Good Morning!
"This is the day the Lord has made, let us rejoice and be glad in it." Psalm 118:24 This was one of the first verses I read this morning since it is hanging on the wall in a frame in one of the rooms in our house.
What might this verse mean to me? This is a new day, a day allowed and given to me by the Lord. He made this day, He has plans for this day. I now have a choice to make with this day. Will I rejoice in it or will I go through the day with a complaining heart. looking to Him for His expectations of the day? When twists and turns come into the day will I trust Him? What does this verse mean to you?
Not every day is filled with joyful expectations. We have days that are very straining emotionally. There are trials and temptations but we still have a choice as to how we view and respond to the day, we can "rejoice and be glad in it." We might want to ask ourselves is rejoicing the same as being happy? I don't think so or at least I'm learning that it isn't the same. Rejoicing is deeper, it is something we can do even in the most trying of situations because rejoicing is rooted in our response to the Lord, in response to trusting Him and His perfect work in our lives. Happiness is a feeling that is dependant upon circumstances.
We may not be happy with our life's circumstances but we can still be rejoicing in the Lord. There is always something in our lives that cause us to rejoice in the Lord. Though it might take deep thought and dependence on the Lord to find it.
Perhaps you have a friend that is in a very trying life situation yet they rejoice. What is the secret of their rejoicing? You might take the time to ask them, you will most likely be blessed by their response.
I recently had a friend die of cancer. She found out about the seriousness of that cancer and then purposed in her heart to live more fully for the Lord while she lived. It was said at her Memorial Service that the last two years of her life were the most fruitful and filled with rejoicing of her whole life. She was an inspiration those she came in contact with. She had found the secret of rejoicing, even when she wasn't happy. She was looking up, hoping in the Lord and spreading the good news of Jesus Christ wherever she went. At your memorial service would it be said of you: She knew the secret of rejoicing?
As we think over these challenging remarks will we keep in mind: "This is the day the Lord has made, let us rejoice and be glad in it." Psalm 118:24
Saturday, September 15, 2012
Saturday, September 1, 2012
Sensible
Good morning!
It's a foggy day here, some days are like that aren't they? You feel like your life is full of fog. Someone has said, above the clouds the sun is always shining. God sees the fog, the fog in our lives, and knows exactly why it has been allowed and how it can work together for good.
He asks us to "be still and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations. I will be exalted in the earth." Psalm 46:10 He is in control and will lift the fog when the time is right. When the fog lifts, rays of sunshine peer through on us, warming our lives.
Until then will we trust the Lord, trust Him to work behind the scenes? How do we handle the fog that gets us down? We focus on His love for us, the good He has planned in our lives and His amazing character. We do this by reading His Word and trusting Him. This is the sensible thing to do but not not necessarily the emotional feeling we may be having at the time. When my life is foggy, I feel like slumping into the fog, rather than praising God and glorifying Him for all He is doing in my life and then asking Him to lift me above it.
A special verse of a song goes like this: "Simply trusting everyday, trusting through the stormy way, even when my strength is small, trusting Jesus that is all."
Today if you are in the fog will you trust God and what He may be doing in your life? Will you find your calm and peace in Him? Will you read your Bible, letting go of your emotions and listen for His comfort and direction?
"There is a life deep hid in God where all is calm and still;
Where listening to His Holy Word, one learns to trust until,
All anxious care is put away and peace the soul doth fill." Author unknown
Aw, the sun is starting to shine through the fog. Enjoy the Lord today.
Love,
Linda
It's a foggy day here, some days are like that aren't they? You feel like your life is full of fog. Someone has said, above the clouds the sun is always shining. God sees the fog, the fog in our lives, and knows exactly why it has been allowed and how it can work together for good.
He asks us to "be still and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations. I will be exalted in the earth." Psalm 46:10 He is in control and will lift the fog when the time is right. When the fog lifts, rays of sunshine peer through on us, warming our lives.
Until then will we trust the Lord, trust Him to work behind the scenes? How do we handle the fog that gets us down? We focus on His love for us, the good He has planned in our lives and His amazing character. We do this by reading His Word and trusting Him. This is the sensible thing to do but not not necessarily the emotional feeling we may be having at the time. When my life is foggy, I feel like slumping into the fog, rather than praising God and glorifying Him for all He is doing in my life and then asking Him to lift me above it.
A special verse of a song goes like this: "Simply trusting everyday, trusting through the stormy way, even when my strength is small, trusting Jesus that is all."
Today if you are in the fog will you trust God and what He may be doing in your life? Will you find your calm and peace in Him? Will you read your Bible, letting go of your emotions and listen for His comfort and direction?
"There is a life deep hid in God where all is calm and still;
Where listening to His Holy Word, one learns to trust until,
All anxious care is put away and peace the soul doth fill." Author unknown
Aw, the sun is starting to shine through the fog. Enjoy the Lord today.
Love,
Linda
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