Wednesday, January 9, 2008

Where will you turn?

Good Morning Y'all! My heart is encouraged this morning. The FATHER has once again, reached down from the portals of heaven and has wrapped me up in HIS tender arms and has held my heart close and has whispered into my heart, "Vicky, TRUST what you know to be true about ME. TRUST who you KNOW that I AM."
Let's look at just a few verses from Psalm 9 this morning. Let's begin at the beginning and then we will move down to verses 9 & 10. HIS WORD is alive folks, and HE will use HIS WORD to change our lives IF WE WILL LET HIM. HE will encourage us IF WE WILL COME TO HIM. HE will be all that HE is every time, BUT HE will never force us to come. Let's look at HIS WORD.
I will give thanks to the LORD with all my heart; I will tell of all YOUR wonders. I will be glad and exult (rejoice) in YOU; I will sing praises to YOUR name, O MOST HIGH.
David said, "I WILL!" He didn't qualify these I will statements. Notice there is NO "if" behind any of David's "I will's". He simply said, "I WILL..."
I wonder if we can say with David, "I will give thanks...I will tell...I will be glad and rejoice....I will sing..."
You see folks, it's not about the circumstances in our lives...it's all about WHO HE IS. We can go on thanking HIM in the difficult days because HE is no less GOD on dark rainy days than HE is on the bright warm sunny ones. We can go on telling of HIS wonders BECAUSE THERE ARE ALWAYS wonders to tell of. We can go on being glad and rejoicing because even in the darkest of hours we can CHOOSE to think on things that are good, and right, and noble, and honest, and pure and just; and this gives us cause to rejoice. And no matter what we can always sing praise to HIS NAME because HE IS WORTHY!
Drop down to verses 9 & 10 and we will close. The LORD also will be a stronghold for the oppressed, A stronghold in times of trouble. And those who KNOW YOUR NAME will put their trust in YOU, for YOU, O LORD, have not forsaken those who seek YOU.
Those two verses pack a wallop! You see, it's not about our circumstances. It's not about how dark the day seems. It's not about how difficult the trail we are walking. IT'S ALL ABOUT WHO HE IS. HE IS A STRONGHOLD IN TIMES OF TROUBLE. Write that down and memorize it, practice it, think about it UNTIL IT IS THE MOST REAL THING IN YOUR MIND. HE is there when you can't take another step. HE is the STRONG and MIGHTY ONE that you can CHOOSE to run to when the storm is dark and the wind is raging and the waves threaten to wash you away. HE NEVER FORSAKES THOSE WHO SEEK HIM. In John 6 HE said that HE WOULD NEVER TURN A WILLING HEART AWAY.
Here is the bottom line...GOD IS GOD. HE is ALL that HE has said HE IS. And we can absolutely unequivocally trust HIS NAME. The NAME of GOD is a strong tower, the righteous runs into it and is safe. Mark that down and bank on it.
Now, that should give us cause to stop and praise HIS NAME.
LORD JESUS, WE JUST WANT TO PRAISE YOU. YOU ARE WORTHY OF ALL OF OUR PRAISE. YOU ARE WONDERFUL AND FAITHFUL AND HOLY AND TRUE AND TRUSTWORTHY. THANK YOU FOR INVITING US TO KNOW YOUR NAME. THANK YOU FOR INVITING US TO CALL ON YOUR NAME. THANK YOU FOR INVITING US TO RUN TO THE STRONG TOWER OF YOUR MIGHTY NAME. THANK YOU FOR INVITING US TO LOVE YOU BECAUSE OF WHO YOU ARE. O JESUS, WE DO LOVE YOU.

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