Today remember, you are a child of the King and He is for you! Cry out to your heavenly Father and He will hear! Psalms 56:9 tells us, “When I cry out to You, then my enemies will turn back; this I know, because God is for me,” NKJV.
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Recently, I was called out of town to do a small speaking engagement. The hotel we were staying in had one of those beauty magnifying mirrors that swing out on an arm. You know the ones I’m talking about. They get up close and real personal in your face. What you thought you looked like in a normal mirror became something totally different in this magnifying truth teller.
I often avoid those mirrors because there’s only so much truth about my face I want to see. But, looking into these things a whole world of pores and things that seem to come out of nowhere all of sudden can’t be ignored. The eyebrows need more manicuring than once thought. Things need to be plucked, covered, or taken care of to present this face to the world before I left out that day.
As I said, I always avoided these mirrors but I must admit when I stepped back to see the final results I was more than pleased and fully intend on having one installed in my bathroom at home.
How often are we afraid to take a closer look at ourselves? Not our face per se but at things like the inner man, our life, and our relationship with God. Are we too afraid of what we’ll find when we look too closely? Do we not want things revealed to us that may have gone by without a closer inspection?
God wants the best for His people but sometimes the best means we have some stuff that needs to be plucked and dealt with first. We have to seek the beautifying of His Spirit in order to step back and see the glorious final results He has for us up ahead.
“Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves. . .” 2 Corinthians 13:5
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HERE’S WORDS TO LIVE BY TODAY: God is in the midst of His people today; He is where they are!
God is in the saving business today!
God is rejoicing over His people with joy today!
God is loving on His people today!
And, His joy over His children is making Him sing!God is mighty!
If you are His there is no reason to fear today!
BREAKTHROUGH!!!
“The Lord has broken through my enemies before me, like a breakthrough of water.” 2 Samuel 5:20, NKJV
There is always something about the stories where the underdog comes out on top, where the least of all becomes the greatest that sends chills of inspiration up the spine.
The story of David and Goliath has long evoked a sense awe at the victory won and the hope of possibility in the soul still in the fight facing his/her own giants. The fact of the matter is that many things in this life which we face day to day can at times seem too much to bear. Our worries don’t necessarily have to be against the biggest guy around. Just the struggle of making it one more day, another try at giving it your best shot, can make it really hard for some people.
That’s why this article is not going to focus on the beast Goliath was or how David brought him down with just a stone and slingshot.
Nope. I want us to focus on the confidence that David had in God.
To me, it doesn’t matter if what you face is big or small. Sometimes the hardest stuff is the routine, small stuff that gets on your nerves every single day and makes you want to throw in the towel and quit.
Yes, David did the impossible in the name of the Lord. But, what I have found out in my own life is when we evoke that same confidence in God in every area of our lives, big or small, God tends to step in and work it out for us. And, you know it was Him because that very area in life that used to be a source of hardship and frustration now becomes a place of peace and productivity.
David, before confronting Goliath, declared, “The LORD delivered me from the paw of the lion and from the paw of the bear, He will deliver me from the hand of this Philistine,” (1 Samuel 17:37, NKJV. emphasis mine). I want us to focus on “He will” of that statement. David expressed in those two little words the amount of confidence he had in the God he served.
Confidence in God the key no matter what. Many of times we misplace our confidences in the things and the people we see around us, allowing them to become our focus and control, when God should be at the forefront of the battle with us. Over and over again we are told in His Word, “It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in man,” (Psalm 118:8, NKJV); yet, man seems to always get more of our attention and we wonder why we falter in the battle and don’t end up standing as victor over the giants and circumstances we face.
We have to rely more on God than anything else in this world. He truly is the only one who can get in there and fight with us and for us and bring us to a victorious end on the other side.
Below are some reminders to trust God and have confidence in Him no matter the size of anything we face. Knowing this will improve our day to day struggles in life and turn them into day to day victories.
CENTURION: “Lord, I am not worthy that You should come under my roof. But only speak a word, and my servant will be healed.”
JESUS: “I have not found such great faith, not even in Israel . . . Go your way; and as you have believed, so let it be done for you.”
Matthew 8:5-13
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