Month: August 2020

Psalm 15, Dwelling in HIS presence!

Psa 15:1, … LORD, WHO MAY ABIDE IN YOUR TABERNACLE? WHO MAY DWELL IN YOUR HOLY HILL? 

David longed for HIS presence, not just to visit BUT TO DWELL IN THE PRESENCE OF GOD! WHO MAY ABIDE IN YOUR PRESENCE???

Psa 15:2-3, He who WALKS UPRIGHTLY, And WORKS RIGHTEOUSNESS, And SPEAKS THE TRUTH IN HIS HEART; He who does not backbite with his tongue, Nor does evil to his neighbor, Nor does he take up a reproach against his friend;

He who does the will of GOD may dwell in HIS presence! Not just hearers of the word but doers of it!  ALL WHO WALK IN HIS WAYS, DOES WHAT HE SAYS, AND SPEAKS THE TRUTH MAY DWELL IN HIS HOLY PRESENCE!

1Jn 1:6, If we say that we have fellowship with Him, AND WALK IN DARKNESS, WE LIE AND DO NOT PRACTICE THE TRUTH. 

Externally one may be perceived to be a follower of CHRIST JESUS! But, if your gossiping, hurting your neighbors or speaking evil of your friends YOUR ONLY DECEIVING YOURSELF FOR HE SEES EVERYTHING CLEARLY! HE KNOWS THE REAL YOU AND ME!

Psa 15:4-5, In whose eyes a VILE PERSON IS DESPISED, BUT HE HONORS THOSE WHO FEAR THE LORD; He who swears to his own hurt and does not change; He who does not put out his money at usury, Nor does he take a bribe against the innocent. HE WHO DOES THESE THINGS SHALL NEVER BE MOVED.

HE WHO DOES THIS STANDS ON FIRM GROUND, FOR HE IS STANDING ON THE ROCK WHICH IS CHRIST JESUS!

Deu 32:3-4, For I proclaim the name of the LORD: Ascribe greatness to our God. HE IS THE ROCK, HIS WORK IS PERFECT; For all His ways are justice, A God of truth and without injustice; Righteous and upright is He.

ONE DAY WE SHALL LIVE IN HIS PRESENCE IF YOU ABIDE IN HIM AND EXCEPT HIS FREE GIFT! YOU CAN’T EARN IT, YOU DON’T MERIT IT, IT’S A FREE GIFT THAT COST HIM EVERYTHING! HE IS WORTHY AND HIS WAYS ARE PERFECT! SEEK HIM DAILY FOR HIS RETURN IS NEAR!

Joh 14:3, AND IF I GO AND PREPARE A PLACE FOR YOU, I WILL COME AGAIN AND RECEIVE YOU TO MYSELF; THAT WHERE I AM, THERE YOU MAY BE ALSO. 

Psalm 14, All have sinned!

Psa 14:1, …THE FOOL HAS SAID IN HIS HEART,”THERE IS NO GOD.” THEY ARE CORRUPT, THEY HAVE DONE ABOMINABLE WORKS, THERE IS NONE WHO DOES GOOD. 

About a month before my father passed, I asked him if he believed in GOD? He told me “ONE DAY I WAS SITING OUTSIDE LOOKING AT THE TREES, THE BIRDS, THE SKY, JUST EVERYTHING AROUND ME; THIS CAN’T JUST BE AN ACCIDENT”!

Rom 1:20, For since the creation of the world HIS INVISIBLE ATTRIBUTES ARE CLEARLY SEEN, BEING UNDERSTOOD BY THE THINGS THAT ARE MADE, EVEN HIS ETERNAL POWER AND GODHEAD, SO THAT THEY ARE WITHOUT EXCUSE,

My dad clearly saw the CREATOR through HIS creation! THERE IS NO EXCUSE, BUT THAT IS WHY DAVID CALLED THEM FOOLS!

