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Monday... For many we've had our break but we need more.


Psalms 95:3 (AMP), "For the LORD is a great God and a great King above all gods."

Monday... For many we've had our break but we need more.

The weekend is over and it's Monday and a new work week and it can be tough to get up and get out. So here is a fact to dwell on as we start this new day, this new week.

Psalms 95:3 (AMP) says, "For the LORD is a great God and a great King above all gods."

Now it doesn't stop there. Verses 4-5 says, "In whose hand are the depths of the earth; the peaks of the mountains are His also. The sea is His, for He made it [by His command]; and His hands formed the dry land."


So what are we facing today? Can we handle it alone or do we need help?

Verse 7a (NLT) says, "for he is our God. We are the people he watches over, the flock under his care."

Yes, God has what it takes to take care of what we are facing and we need to be reminded of that fact. But the problem is found in the last part of verse 7, "If only you would listen to his voice today."

Now God speaks through the Bible. I start each day by reading a Psalm. Now it is so good to read it and then meditate on what it says and how the Spirit of God applies it to the day I am facing. Oh, by the way, we need to have Jesus inside of us. Yes those who haven't asked Jesus into the their life can know that His Spirit is around them. Yes, God is omnipresent. He is everywhere but the natural man, the one who doesn't have Jesus in their life in a personal way will have trouble hearing his voice speaking to them. And the problem is they don't listen to his voice because they haven't asked him into their life. They are on the own. They don't listen to his voice.

But that is also true of some who have Jesus in their life but they don't spend time in God's Word or meditating on what God's Spirit wants to say to them. They don't listen to his voice. They are facing the day, the week on their own. "If only you would listen to his voice today" it would make such a difference.

So what are we facing today and are we facing it alone? Are we listening to the voice of "the LORD" who "is a great God and a great King above all gods." Yes, "We are the people he watches over, the flock under his care." That is where we start as we face a new day, a new week.

"For the LORD is a great God and a great King above all gods." Yes, we had our break so now stop and dwell on that verse and listen to what it says to you. Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning

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