I find the Psalms particularly encouraging and hope-inspiring and find that they give me a sort of 'spiritual boost' or 'lift' whenever I either mess up, lose hope or start to feel low. Works every time.
Today's insight is from Psalms 46, 91 and 107. I find these words very encouraging whenever I am going through a trying time. They help me find peace in the midst of a storm. See if they do the same for you...I like to personalise these words when I read them, so I'll write the following in the 1st person - read it that way too, so that the words come home to you.
Read them in their entirety here:
Psalm 46
Psalm 91
Psalm 107
When I Messed Up And Was In Trouble:
- When I was hungry, thirsty,
- When my soul was faint and I was about to give up
- When I sat in darkness and in the shadow of death
- When I was bound in affliction and iron because I rebelled against His Words
- When my soul melted because of the trouble I was in
- When there seemed to be no way out of the situation I found myself in...
- When I was at my wits end and had given up all hope
- Even though I was responsible for being in the mess... (thank God for His mercy!)
God is A Very Present Help In Time of Need
- I cried unto God in my trouble and He delivered me out of my distress, He saved me, He calmed the storm in my life and brought me to my desired haven.
- He turned my wilderness into a standing water
- He turned dry ground into watersprings
- He made me live in this place so that I could work and yield fruits of increase (notice He sets you up with everything you need to experience Increase: you've just gotta WORK with what you've got, where you are, then increase is yours.)
- God is a refuge to those who trust in Him (me, you - if you do trust Him, that is)
- He has broken the gates of brass and cut the bars of iron (that kept me bound)
- He sends His Word to heal me and deliver me from my destructions. The Word of God is the most powerful thing in existence. God holds His Word in higher esteem than His very name (Ps 138) ... that should give you an idea of how you should esteem it. Take it seriously for your very life depends on (what you do with) God's Word.
- He is my strength
- He is my fortress
- He protects me from traps and deadly diseases
- He is my habitation, I live and exist in Him
- His Truth is my shield and buckler (city wall)
- God gives His angels charge over me to keep me in ALL my ways.
- God answers me when I call
- When I am in trouble, He delivers me (notice God acknowledges that yes there are times when His children are in trouble...we all mess up sometimes; God knows we do, for we are but dust...but He is willing to forgive and deliver us. So no need for living with guilt once you've confessed your sins or weaknesses, and renounced those ways. At the same time, do not abuse His grace and mercy otherwise you will taste His wrath.)
- He redeemed me from the hand of the enemy
- He delivers me from my distresses
- He satisfies me with long life
Therefore...
- I will not fear, though the earth be moved, mountains are carried into the sea, seas roar and shake the mountains
- I will not be moved
- I am not afraid of night terrors or daytime arrows
- I am not afraid of deadly diseases or sudden disaster
- I am not afraid of pestilence in the dark or destruction in the day
- No evil shall befall me
- No plague shall come near my home
So In Appreciation and Gratitude To God...
- Give thanks to the Lord for He is good; for His mercy is not only new every morning, but it lasts forever.
- Praise the Lord for His goodness and for His wonderful works to the children of men (that's us!)
- Praise Him for He has broken the gates of brass and cut the bars of iron asunder
- Be still and know that He is God
- God will be exalted among the heathen in the earth.
Amen, Hallelujah!
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