Psa 14:2-3, THE LORD LOOKS DOWN FROM HEAVEN UPON THE CHILDREN OF MEN, TO SEE IF THERE ARE ANY WHO UNDERSTAND, WHO SEEK GOD. They have ALL turned aside, They have together become corrupt; THERE IS NONE WHO DOES GOOD, NO, NOT ONE.

Rom 3:23, FOR ALL HAVE SINNED AND FALL SHORT OF THE GLORY OF GOD, 

ALL, EVEN BELIEVERS IN GOD, ALL HAVE CORRUPTED THEMSELVES, ALL HAVE FALLEN SHORT OF THE GLORY OF GOD!

Gal 3:22, BUT THE SCRIPTURE HAS CONFINED ALL UNDER SIN, THAT THE PROMISE BY FAITH IN JESUS CHRIST MIGHT BE GIVEN TO THOSE WHO BELIEVE. 

GET OVER YOURSELF; YOUR NOT PERFECT, BUT HE IS! DO YOU BELIEVE IN JESUS?

Psa 14:7, OH, THAT THE SALVATION OF ISRAEL WOULD COME OUT OF ZION! When the LORD brings back the captivity of His people, Let Jacob rejoice and Israel be glad.

Isa 59:20, “THE REDEEMER WILL COME TO ZION, And to those who turn from transgression in Jacob,” Says the LORD. 

Psa 50:2, Out of Zion, THE PERFECTION OF BEAUTY, GOD WILL SHINE FORTH.  JESUS, THE REDEEMER, DID COME TO JERUSALEM AND HE IS COMING BACK AGAIN! BE READY! HE IS AT THE DOOR!

Psalm 13, How long oh LORD!

Psa 13:1, … HOW LONG, O LORD? Will YOU FORGET ME FOREVER? HOW LONG Will YOU HIDE YOUR FACE FROM ME? 

Some times during trials we believe that GOD has forgotten about us or hiding from us, BUT FEELINGS ARE NOT FACTS! IN TRIALS WE TEND TO EMBRACE OUR FEELINGS AND SITUATIONS RATHER THAN GOD!

Psa 13:2, HOW LONG SHALL I TAKE COUNSEL IN MY SOUL, HAVING SORROW IN MY HEART DAILY? HOW LONG WILL MY ENEMY BE EXALTED OVER ME? 

David, in his desperation repeats the phrase “HOW LONG” four times! IF WE ONLY KNEW HOW LONG THIS TRIAL WILL LAST BEFORE IT’S LIFTED FROM US! DOES SCRIPTURE SAY “WE WALK BY FEELINGS, OR BY SIGHT”? NO!

2Co 5:7, FOR WE WALK BY FAITH, NOT BY SIGHT. 

ALWAYS REMEMBER, HE CAN’T LIE! HE HONORS HIS PROMISES MORE THAN HIS NAME!

Psa 138:2, … FOR YOU HAVE MAGNIFIED YOUR WORD ABOVE ALL YOUR NAME.

Psa 13:5-6, BUT I HAVE TRUSTED IN YOUR MERCY; MY HEART SHALL REJOICE IN YOUR SALVATION. I will sing to the LORD, BECAUSE HE HAS DEALT BOUNTIFULLY WITH ME.

 DAVID REMEMBERS GOD’S FAITHFULNESS in the past, and RATHER THAN TO DWELL ON THE PROBLEM HE CHOOSES TO SING TO THE LORD!

Psa 77:10-12, … BUT I WILL REMEMBER THE YEARS OF THE RIGHT HAND OF THE MOST HIGH.” I WILL REMEMBER THE WORKS OF THE LORD; SURELY I WILL REMEMBER YOUR WONDERS OF OLD. I WILL ALSO MEDITATE ON ALL YOUR WORK, AND TALK OF YOUR DEEDS.

During trials our imagination runs wild! WILL I FIND ANOTHER JOB? WILL I BE ABLE TO PAY MY BILLS? WILL WE BE LIVING IN THE STREETS! WILL WE BE IN HUNGER?

