Psalm 66:2-4
Sing forth the honor and glory of His name; make His praise glorious!
Say to God, How awesome and fearfully glorious are Your works! Through the greatness of Your power shall Your enemies submit themselves to You
All the earth shall bow down to You and sing [praises] to You; they shall praise Your name in song.
There are so many different reasons in my life for me to praise God. Everything in my life is a reason for me to praise Him. I'm so humbly that I am His child and He is my Father. I kind of like to boast about Him. Just like I tend to think my own dad is pretty awesome, I think God is the coolest and I tell people about Him all the time. Also...I tend to get caught up in worship. Its a thing.
Psalm 66:9-10
Who put and kept us among the living, and has not allowed our feet to slip.
For You, O God, have proved us; You have tried us as silver is tried, refined, and purified.
God has perpetually caught me before I could even register that I was slipping. He's always right there for me when I need Him. But that doesn't mean I haven't been tried and tested. Nothing is more difficult for me than seeing a situation and knowing that God can and also that He won't. That's a trial by fire. I never doubt His ability but sometimes I struggle with seeing how His will is better for me in the long run than my own desires in the present. That's a fought walk sometimes BUT its a worthwhile journey.
Psalm 66:16
Come and hear, all you who reverently and worshipfully fear God, and I will declare what He has done for me!
Sometimes you just got to tell somebody. I'm like that often. I talk about Him constantly. Even tonight my mom said "Look at God!" and I replied "Won't He do it!" That's literally who I am. I'm always saying one of these two phrases because they're always true.
Psalm 66:18-20
If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me;
But certainly God has heard me; He has given heed to the voice of my prayer.
Blessed be God, Who has not rejected my prayer nor removed His mercy and loving-kindness from being [as it always is] with me.
Sin definitely puts an opaqueness in the clarity of my relationship with God. I can definitely see the difference in my prayer life and my relationship with Him when I know I'm wrong and I haven't repented. Its a mess BUT God hasn't rejected me. I'm distancing myself because I feel shame. The key here though is that God hasn't given me a spirit of shame so I have to recognize that that isn't of God, shake it off, repent, and get back in lock step with Jesus. God always wants to extend new mercies but we sometimes have to be merciful to ourselves first.
Psalm 67:7
God will bless us, and all the ends of the earth shall reverently fear Him.
Everybody, every last one will fear God. That's how big my God is.
Psalm 68:5-6
A father of the fatherless and a judge and protector of the widows is God in His holy habitation.
God places the solitary in families and gives the desolate a home in which to dwell; He leads the prisoners out to prosperity; but the rebellious dwell in a parched land.
Whatever you need God has. Whatever provision you're looking for, seek Him first and it will appear. God is a storehouse. Anything you lack can be given to you. God is so generous with us despite our shortcomings. He's so perfect y'all.
Psalm 68:19
Blessed be the Lord, Who bears our burdens and carries us day by day, even the God Who is our salvation!
The work of the cross is finished. I have no need of carrying around my sins because they were done away with by Jesus' death. You know what else passed away? The law. The law is the definition of a burden. Levitical law alone will drive you insane! Jesus came to fulfill it that's done. The spirit remains. Seek Him so you can know Him and have His spirit within you.
Psalm 69:5
O God, You know my folly and blundering; my sins and my guilt are not hidden from You.
I'm bare before my God. There's no need for me to hide because I know that He knew I was going to transgress against Him before I did and that He will redeem me by washing me with the blood of Jesus. I think so many are afraid to approach God when they know they're wrong but that's when you need the most guidance. Why not? Why not seek Him in you true times of need.
Psalm 69:10
When I wept and humbled myself with fasting, I was jeered at and humiliated;
I 'm a faster and a pray-er. I've never been humiliated for it but I've definitely felt judgement based on it because many don't understand my dedication to prayer. But what I think is essential is being led by the Spirit and knowing what God is calling me to. Despite the fact that listening to only Christian music has caused me to miss out on some albums, I'm at peace about my decision because I know God would have me to make it. Even when its inconvenient for others, I realize this is where He has me and I have to walk that out as best as I can.
Psalm 69:13
But as for me, my prayer is to You, O Lord. At an acceptable and opportune time, O God, in the multitude of Your mercy and the abundance of Your loving-kindness hear me,and in the truth and faithfulness of Your salvation answer me.
Hear my cry Lord for I am your child unable to do for herself. I think of how CJ is so tiny and needs so much and that's exactly how we all are with God. We all need Him for basically everything. Or at least I do. Let me stop telling y'all how y'all feel.
Psalm 69:32
The humble shall see it and be glad; you who seek God, inquiring for and requiring Him [as your first need], let your hearts revive and live!
My heart is so full because I'm always seeking and finding and getting revelation from God. I'm so blessed by my relationship with my Heavenly Father.
Psalm 70:4
May all those who seek, inquire of and for You, and require You [as their vital need] rejoice and be glad in You; and may those who love Your salvation say continually, Let God be magnified!
He's my joy!
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