“Search Me, O God!”

October 27, 2015October 27, 20151 Comment

Search me, O God

From the inside out

And see what my life

Is all about.

Am I living true to Your holy name,

Or is my worship just a game?

Search me, O God

And know my heart

And see from Your way

Have I thus part.

In my spirit, I am most sincere,

Please search, and to Your side

Draw me near.

Search me, O God

And tell if You see

Anything that will keep me

From all eternity.

If it be there, help me dig out the root,

That I might produce Your spiritual fruit.

Search me, O God

My blessed Savior,

Save me from my sometimes

Ungodly behavior.

Apologetically I come,

With a heart in deep sorrow,

Pleading for You to lead me

To Your heavenly tomorrow.

Search me, O God

And lead me home

To the place where I stand

Before Your throne.

Living in the peace You gave to me,

For Your search dug out who I used to be.

“The Lord is on my Side!”

October 22, 2015April 24, 2020Leave a comment

Oh, the grace of another day. Yet, every day is not peachy, rather often with it comes turmoil, upset, and unrest. Sometimes, battling the seen and the unseen. Sometimes, fighting to keep one’s spiritual head above the waters of this life that seek to take you under. Oh, the peace to know that despite it all, the Lord is on my side.

If you’ve ever gone to the circus, one of the most impressive feats to witness in the performances there are the trapeze acts. It never seems to lose its awesomeness as we watch men and women fly through the air with what appears to be a complete disregard for life and limb. Actually, it is quite the opposite. They fly through the air with abandon because of the trust they exhibit in their partner to be by their side and to catch them at that pivotal moment; to catch them when it matters most. There is an awesome relationship of trust that goes on between the two. One that neither can doubt in lest the outcome be less than desirable.

What about our relationship with God? Do we exhibit the same trust in Almighty God that these acrobats seem to place in human confidence? Do we sport the confidence that He is by our side to catch us when we need Him the most?

Sometimes it may feel like you are in the boxing ring alone. Well, you’re not! Sometimes it may appear that you are fighting armies that encamp against you by yourself. You’re not! God is on our side and He promised to never leave us nor forsake us, Hebrews 13:5.

Daily, we are upheld by Him! Our lives are not in our own hands rather in the hands of Him that never fails! We may swing to and fro, sometimes feeling up and sometimes down, yet He is the ever-present strength that keeps us flying high above all these adversities, above all these troubles, above all these trappings of this world.

Difficulties will arise. Oh yes, they will. But, Jesus said, “These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world,” John 16:33. In other words, He is on our side. He is our overcomer. He is our victor. He is our deliverer that will see us past all that is presently before us that we might experience the peace that He so offers.

“Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid,” John 14:27. Some may say this is easier said than done especially when the upsets of life seem to be all around and the strength to carry on, well, it’s just plain hard to find. You’re exhausted! I get it. God gets it.

That’s why His Word declares and reminds every one of us, we don’t have to carry on on our own. The Lord is on your side. You are not in this alone. This is the message of the whole Bible. No matter how dim, gloomy and bleak it may seem, we are not in this alone. We have a Strength that is beyond our human capabilities. We have a Force fighting for us that cannot be reckoned with by human standards. We have the one and only true God and He is on our side!

Who are you flying with today? Secure your life in Him, let go and know that “The LORD is on my side,” Psalm 118:6. Trust Him, He will catch the life that honestly reaches out for Him, trusts, and believes.

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“Rejoicing in this Day!”

October 12, 2015Leave a comment

We rejoice not because everything is perfect, but because His grace and mercy woke us up this morning and started us on our way. We rejoice not because everything is easy, but because through this day, despite the difficulties we face, we know He is ever by our side. We have so many reasons to rejoice. Just remembering one will start your heart in the right direction of worship no matter what the day brings. Blessings!

“You have been upheld since birth!”

October 8, 2015December 29, 20152 Comments

“By You I have been upheld from birth; You are He who took me out of my mother’s womb. My praise shall be continually of You,” Psalm 71:6, NKJV

As you look back over your life, is there ever a time when you know you should not have made it? Is there a time when you recognize that it was only by the grace of God that you are still here today?

Yeah, me too!

Life has a way of throwing us many curve balls. Sometimes we hit it and sometimes we miss. Sometimes we are even awesome enough to get a home run, whereas at other times we would just be grateful to still be in the game. The fact that we are is a testimony to the love of the Father on us. It is evidence that He still has you and me in His hands.

There are times that come that make it extremely hard for us to recognize this great truth. Crushing times that weigh on us making us believe that we are forgotten or that we are walking this path alone. Nothing could be further from the truth. God has always been with us. God has always taken care of us. God has always been the one holding on to us when our lives seem to be spinning out of control.

I find it utterly amazing that we have been upheld since birth. Truth be told, Psalm 139:16 shows us that He was paying attention to us even before the time of our birth. It says, “Your eyes have seen my unformed substance; And in Your book were all written the days that were ordained for me, When as yet there was not one of them,” (NASB). Even before day 1 of our lives, God had His eye on us.

How awesome is that? I find great comfort in verses like these because I realize that yes; I have gone through some very difficult and troubling times. Yes, as I look back through the different stages of life I wish things could have been better or I wish wrong choices could be undone. But, despite all the “I wish I had . . .” or the “could haves and should haves,” these verses remind me that I never walked alone. There was never a time in my life that God didn’t see me and didn’t see what I was going through. There was never a time when He was absent; rather, He was there with His hands on me, cradling me with His love.

God’s hands have always been us!

I don’t know what you may be facing today but the Word of God is sure in all it promises and His Word promises that you are not alone. Yet, sometimes it does seem that way. It seems like you cry and cry and cry some more, but your tears do not fall on deaf ears. As you cry, the one who has had His hands on you since birth feels the flow of your tears running over His hands as He holds you.

Trust Him who has you in His hands today. Be blessed.