Psa 37:25, I have been young, and now am old; YET I HAVE NOT SEEN THE RIGHTEOUS FORSAKEN, NOR HIS DESCENDANTS BEGGING BREAD. 

THE LORD IS FAITHFUL AND HE WILL NEVER LEAVE US! HE USES TRIALS TO BUILD US UP THAT WE MAY LEAN CLOSER TO HIM!

Psalm 12, the tongue!

Psa 12:1, …HELP, LORD, FOR THE GODLY MAN CEASES! FOR THE FAITHFUL DISAPPEAR FROM AMONG THE SONS OF MEN. 

The men around David started to gossip speaking evil of him! SLOWLY BUT SURELY THESE ONCE FAITHFUL MEN NOW COULDN’T BE TRUSTED! BECAUSE OF THEIR TONGUE!

Psa 12:2, THEY SPEAK IDLY EVERYONE WITH HIS NEIGHBOR; WITH FLATTERING LIPS AND A DOUBLE HEART THEY SPEAK.

Psa 5:9, FOR THERE IS NO FAITHFULNESS IN THEIR MOUTH; THEIR INWARD PART IS DESTRUCTION; THEIR THROAT IS AN OPEN TOMB; THEY FLATTER WITH THEIR TONGUE.  

Even though the tongue is encased by strong bars of teeth, being held in place by the strong jaw, YET IT GETS OUT TO DO HARM! THE TONGUE HAS THE POWER TO DO GOOD OR EVIL; IT’S EITHER CONTROLLED BY GOD OR BY SIN!

Pro 15:4, A WHOLESOME TONGUE IS A TREE OF LIFE, BUT PERVERSENESS IN IT BREAKS THE SPIRIT. 

Col 4:6, LET YOUR SPEECH ALWAYS BE WITH GRACE, SEASONED WITH SALT, that you may know how you ought to answer each one. 

Psa 12:3-4, MAY THE LORD CUT OFF ALL FLATTERING LIPS, AND THE TONGUE THAT SPEAKS PROUD THINGS, Who have said, “With our tongue we will prevail; Our lips are our own; WHO IS LORD OVER US?”

THE LORD WILL ONE DAY CUT OFF THE LYING AND PERVERSE TONGUE WHO SPREADS OUT RUMORS AND GOSSIP! THESE PEOPLE ALL HAVE ONE THING IN COMMON, THEY DO NOT KNOW GOD!

Jer 9:3, “AND LIKE THEIR BOW THEY HAVE BENT THEIR TONGUES FOR LIES. They are not valiant for the truth on the earth. For they proceed from evil to evil, AND THEY DO NOT KNOW ME,” SAYS THE LORD. 

YET IN CONTRAST, THE WORDS OF THE LORD!

Psa 12:6-7, THE WORDS OF THE LORD ARE PURE WORDS, LIKE SILVER TRIED IN A FURNACE OF EARTH, PURIFIED SEVEN TIMES. YOU SHALL KEEP THEM, O LORD, YOU SHALL PRESERVE THEM FROM THIS GENERATION FOREVER.

DO YOU KNOW THE LORD? DO YOU SEEK FOR JUICY GOSSIP FROM ONE TO SPREAD TO OTHERS; OR DO YOU SEEK THE LORDS WORDS? IT’S A CHOICE! CHOOSE WISELY!

Psalm 11, HE IS STILL ON THE THRONE!

Psa 11:1-2, IN THE LORD I PUT MY TRUST; HOW CAN YOU SAY to my soul, “FLEE AS A BIRD TO YOUR MOUNTAIN”? For look! The wicked bend their bow, They make ready their arrow on the string, That they may shoot secretly at the upright in heart.

RUN FOR YOUR LIFE DAVID; THE WICKED ARE COMING FOR YOU! BUT DAVID WAS A MAN OF FAITH WHO PLACED HIS LIFE INTO THE HANDS OF THE LORD ALMIGHTY!

