Look around you…everything you see was made by the Great Creator. Every creature, every blade of grass, every cloud is of God’s own unique design. This Psalm continues on by saying, ” Day after day they pour forth speech; night after night they display knowledge.” In other words, His glory is heard in every bird song, every clap of thunder, every crashing wave… and the sheer vastness of the stars at night demonstrate the Lord’s mighty work for all to see.
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Psalm 118:27 ” God is the Lord, and He has given us light. Bind the sacrifice with cords to the horns of the altar.” NKJ
There will come a time in every Believer’s life when the Lord demands us to stop “playing church” and offer our Will as a sacrifice on His altar. Our old self and everything that clings to it must be hoisted up and secured to that altar…surrendered, relinquished and then, left behind. All our selfish desires and wishes must be bound tightly to those horns…as we turn and walk away.
Psalm 107: 19-20 ” Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble, and He saved them from their distress. He sent forth His Word and healed them; He rescued them from the grave.”
In those times of bleakness…in those times of anguish, we call on the Lord to do seemly impossible things. And in His supreme wisdom, His Words fall like dew on us…renewing and refreshing our body and spirit. We are then able to walk before Him in the beautiful light of life. (Psalm 56:13)
Psalm 7:14 ” He who is pregnant with evil and conceives trouble gives birth to disillusionment.”
Those who choose to live a life completely contrary to God’s Law have a very hard way of life ahead of them. Sin has a way of taking over every part of our lives until nothing is left…but death…spiritually and physically.
Psalm 7:17 ” I will give thanks to the Lord…”
As we all get ready to welcome in the New Year, I would challenge you to pray more in 2014. I can hear you complaining already…”I don’t have time to pray during my busy day!” So, let me reword it…do you have enough time to say “Thank You!”? If you think about it, our prayers should mostly be just that – Thank You Lord! And as your gratitude for God increases, so will that gratitude flow into the rest of your life. Just imagine what the world might be like, if we were more grateful to one another.
Psalm 84: 5-7 ” Blessed are those whose strength is in You, who have set their hearts on pilgrimage. As they pass through the Valley of Baca, they make it a place of springs; the Autumn rains also cover it with pools. They go from strength to strength, till each appears before God in Zion.”
Illness and death, unfortunately, don’t take a break during the Holidays, and for many, Christmas is a very bittersweet time of reflection and memories of loved ones that have passed on. The Psalmist wanted to convey that our strength is drawn from the Lord, and while we travel through our Valley of Baca…also called the Valley of Weeping… our tears are watering the desert landscape and causing springs of hope and peace to well up.
Psalm 37:8 ” Refrain from anger and turn from wrath; do not fret – it leads only to evil.”
One of the greatest tools Satan has in his bag of tricks is to bait us into thinking we’ve been talked about behind our backs. Oh how our minds go wild with indignation and anger as we sit and fume about these “perceived” verbal assaults. We’ll brood and sulk over things we “think” people have said, not knowing if any of its true. And Satan sits there and laughs hysterically …for most of the time, our name wasn’t even mentioned at all.
Psalm 96:2 ” Let us come before Him with thanksgiving…”
Thankfulness…something you might not see a whole lot of…either from yourself, from others around you. In this hurried and self-absorbed world we have to consciously make a habit of being thankful…to our Creator and others. Try an experiment this week…practice thankfulness in every realm of your life and see if it doesn’t change your outlook on everything.
Psalm 142:7 ” Set me free from my prison, that I may praise Your name. Then the righteous will gather about me because of Your goodness to me.”
John 8:36 quotes Jesus saying, “So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.” We have been set free from the chains of sin that once bound us. We have been brought out of our dark, dank cell into the brilliant sunlight of freedom…and in that wonderful brightness we will rejoice and praise Him forever.
Psalm 32:7 ” You are my hiding place; You will protect me from trouble and surround me with songs of deliverance.”
There will be times in all our lives when we need answers…When the world’s response won’t suffice…when our soul longs for the truth. That’s when it’s time to go to that hiding place, that secret place of just you and the Lord. In that quiet place, you will find the truth for those hard questions you are asking…and in the end you will find liberation and release.
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