "finishing the work assigned me by the Lord Jesus - the work of telling others the Good News about the wonderful grace of God."

We are not alone and life can be tough but I can cry out to God and He will answer me and help me "finish the work assigned me by the Lord Jesus - the work of telling others the Good News about the wonderful grace of God." Yes, I love the honesty of God's Word. Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning

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