Psa 11:4-5, THE LORD IS IN HIS HOLY TEMPLE, THE LORD’S THRONE IS IN HEAVEN; His eyes behold, His eyelids test the sons of men. THE LORD TESTS THE RIGHTEOUS, But the wicked and the one who loves violence His soul hates.

David said, “WHY SHOULD I RUN FOR THE LORD IS STILL ON THE THRONE”! SO MANY PEOPLE TODAY ARE RUNNING IN FEAR; LEAVING THEIR CHURCH BECAUSE OF A VIRUS, BUT HE IS STILL ON THE THRONE! HE IS STILL WORKING WHY AREN’T WE?

Isa 35:4, SAY TO THOSE WHO ARE FEARFUL-HEARTED, “BE STRONG, DO NOT FEAR! BEHOLD, YOUR GOD WILL COME WITH VENGEANCE, WITH THE RECOMPENSE OF GOD; HE WILL COME AND SAVE YOU.” 

Psa 11:6, UPON THE WICKED HE WILL RAIN COALS; FIRE AND BRIMSTONE AND A BURNING WIND SHALL BE THE PORTION OF THEIR CUP.

We are LIVING IN THE TIME OF THE END WHERE LAWLESSNESS IS INCREASING, AND THE FAITH OF MANY WILL GROW COLD (Matt 24:12)!

ALWAYS REMEMBER, THAT HE IS STILL ON THE THRONE AND HE IS STILL WORKING!

Psa 47:8, GOD REIGNS OVER THE NATIONS; GOD SITS ON HIS HOLY THRONE. 

Psa 97:2, Clouds and darkness surround Him; RIGHTEOUSNESS AND JUSTICE ARE THE FOUNDATION OF HIS THRONE. 

BE STRONG AND OF GOOD COURAGE FOR WE ARE IN THE TIME OF THE END ARE IN NEED OF HIS STRENGTH! IT MAY LOOK GLOOMY AND SAD, BUT IF HE IS WILL US THEN WHY SHOULD WE RUN IN FEAR?

Psa 118:6, THE LORD IS ON MY SIDE; I WILL NOT FEAR. WHAT CAN MAN DO TO ME? 

Psalm 10, THE LORD will not see??

Psa 10:1, WHY DO YOU STAND AFAR OFF, O LORD? WHY DO YOU HIDE IN TIMES OF TROUBLE? 

In good times we can easily say, “THE LORD IS GOOD”, BUT, in times of trouble when we FEEL alone we may say, “GOD WHERE ARE YOU”?

Mat 10:29-31, Are not two sparrows sold for a copper coin? And NOT ONE OF THEM FALLS TO THE GROUND APART FROM YOUR FATHER’S WILL. But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. DO NOT FEAR THEREFORE; YOU ARE OF MORE VALUE THAN MANY SPARROWS.

WE LIVE BY FAITH NOT BY SIGHT OR FEELINGS! IT MAY SEEM HE IS NOT THERE OR DOESN’T CARE, BUT YOU ARE VALUABLE TO HIM! REMEMBER WHO HE SENT FOR YOU!

Psa 10:3-4, For THE WICKED boasts of his heart’s desire; He blesses the greedy and RENOUNCES THE LORD. The wicked in his proud countenance DOES NOT SEEK GOD; GOD IS IN NONE OF HIS THOUGHTS.

The wicked reject any concept or thought of GOD and doesn’t seek HIM; EVEN THOUGH THE EVIDENCE IS OVERWHELMING!

Rom 1:20, For since the creation of the world HIS INVISIBLE ATTRIBUTES ARE CLEARLY SEEN, Being Understood By The Things That Are Made, even His eternal power and Godhead, SO THAT THEY ARE WITHOUT EXCUSE, 

Psa 10:11, 13, HE HAS SAID IN HIS HEART, “GOD HAS FORGOTTEN; He hides His face; HE WILL NEVER SEE.” …. Why do the wicked renounce God? HE HAS SAID IN HIS HEART, “YOU WILL NOT REQUIRE AN ACCOUNT.”

