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Psalm 89:4: ‘“Your seed will I establish for ever and build up your throne for all generations.”’
God has made sure he has kept all of his promises to us all. He continues to do so much behind the scenes in our lives that we often forget he is doing things!
But think about the wording here - a seed is a starting point. It needs nutrients to grow. It needs input from a greater source...
God is our greater source and we constantly need input from him to live out the lives he wants us to live - which coincides with what is actually best for us!
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Psalm 111:2: The works of the Lord are great, sought out by all who delight in them.
What do you do when you find out something special and rewarding? Do you share it with others or keep it to yourself instead?
When we find out the truth which is in the Gospel, we want to share it with others so they can get to know this special relationship with Christ. We also find great joy in hearing the truth and how it attains to us in our lives.
God wants us to know and wants us to share in that joy and truth. The more we find out the more we want to be able to share it with others - this all stems from Christ's commandment to us - to love one another.
Sharing good things with the people you love is rewarding to yourself, to them and a great blessing to God as well.
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Proverbs 2:6: For the Lord gives wisdom; from his mouth come knowledge and understanding;
When we need to know how to build something, having a plan and instructions go a long way to allowing us to build it right.
We should not try to build things on whims or without proper knowledge or wisdom. That is where the people who have gone before us can help us and allow us to gain understanding.
But when we have gone all the way back to the first person to build something, back to the inventor, we hit a dead end.
God is the creator and designer of everything. He is the one who has the ultimate wisdom and knowledge of everything. We need to make sure we never leave him out of the loop, otherwise we only go as far back as the earthly builders or earthly things.
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Psalm 119:170: Let my supplication come before you; deliver me, according to your promise.
One of the best ways to advertise something is by showing how it is better than everything else.
God has promised us many things in life and we should stand on those promises, having faith they will come to pass just as God has promised.
When we can show others we have that sort of faith, they will be more inclined to take a step forward toward faith in their own lives too.
Grow your faith by believing and trusting in the promises of God!
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Isaiah 1:14: Your new moons and your appointed festivals my soul hates; they have become a burden to me, I am weary of bearing them.
When God wanted the people to stop and listen, he would give word through the prophets and they would spend time telling the people what God wanted them to know.
When things were going well for the people they would often stop listening or get side-tracked with what they were doing at the time instead of what God was telling them through the prophets.
We now have our bibles and they continue to give us the same words God gave the prophets, but they also tell us what happens when we do not listen!
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Psalm 27:13: Though my father and my mother forsake me, the Lord will take me up.
Whilst some of us can tell about the wonderful parents we have, or have had, there are many who can tell of the terrible things they have gone through instead.
But how many will be willing to stand up and say how God has done terrible things to them; how many actually believe that to be true?
If we could be more like Job and believe God is always on our side no matter what, we may well have a better understanding of How much God actually loves us.
Far too often we allow our own perceptions of time, size, strength and truth to overrule the actual because we somehow see comfort in how things have gone wrong instead!
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Psalm 88:3: For my soul is full of troubles; my life draws near to the land of death.
What do you do when things go wrong in your life? Do you just sit there and accept things? Do you rebel and try to change things? Or do you stop to ask God - why?
God wants us to be in a relationship with him. This means we should be able to stop and talk to him, to ask him why things are the way they are. We should also be willing to stop and listen for an answer.
We may not get an audible voice shouting the answer so everyone can hear - God may be trying to whisper something in your ear.
This means we should be willing to be quiet, still and patient so we can hear an answer when he does show us an answer in whatever form that comes!
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Psalms 34:10 Lions may lack and suffer hunger, but those who seek the Lord lack nothing that is good.
How many times have people told you how much God looks after you and how he cares for you all the time - but you are not too sure about it...
The writer muses at the thought that God cares for us at all times - even though we may see animals such as lions go hungry at some stage, we know he cares for them even though they cannot ask him for food.
How much more does God love us and care for us - the ones who can ask and who can give him the glory!
Think about how you live your life and whether you do give God the glory for all the things which happen in your life!
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Psalm 71:3: Be for me a stronghold to which I may ever resort; send out to save me, for you are my rock and my fortress.
When things are going well in your life and you have a good job, good family and good friends, who do you give the credit to?
When things are going terribly and we are crying out for help - how easy is it to cry out to God for help in our lives?
Too often when things are all well, we forget how much God has provided for us! We tend to think we have deserved this all because of the work we have put in and all the things we have done for ourselves.
God wants us to remember he is our saviour, he is our provider, he is our Lord; and he would like us to acknowledge that all the time so others can know him too!
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Psalm 120:1: When I was in trouble I called to the Lord; I called to the Lord and he answered me.
How many times have you called out for help and found people are not willing to help you? How many times have you born consequences you thought far too harsh?
God does not see us as a large crowd of people whom he has to save before we get ourselves into deep trouble. He does not see us as a world in need of help.
He sees each one of us as an individual who is in need of mercy and help. He wants us to recognise that we are all our own selves and we all need a one to one relationship with him, nothing more, nothing less.
He is there and he is listening. When we call out he does answer - but in a way which makes perfect sense for us and the people around us. We may not see that because we are too bound up in our own pride and wants.
Stop and allow God to have a go!
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Psalm 68:2: As the smoke vanishes, so may they vanish away; as wax melts at the fire, so let the wicked perish at the presence of God.
