Daily Reading: Micah 3, Psalm 9, 39, 69, 99, 129, Proverbs 9
Psalm 69:30-36 “I will praise the name of God with a song, and will magnify him with thanksgiving. (31) This also shall please the Lord better than an ox or bullock that hath horns and hoofs. (32) The humble shall see this, and be glad: and your heart shall live that seek God. (33) For the Lord heareth the poor, and despiseth not his prisoners. (34) Let the heaven and earth praise him, the seas, and everything that moveth therein. (35) For God will save Zion, and will build the cities of Judah: that they may dwell there, and have it in possession. (36) The seed also of his servants shall inherit it: and they that love his name shall dwell therein.”
Your heart shall live that seek God. Some days it feels that my heart cannot survive. I am heavy with melancholy and weak from searching for what is wrong. How simple the answer is that He gives here. Do not seek to find what is wrong…seek God. Allow Him to show you first life and love and then correction if needed. How often have I come to God in tears asking Him what is wrong with me. Why is there pain and no apparent cause, why is there sadness and no apparent reason? Stop looking for something to cry about and start looking at God’s goodness. The pain and the sadness will reveal themselves as the deception that they are. God produces light that scans the deepest corners of our hearts and shows us the lies that Satan has hid there. Praise the name of God with a song and magnify Him with thanksgiving. This will please the Lord. The promises of God are true no matter how I feel. The Word of God is still alive no matter how things look. My heart shall live if I seek God.
Psalm 129:2 “Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth: yet they have not prevailed against me.”
How often have I been given rise to complain? I no more than anyone else, but plenty of pain is the lot of all of us here. There is a line however, that I will not allow the enemy to cross. He cannot prevail. No matter how deep the water, I cannot drown. No matter how hot the fire, I cannot burn. I may be slowed in my progress, I may be tempted, tortured and shamed, but I am not defeated and I will not cower under the weight of a heavy handed lie. Praise shall be my first defense and the Word of God my weapon. I am more than a conqueror in the Name of Jesus Christ my Lord. He it is who has completed this battle in my place and I now rest in the truth of His victory and the peace of His glory. I am risen with Him, I am fully alive in Him and I am seated with Him at the right hand of the Father. The folly of ill attempts on my resolve is proven when I seek the face of God. My heart shall live because I seek God. My soul shall rejoice because I find Him.