EACH AND EVERY PERSON WILL ONE DAY GIVE AN ACCOUNT FOR THEIR LIVES! WHY DID YOU REJECT MY SON!

Rom 14:12, SO THEN EACH OF US SHALL GIVE ACCOUNT OF HIMSELF TO GOD.

Ecc 11:9, REJOICE, O YOUNG MAN, in your youth, And let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth; Walk in the ways of your heart, And in the sight of your eyes; BUT KNOW THAT FOR ALL THESE GOD WILL BRING YOU INTO JUDGMENT. 

THE SCARIEST WORDS IN ALL OF SCRIPTURE!

Mat 7:23, And then I will declare to them, ‘I NEVER KNEW YOU; DEPART FROM ME, YOU WHO PRACTICE LAWLESSNESS!’ 

Psalm 9, Rejoicing in HIM!

Psa 9:1-2, I WILL PRAISE You, O LORD, with my WHOLE HEART; I WILL TELL of all Your marvelous works. I WILL BE GLAD and REJOICE in You; I WILL SING PRAISE to Your name, O Most High.

The LORD is worthy to be praised not with just our lips, but with our life and in all we do!

Rev 4:11, “YOU ARE WORTHY, O LORD, TO RECEIVE GLORY AND HONOR AND POWER; FOR YOU CREATED ALL THINGS, AND BY YOUR WILL THEY EXIST AND WERE CREATED.” 

Psa 9:9, The LORD ALSO WILL BE A REFUGE FOR THE OPPRESSED, A REFUGE IN TIMES OF TROUBLE.

Times of trouble will come to all, but HE is our protection, HE is our redeemer! I HAVE SEEN THIS IN ACTION; FOR I WAS RELEASED BY THREE DIFFERENT COMPANIES, YET THE LORD RESTORED ME EACH AND EVERY TIME!

Psa 9:10, AND THOSE WHO KNOW YOUR NAME WILL PUT THEIR TRUST IN YOU; FOR YOU, LORD, HAVE NOT FORSAKEN THOSE WHO SEEK YOU.

Jer 17:7, “Blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, And whose hope is the LORD. 

ONCE YOU HAVE AN EXPERIENCE WITH HIM, YOUR EYES ARE OPENED AND FAITH IS INCREASED! THESE ARE NOT JUST WORDS IN A BOOK, BUT PROMISES TO THOSE WHO LOVE HIM! HE IS WILL KEEP HIS WORD!

Num 23:19, “GOD IS NOT A MAN, THAT HE SHOULD LIE, NOR A SON OF MAN, THAT HE SHOULD REPENT. HAS HE SAID, AND WILL HE NOT DO? OR HAS HE SPOKEN, AND WILL HE NOT MAKE IT GOOD? 

DO YOU KNOW HIS NAME? DO YOU TRUST IN HIM? FOR HE HAS NOT FORGOTTEN YOU!

Isa 26:3, YOU WILL KEEP HIM IN PERFECT PEACE, WHOSE MIND IS STAYED ON YOU, BECAUSE HE TRUSTS IN YOU. 

HE HONORS HIS WORD, HIS PROMISES, ABOVE HIS NAME (Psalm 138:2) FOR HE IS FAITHFUL AND JUST TO COMPLETE THE WORK HE HAS STARTED IN YOU! HE IS WORTHY TO BE PRAISED!

Psa 9:14, … I WILL REJOICE IN YOUR SALVATION. 

Psalm 8, Our BLESSED HOPE!

Psa 8:2, OUT OF THE MOUTH OF BABES AND NURSING INFANTS YOU HAVE ORDAINED STRENGTH, BECAUSE OF YOUR ENEMIES, THAT YOU MAY SILENCE THE ENEMY…

The LORD can even use little children to confound the wise priest or scribe!

AS THE CHIEF PRIEST AND SCRIBES SAW THE WONDERFUL THINGS THAT JESUS DID, THEY WERE INCENSED WHEN THEY HEARD CHILDREN AROUND JESUS SAYING “HOSANNA TO THE SON OF DAVID!”