It is about this time of year when I get to wake up around the same time as it is dawning when everything is covered in tiny glistening droplets of water which very quickly disappear as the Sun comes up.
The psalmist writes here about the bad things in the world having the same fate as the dew in the morning. When God makes his presence known, the evil withdraws and hides as his light shines brightly.
As Christians we should be making the most of the light of God in our lives to ensure others know their evil deeds are going to account for nothing when God is in it.
God would love to be the bright shining sun in our lives which evaporates the sin of this world and allows his glory to shine through everything for everyone to see and enjoy!
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Psalm 144:3: O Lord, what are mortals that you should consider them; mere human beings, that you should take thought for them?
How often have you thought that you are not good enough for God or you are nothing compared to other people or things in this world?
Would it surprise you to know that God knows everything about you - the real you, the one not everyone gets to know. He knows exactly what you do... And he still chooses to love you!
God's love for us goes far beyond our level of understanding in terms of likes and dislikes; we tend to have a very shallow view of our worth as a living soul! God does not!
I learned this when I was in hospital and saw just how much doctors and nurses went out of their way to help; all the while knowing God was helping even more!
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Psalm 90:2: Before the mountains were brought forth, or the earth and the world were formed, from everlasting to everlasting you are God.
Are you expecting something new to happen today which has never happened before? Are you looking to have miracles happen just because you want them to happen?
We must not forget that God has been here from the very beginning, before everything was created and continues to watch over everything as it happens. He is the one who can make anything happen...
But we should curtail our expectations according to the will of God and what he wants in our lives. So how do we find that out?
We get back to reading his word, the bible, so we can understand more of what he wants in our lives.
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Psalm 119:59: I have considered my ways and turned my feet back to your testimonies.
When you have a rule book or instruction manual and continue to follow it, you tend to get things done in the right way... But when you start to guess your own ways instead of following the instructions, things go astray!
God wants us to be safe and secure, which means we should be following his instruction at all times.
Our bibles are those instructions and we should be consulting them all the time - not putting it aside and seeing how we get on without the law!
When we know the right way through instructions, we can follow those ways easier than if we do not!
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Psalm 119:5: O that my ways were made so direct that I might keep your statutes.
If we had ears which could tell us what is right and what is not, we would be able to listen to the truth and right stuff all the time... but we don't!
We are always being faced by temptations because our hearts and minds tell us everything but the truth!
God has given us our bibles as the ultimate guide book to be able to identify what is righteous...
But we still have to read it and make decisions on our own! He will not prevent us from making wrong decisions if we really want to!
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Proverbs 3:18: She is a tree of life to those who lay hold of her; those who hold her fast are called happy.
Sometimes we lack a bit of intuition or wisdom. Sometimes we lack common sense completely!
God will always be willing and ready to teach us wisdom when we are willing to stop and ask him for direction!
God does have a mean sense of humour and may well place us in position where we are very uncomfortable - so we can learn and others can learn from what he teaches us.
I have spent far more time in difficult situations than I wish to remember, but I know God has always been trying to guide me well throughout!
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Jonah 4:6: The Lord God appointed a bush, and made it come up over Jonah, to give shade over his head, to save him from his discomfort; so Jonah was very happy about the bush.
Have you ever stopped to wonder at all the things God has done for you behind the scenes? Have you ever thanked him properly for all he is doing?
Too often we get upset with God because our goals are constantly changing and we expect him to change with our goals instead of fulfilling what we agreed with him to start with, or what we asked of him.
God does not go back on his word, but we seem to chop and change our views with the wind! We change our minds. We go back on what we agreed. We fall short of the mark...
But when we stop to look at what God has done, we may well see he has fulfilled what he said in the beginning!
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Psalm 46:10:‘Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations; I will be exalted in the earth.’
One of the things we should remember is that God is the creator of everything, this earth, this universe, this reality in which we live.
Outside of this reality is something different, something maybe our souls will get to experience after our bodies die.
When that happens, our souls are going to realise just how awesome and powerful God is and we will have no problem worshipping God in a whole new way after realising just how much he has done for us!
But, while we live on earth amongst all the other people in the world, let us lift up our worship to God and prepare our souls for what lies ahead!
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Psalm 35:7: For they have secretly spread a net for me without a cause; without any cause they have dug a pit for my soul.
This is one of those psalms you read and maybe begin to question whether the writer is saying the right things...
When we have things done against us, we may not be able to do anything about them because of the circumstances. But God can do things.
When we ask for bad things to happen against others, God may well not answer us in the way we wish because he knows what is in the hearts of everyone; but you can be very sure he is listening and will answer in one form or another.
Allow God to see you are trusting him with you true feeling by being honest and open to him. Don't try and hide things because you are afraid it is not the right thing to say to him!
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Psalm 118:18:The Lord has punished me sorely, but he has not given me over to death.
How many times have you been angry with the Lord because you think he has punished you for things you had no control over, like illness or debt.
God has promised us he will look out for us, but he does not promise us a life of luxury and health. His promise to us is to care for the one thing which will last forever - our souls.
You can ready many places in your bible where people have had rotten luck, felt depraved, felt left out or even unloved. But when they understand the love of God, they do tend to change their minds somewhat.
God wants each of us to live a life where we will be able to have our souls living forever with him in heaven. This may well mean the world around us does get in the way and make things difficult for us!