The
Lord
Will
Work
Out
His Plans For My Life --
Scripture
Psalm
138
8 The Lord will
work out his plans for my life—
for your faithful love, O Lord, endures forever.
Don’t abandon me, for you made me.
for your faithful love, O Lord, endures forever.
Don’t abandon me, for you made me.
Observation
To
be honest, there are days when I look around (usually when I look
around at other people) and I selfishly think to myself, “Why has
this or that happened to me, or many other times I think why hasn't
this happened to me?”
Maybe
you have moments like that too!
I
guarantee you that King David had moments like I sometimes have, but
he didn't let himself stay there very long. King David understood
that he served a God who loved him.
Just
listen to King David's confidence that he had in his God as he wrote
Psalm 138,
“I
give you thanks, O Lord, with all my heart; I will sing your praises
before the gods. I bow before your holy Temple as I worship. I praise
your name for your unfailing love and faithfulness; for your promises
are backed by all the honor of your name. As soon as I pray, you
answer me; you encourage me by giving me strength.”
I
know that God is working out His plan for my life. God has given me
thousands of promises in His Word to assure me that His plan for my
life will be carried out.
God
says to me in Jeremiah 29:11, “For
I know the plans I have for you,” says the Lord.
“They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future
and a hope.”
My
life and your life will have many mountains, it will be filled with
many detours and lots of struggles. I believe that every new day is
an opportunity for us walk by faith, trusting in our Heavenly Father
who loves us.
So
no matter what happens today, lets live out this day in a way that
makes our Heavenly Father smile!
Application
I
know that the Lord is working out His plan for my life.
How
about you?
Prayer
Heavenly
Father, help us live out our lives by faith. Help us to walk by faith
and not by sight. When I walk by sight I get discouraged. So help me
to walk by faith holding on to all of Your promises. I know that You
are a good, good Father. You are guiding and leading me. You are
directing my life. I need to keep my focus on You and not on what is
happening in the lives of everyone else! Lord, I pray for my family
today. Help them to put You first in their lives.
Daily
Bible Reading: Ezra 5,6; Psalm 138; Luke 16
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I have made it a habit to pray for those who read this blog! I enjoy
lifting you and your family up to the Lord in prayer.
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I
just saw my blog on this same passage from 2 years ago -
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Don’t
Abandon Me,
For You Made Me
Abandon Me,
For You Made Me
Scripture
Psalm
138
8
The LORD will work out his plans for my life—
for your faithful love, O LORD, endures forever.
Don’t abandon me, for you made me.
for your faithful love, O LORD, endures forever.
Don’t abandon me, for you made me.
Observation
It’s
Monday! Psalm 138 – take time to read it! It is a good way to start
out this Monday morning!
I
was in Shalimar, Florida yesterday and I went to Cinco Baptist Church
(Ft. Walton Beach) with my sister Bea, her husband Norm, and their
daughter Kacy with her kids!
Their
Pastor Mickey Hawkins preached from Habakkuk chapter 1 and 2.
Habakkuk’s world was a lot like ours – totally crazy!
Here
is Pastor Mickey’s 3 points about what we are to do when our world
seems totally out of control. 1. We need to wait on God. 2. We need
to watch God at work. 3. And we need to worship Him!
Every
week it seems like things get crazier and crazier. What we need to do
is look at things from God’s perspective and see that God is
working in the middle of this craziness!
We
need a 30,000 feet perspective of what is happening in our world
today.
Pastor
Mickey said in his message yesterday that buzzards, bats, and bees
all have our problem: if you put them in a cage without a lid they
will not fly up to escape because they never look up. They are always
looking down.
We
need to look up! And we need to keep looking up!
Application
I
will keep looking up! How about you?
Prayer
Heavenly
Father, thank You that we are not without hope. Your faithful love, O
LORD, endures forever. You will work out Your plans for my life—
You will not abandon me, for you made me. I give you thanks, O LORD,
with all my heart. I will sing your praises … I praise your name
for your unfailing love and faithfulness; for your promises are
backed by all the honor of your name. As soon as I pray, you answer
me; you encourage me by giving me strength. (Taken from Psalm 138)
I
pray for Pastor Mickey Hawkins and the congregation at Cinco Baptist
Church. Thank You for bringing them into my sister’s life during
this difficult time in her life. May Your face shine with favor on
all of them!
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