Mat 21:16, and said to Him, “DO YOU HEAR WHAT THESE ARE SAYING?” And Jesus said to them, “Yes. Have you never read, ‘OUT OF THE MOUTH OF BABES AND NURSING INFANTS YOU HAVE PERFECTED PRAISE’?”

1Co 1:27, BUT GOD HAS CHOSEN THE FOOLISH THINGS OF THE WORLD TO PUT TO SHAME THE WISE, AND GOD HAS CHOSEN THE WEAK THINGS OF THE WORLD TO PUT TO SHAME THE THINGS WHICH ARE MIGHTY; 

Psa 8:3-4, When I consider Your heavens, THE WORK OF YOUR FINGERS, The moon and the stars, which You have ordained, WHAT IS MAN THAT YOU ARE MINDFUL OF HIM, AND THE SON OF MAN THAT YOU VISIT HIM?

David can see the greatness of GOD in what he sees in the stars above! IF WE ONLY SEE THE MERE EDGES OF HIS GLORY AND WERE AMAZED AT THEM, who are we that HE would give us a mere glance? 

IT’S NOT WHO WE ARE BUT WHO HE IS! HE IS OUR LOVING, MERCIFUL FATHER, INFINITE IN STRENGTH AND GLORY, YET HE FEEDS EVEN THE BIRDS OF THE AIR! HE HAS VISITED US BY SENDING HIS OWN SON TO PAY FOR OUR TRANSGRESSIONS AT THE COST OF HIS OWN LIFE! HE IS THE LOVER OF OUR SOULS!

Joh 3:16, FOR GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD THAT HE GAVE HIS ONLY BEGOTTEN SON, THAT WHOEVER BELIEVES IN HIM SHOULD NOT PERISH BUT HAVE EVERLASTING LIFE. 

Psa 8:9, O LORD, OUR LORD, HOW EXCELLENT IS YOUR NAME IN ALL THE EARTH! 

As David started, he also ended! HOW EXCELLENT IS YOUR NAME IN ALL THE EARTH! NO MATTER WHERE WERE AT WE CAN ALWAYS SEE THE LORD BY WHAT WE SEE AROUND US! DO YOU KNOW HIM? DO YOU SEEK HIM? THE TIME OF HIS COMING IS NEAR AND WE WILL SEE OUR BLESSED HOPE FACE TO FACE! BE READY AND SEEK HIM!

Psalm 7, Depart from evil!

Psa 7:9-10, OH, LET THE WICKEDNESS OF THE WICKED COME TO AN END, BUT ESTABLISH THE JUST; FOR THE RIGHTEOUS GOD TESTS THE HEARTS AND MINDS. MY DEFENSE IS OF GOD, WHO SAVES THE UPRIGHT IN HEART.

As wickedness seems to be increasing, yet THE DAY IS COMING WHEN HE WILL DEAL WITH THEM SEVERELY! HE CAME AS A LAMB, BUT HE RETURNS AS A LION! HE WILL SEPARATE THE WICKED FROM THE RIGHTEOUS!

Mat 25:32, ALL THE NATIONS WILL BE GATHERED BEFORE HIM, and HE will separate them one from another, AS A SHEPHERD DIVIDES HIS SHEEP FROM THE GOATS. 

Psa 7:11, GOD IS A JUST JUDGE, AND GOD IS ANGRY WITH THE WICKED EVERY DAY. 

Some people say that GOD can’t get mad for HE is a GOD of love! True, THE LORD IS LOVE, AND HIS WAYS ARE PERFECT, BUT HE IS JUST AND SHOWS NO FAVORITISM TO ANYONE!

Deu 32:4, HE IS THE ROCK, HIS WORK IS PERFECT; FOR ALL HIS WAYS ARE JUSTICE, A GOD OF TRUTH AND WITHOUT INJUSTICE; RIGHTEOUS AND UPRIGHT IS HE.

