"What a Friend we have in Jesus,
All our sins and griefs to bear,
What a privilege to carry
Everything to God in prayer!
O what peace we often forfeit!
O what needless pain we bear!
All because we do not carry
Everything to God in Prayer!"
So, I'm at a crossroads in life. And I don't know whether to go to the right or to the left. Both roads pose difficulties and both pose opportunities. How easy it is to just want to hide my face in the sand, and stand still, not moving.
But when God says go, we have to go! I don't have wisdom, and worldly wisdom says either road will be hard....God says if anyone lacks wisdom, let him ask from God who gives generously and it will be given to Him! That is a sweet promise! If we ask in faith! God, thank you for starting and finishing our faith! Thank you, for the SWEET RELIEF that prayer is!
In a world of uncertainty and chaos and confusion, we can rest in God because:
God is Eternal. God is Unchanging. God is Strong. God is Faithful. God is Righteous. God never makes a mistake. God never breaks a promise. God's Word is tried and true. God cannot be perplexed. God created and sustains each one of us, each breath we take is a breath he created in us. God will provide. God knows all things and orders all things. God is sovereign, reigning in goodness over all of creation. God is our Victory. God invites his children near by the blood of Jesus. God's will cannot be thwarted. God's purposes will prevail. God has overcome Satan, and he will one day destroy him completely. God is coming back for his children, to bring them into everlasting joy!
What a God! What a Father! What a Friend! What a Lover! What a King! What a Savior!
Sunday, March 25, 2012
Wednesday, March 14, 2012
My cup is overflowing. My future is secure.God counsels me- WHAT?!
Psalms 16
5 LORD, you alone are my portion and my cup;
you make my lot secure.
6 The boundary lines have fallen for me in pleasant places;
surely I have a delightful inheritance.
7 I will praise the LORD, who counsels me;
even at night my heart instructs me.
8 I keep my eyes always on the LORD.
With him at my right hand, I will not be shaken.
9 Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices;
my body also will rest secure,
10 because you will not abandon me to the realm of the dead,
nor will you let your faithful[b] one see decay.
11 You make known to me the path of life;
you will fill me with joy in your presence,
with eternal pleasures at your right hand.
It's easy to loose sight of eternity in the daily aspects of our lives. For me particularly the pace of school has caused me to not think through the next week (pr even eternity's grand scheme) but just think through the next day's exam. When I take my eyes of the LORD, I find myself spiraling into a pit of self-pit, frustration and doom. "what if I don't pass?" "What if I'm studying the wrong things?" "Should I sleep tonight, or push through?"
David puts his eyes on the Lord and finds that he then cannot be shaken. We have that option! God has been so faithful to me, to show me this morning that I can rest on the ROCK instead of falling in the quick sand of my own doubt. Look To God and see that our portion is already filled. Your cup is overflowing, and your lot? That is secure. And this lot is not like your home or apartment that can be taken away by a tornado, flood or the bank. When your portion is Christ- you will never be poor, you can always rejoice, and you can rest secure.
The title of this post is my reaction after reading Psalms 16 (p.s. read it yourself the whole thing is wonderful!) because after hearing about all the things I am promised by God I cannot understand why I find myself not rejoicing with every breath I have.
Thank you God for saving us and keeping us. Thank you for not only creating us but being gentle, oh so often to counsel us. Thank you for securing our lot and that we can never run out of your love for us. Thank you for being our portion.
5 LORD, you alone are my portion and my cup;
you make my lot secure.
6 The boundary lines have fallen for me in pleasant places;
surely I have a delightful inheritance.
7 I will praise the LORD, who counsels me;
even at night my heart instructs me.
8 I keep my eyes always on the LORD.
With him at my right hand, I will not be shaken.
9 Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices;
my body also will rest secure,
10 because you will not abandon me to the realm of the dead,
nor will you let your faithful[b] one see decay.
11 You make known to me the path of life;
you will fill me with joy in your presence,
with eternal pleasures at your right hand.
It's easy to loose sight of eternity in the daily aspects of our lives. For me particularly the pace of school has caused me to not think through the next week (pr even eternity's grand scheme) but just think through the next day's exam. When I take my eyes of the LORD, I find myself spiraling into a pit of self-pit, frustration and doom. "what if I don't pass?" "What if I'm studying the wrong things?" "Should I sleep tonight, or push through?"
David puts his eyes on the Lord and finds that he then cannot be shaken. We have that option! God has been so faithful to me, to show me this morning that I can rest on the ROCK instead of falling in the quick sand of my own doubt. Look To God and see that our portion is already filled. Your cup is overflowing, and your lot? That is secure. And this lot is not like your home or apartment that can be taken away by a tornado, flood or the bank. When your portion is Christ- you will never be poor, you can always rejoice, and you can rest secure.
The title of this post is my reaction after reading Psalms 16 (p.s. read it yourself the whole thing is wonderful!) because after hearing about all the things I am promised by God I cannot understand why I find myself not rejoicing with every breath I have.
Thank you God for saving us and keeping us. Thank you for not only creating us but being gentle, oh so often to counsel us. Thank you for securing our lot and that we can never run out of your love for us. Thank you for being our portion.
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