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Thursday... So where does it come from?


Psalm 84:12 (AMP), "O LORD of hosts, how blessed and greatly favored is the man who trusts in You [believing in You, relying on You, and committing himself to You with confident hope and expectation]."

Thursday... So where does it come from?

Now in this world in which we live it seems we need confidence and hope. So where does it come from?

Paul in his letter to the Galatians in chapter 6 and verse 3 (AMP) says something that can take us back. It seems to do away with what we are taught today. It says, "For if anyone thinks he is something [special] when [in fact] he is nothing [special except in his own eyes], he deceives himself." So where does confidence and expectation come from?


Paul goes on in verse 4, "But each one must carefully scrutinize his actions, attitudes, and behavior], and then he can have the personal satisfaction and inner joy of doing something commendable without comparing himself to another." That is very good advice.

Now Psalms 84:12 says, "O LORD of hosts, how blessed and greatly favored is the man who trusts in You [believing in You, relying on You, and committing himself to You with confident hope and expectation]." Yes, God is the source. We are not our source even though we live like it.

But there is also something important that we need to understand. Galatians 6:5 says, "For every person will have to bear [with patience] his own burden [of faults and shortcomings for which he alone is responsible." This is where spiritual growth and maturity comes in but it starts when we ask Jesus to come into our heart and life. We need His Spirit to help us in our growth to change and mature.

But there is also something important that we also need to have and show.

Back in verse 2 Paul says, "Carry one another's burdens and in this way you will fulfill the requirements of the law of Christ [that is, the law of Christian love]." Yes, it seems that we need to scrutinize our actions, attitudes and behavior and Christian love must be there. In John 13:34 (NLT) Jesus said, "So now I am giving you a new commandment: Love each other. Just as I have loved you." And Jesus Spirit is the source and example. Christian love does not lift us up and put others down. It reaches out in love.

So let's not deceive ourselves. Let's put our trust in God and love each other as He loves us. Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning

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