Col 3:25, BUT HE WHO DOES WRONG WILL BE REPAID FOR WHAT HE HAS DONE, AND THERE IS NO PARTIALITY. 

Psa 7:14-15, Behold, the wicked brings forth iniquity; Yes, he conceives trouble and brings forth falsehood. HE MADE A PIT AND DUG IT OUT, AND HAS FALLEN INTO THE DITCH WHICH HE MADE.

Pro 5:22, HIS OWN INIQUITIES ENTRAP THE WICKED MAN, AND HE IS CAUGHT IN THE CORDS OF HIS SIN. 

Job 20:5, THAT THE TRIUMPHING OF THE WICKED IS SHORT, AND THE JOY OF THE HYPOCRITE IS BUT FOR A MOMENT? 

Evil will rise up but it’s only temporary! SEEK THE LORD WHILE HE MAYBE FOUND, AND DO WHAT IS RIGHT IN HIS EYES!

Psa 34:14-15, DEPART FROM EVIL AND DO GOOD; SEEK PEACE AND PURSUE IT. THE EYES OF THE LORD ARE ON THE RIGHTEOUS, AND HIS EARS ARE OPEN TO THEIR CRY.

Psalm 6, Seeking the LORD in times of trouble!

Psa 6:1, … O LORD, DO NOT REBUKE ME IN YOUR ANGER, NOR CHASTEN ME IN YOUR HOT DISPLEASURE.

David is going through a trial and he believes its about something he did wrong (sin). BUT BEING CHASTENED BY GOD IS A GOOD SIGN THAT HE IS YOUR FATHER, FOR HE CORRECTS HIS OWN!

Heb 12:7, IF YOU ENDURE CHASTENING, GOD DEALS WITH YOU AS WITH SONS; FOR WHAT SON IS THERE WHOM A FATHER DOES NOT CHASTEN? 

Psa 6:2, Have MERCY on me, O LORD, FOR I AM WEAK; O LORD, HEAL ME, FOR MY BONES ARE TROUBLED.

Never say to the LORD, “GIVE ME WHAT I DESERVE”; for all of us deserve death, BUT PLEAD FOR HIS MERCY! FOR HIS MERCY ENDURES FOREVER! HE IS RICH IN MERCY!

Psa 6:3, MY SOUL ALSO IS GREATLY TROUBLED; BUT YOU, O LORD—HOW LONG?

During trials time seems to drag on, everything that we do fails. The job interview doesn’t pan out and the bills are piling up! HOW LONG O LORD! TRUE CHRISTIANS REMAIN CLOSE TO HIM IN TIMES OF TROUBLE, BUT THE CHAFF FLOAT AWAY! WHEN HE DOES ANSWER, IT WILL INCREASE YOUR FAITH IN HIM!

1Pet 5:6-7, Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, THAT HE MAY EXALT YOU IN DUE TIME, CASTING ALL YOUR CARE UPON HIM, FOR HE CARES FOR YOU.

Psa 6:8-9, Depart from me, all you workers of iniquity; FOR THE LORD HAS HEARD THE VOICE OF MY WEEPING. THE LORD HAS HEARD MY SUPPLICATION; THE LORD WILL RECEIVE MY PRAYER.

This is the confidence of David. He knows that the LORD heard his prayer and it should be our also! HE HAS SAID “I WILL NEVER LEAVE YOU NOR FORSAKE YOU”! DO YOU BELIEVE THAT? EVEN JONAH WHILE IN THE BELLY OF A BIG FISH CRIED OUT TO THE LORD!

Jon 2:7, 10, “When my soul fainted within me, I remembered the LORD; And my prayer went up to You, Into Your holy temple. … SO THE LORD SPOKE TO THE FISH, AND IT VOMITED JONAH ONTO DRY LAND. 

HE IS FAITHFUL, BUT ARE WE? DO WE ONLY SEEK HIM IN TIMES OF TROUBLE? MAYBE THAT’S THE REASON FOR THE TRIAL ITSELF TO DRAW US NEAR TO HIM! SEEK HIM DAILY!