Hebrews 4:16 So let us come boldly to the throne of our gracious God. There we will receive his mercy, and we will find grace to help us when we need it most.
S: Psalm 131:1-3 (AMP) 1 LORD, MY heart is not haughty, nor my eyes lofty; neither do I exercise myself in matters too great or in things too wonderful for me. 2 Surely I have calmed and quieted my soul; like a weaned child with his mother, like a weaned child is my soul within me [ceased from fretting]. 3 O Israel, hope in the Lord from this time forth and forever. "
O: 1) The Psalmist is talking to the Lord, about where he is in his life right then. 2) He states he calmed and quieted his soul. (How does one do that?) 3) Then he gives a challenge to hope. 4) These 3 thoughts may seem like disjointed thoughts, but as I look at my own life... I think they are all results of spending quantity and quality time with the Lord. As we look into his face we are changed! Praise the Lord.
A/p: Lord, I want to thank you for the many side-effects that come with pursuing you. I've never experienced this level of peace and victory before. I'm not fretting about anything, except the lost people around me. I'm not feeling a need to be heard in discussions, or to display my "wisdom" so that I feel important. I'm just totally at peace with you, and know that you have it all under control. Lord, I've never spent so much time with you on a daily basis and I praise you for doing a mighty work in my life. I ask that you continue this even as I go back to the states, and enter the economic-political panic /depression that pervades many conversations. Lord, help me to continue to walk and talk deeply with you, even as my schedule changes, and help me more than anything, to hear your voice daily, and to hope in you, and rest in your arms. Amen
Hebrews 4:16 So let us come boldly to the throne of our gracious God. There we will receive his mercy, and we will find grace to help us when we need it most.
ReplyDeleteS: Psalm 131:1-3 (AMP)
ReplyDelete1 LORD, MY heart is not haughty, nor my eyes lofty; neither do I exercise myself in matters too great or in things too wonderful for me.
2 Surely I have calmed and quieted my soul; like a weaned child with his mother, like a weaned child is my soul within me [ceased from fretting].
3 O Israel, hope in the Lord from this time forth and forever. "
O: 1) The Psalmist is talking to the Lord, about where he is in his life right then. 2) He states he calmed and quieted his soul. (How does one do that?) 3) Then he gives a challenge to hope. 4) These 3 thoughts may seem like disjointed thoughts, but as I look at my own life... I think they are all results of spending quantity and quality time with the Lord. As we look into his face we are changed! Praise the Lord.
A/p: Lord, I want to thank you for the many side-effects that come with pursuing you. I've never experienced this level of peace and victory before. I'm not fretting about anything, except the lost people around me. I'm not feeling a need to be heard in discussions, or to display my "wisdom" so that I feel important. I'm just totally at peace with you, and know that you have it all under control. Lord, I've never spent so much time with you on a daily basis and I praise you for doing a mighty work in my life. I ask that you continue this even as I go back to the states, and enter the economic-political panic /depression that pervades many conversations. Lord, help me to continue to walk and talk deeply with you, even as my schedule changes, and help me more than anything, to hear your voice daily, and to hope in you, and rest in your arms. Amen