Psalm 62:5 For God alone, O my soul, wait in silence, for my hope is from him. 6 He only is my rock and my salvation, my fortress; I shall not be shaken. 7 On God rests my salvation and my glory; my mighty rock, my refuge is God.
I long for this kind of trust in God and God alone for EVERYTHING. I get the sense from reading this Psalm that even if the whole world crumbled around David, he really would not be shaken, but would stand confident and complete in God. For crying out loud, when I have a bad day or bad week, I often lose hope.
God, I long for you in this way. Help me to hope in you and nothing else so that even if my world is turned upside down, I will still be at peace in You. Remove this unrest from my soul and replace it with peace and faith.
Friday, March 27, 2009
Thursday, March 19, 2009
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
So Be it!!!
Romans 15:13 May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Don't Forget to ask...
It's amazing how often we need to be reminded of the most basic things in our walks with God! Spend time with God in prayer and in His Word. Spend time with other believers who encourage you and build you up in your faith. Don't worry, God is in control. Etc...
I think I probably have one of the shortest attention spans on the planet. Today's reminder from His Word for me (and anyone for that matter).
If you need something, ASK FOR IT!!
Matthew 6:7 "Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. 8 For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened. 9 Or which one of you, if his son asks him for bread, will give him a stone? 10 Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a serpent? 11 If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him!
I'd like to think I'm a pretty capable person. I can do pretty much whatever I put my mind to, so I often forget how needy and incapable I am on the grander scale. I HATE HATE HATE to ask others for help. It's like a confession of weakness and I don't like to feel/be weak. Naturally, this prideful independence and self-reliance carries right over into my walk with God too. Shame on me:)
God, we need your help. We need you to pick up our heads and our spirits. We need you to give us our provisions for this day. We need you to help us love our spouses and Children. We need you to strengthen our faith in You. Will you give us today all that we need and remind us that there is NO shame in calling on you for help? Amen!
I think I probably have one of the shortest attention spans on the planet. Today's reminder from His Word for me (and anyone for that matter).
If you need something, ASK FOR IT!!
Matthew 6:7 "Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. 8 For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened. 9 Or which one of you, if his son asks him for bread, will give him a stone? 10 Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a serpent? 11 If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him!
I'd like to think I'm a pretty capable person. I can do pretty much whatever I put my mind to, so I often forget how needy and incapable I am on the grander scale. I HATE HATE HATE to ask others for help. It's like a confession of weakness and I don't like to feel/be weak. Naturally, this prideful independence and self-reliance carries right over into my walk with God too. Shame on me:)
God, we need your help. We need you to pick up our heads and our spirits. We need you to give us our provisions for this day. We need you to help us love our spouses and Children. We need you to strengthen our faith in You. Will you give us today all that we need and remind us that there is NO shame in calling on you for help? Amen!
Monday, March 16, 2009
Confession of Sin
The scripture assures us that if we confess our sins, that he will forgive us of said sins... SO... Here Goes.
No doubt there is a long is of sins that I could choose from, but I think that my greatest besetting sin isn't lust, greed, pride, or anger. I do struggle frequently with these, but my greatest and most debilitating sin is... You ready?!?
It's Worry!! Hebrews assures us that without faith it is impossible to please God because those who come to God must believe that he is and that he rewards those who seek him.
I have been worried sick the past couple of months about a laundry list of things.. The economy (national, local, and at my address). Getting our house finished and moving in. The health (or lack thereof) of my children recently. Pleasing my customers. What God has for me in the future. BIG stuff for me. I don't ever remember feeling as aimless as I do right now and it kills me.
Anyway, I woke early this morning and headed for Psalm 119 which I've been focusing on the past couple weeks, but I felt steered to the sermon on the Mount, so I went there and reigned in my focus desperately wanting God to speak to me clearly from his word. Well, it leaped of the page...
Matthew 6:25 "Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important than food, and the body more important than clothes? 26Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? 27Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?
28"And why do you worry about clothes? See how the lilies of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. 29Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. 30If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith? 31So do not worry, saying, 'What shall we eat?' or 'What shall we drink?' or 'What shall we wear?' 32For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. 33But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. 34Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.
Can it get any clearer than that? NO!
Why am I worrying? Because my focus is on what's here and now and not on the eternal. My heart is trusting in my own abilities to succeed and not on my Heavenly Father.
God, forgive me for doubting you. Forgive me for my lack of faith. Forgive me for doing what my own son does to me when he doubts my instruction and ability to protect him. Remove this fear from me and make me whole in my faith in YOU. I cry out to you, "I believe! Help my unbelief!"
Amen!
No doubt there is a long is of sins that I could choose from, but I think that my greatest besetting sin isn't lust, greed, pride, or anger. I do struggle frequently with these, but my greatest and most debilitating sin is... You ready?!?
It's Worry!! Hebrews assures us that without faith it is impossible to please God because those who come to God must believe that he is and that he rewards those who seek him.
I have been worried sick the past couple of months about a laundry list of things.. The economy (national, local, and at my address). Getting our house finished and moving in. The health (or lack thereof) of my children recently. Pleasing my customers. What God has for me in the future. BIG stuff for me. I don't ever remember feeling as aimless as I do right now and it kills me.
Anyway, I woke early this morning and headed for Psalm 119 which I've been focusing on the past couple weeks, but I felt steered to the sermon on the Mount, so I went there and reigned in my focus desperately wanting God to speak to me clearly from his word. Well, it leaped of the page...
Matthew 6:25 "Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important than food, and the body more important than clothes? 26Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? 27Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?
28"And why do you worry about clothes? See how the lilies of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. 29Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. 30If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith? 31So do not worry, saying, 'What shall we eat?' or 'What shall we drink?' or 'What shall we wear?' 32For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. 33But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. 34Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.
Can it get any clearer than that? NO!
Why am I worrying? Because my focus is on what's here and now and not on the eternal. My heart is trusting in my own abilities to succeed and not on my Heavenly Father.
God, forgive me for doubting you. Forgive me for my lack of faith. Forgive me for doing what my own son does to me when he doubts my instruction and ability to protect him. Remove this fear from me and make me whole in my faith in YOU. I cry out to you, "I believe! Help my unbelief!"
Amen!
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