Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the LORD his God: Psalm 146:5 (Ref: Psalm 146)
I have been traveling over the weekend and the past couple of days and that alone is enough to make me extremely happy; up the northern California coast to San Francisco and surrounding areas. There is nothing like a road trip to clear the mind and to feel, hear and be at one with God. Let me tell you the beauty of the Lord is in every place and it’s an awesome thing! The trip was blessed and it calmed and confirmed so many things in my spirit. I came back feeling refreshed and ready to take on the world!
When we think of happy, what comes to mind? Happy is a feeling of pleasure, or to be satisfied, fortunate, content or just simple joy. These are great to define the word but insufficient to describe what I’m feeling on the inside. This psalm expresses my inner thoughts today. We give over to so much of the world, i.e., our emotions, our fears, our cares, our thoughts, and our passions and forget sometimes that God is in control of all things and only what we do for Him will matter and last. David penned this psalm and is letting us know that while I live, I will praise the Lord because he put his trust in God because we cannot put our trust in man. Because man will perish because his breath will fail and his thoughts will perish. When he’s gone, he’s gone, then what can man do? Nothing! But God is forever.
If we could “remember” who God is at all times and how He has made provisions for us, even in the smallest of things that concerns us. He is our help, He is our refuge and it is in Him that we should put our trust. We have to be careful about where or whom we put our trust in. When we give over totally to Him and let Him have full reign over our lives, then happy are we because our hope is in the Lord our God; He, who never fails us; He, who made heaven and earth and all that is in the earth, why would He not have made a perfect plan for us? He, who provides for every living thing upon the earth, also cares and provides for us the more. Why would we doubt that? Even the angels wanted to know why He was so mindful of us (Psalm 8). Now that’s saying something!
Because we get caught up in the daily routine of our lives, we sometimes forget that the God we serve loves and cares about us and our well being. I’m happy and excited about that and all bubbly while waiting. I am in anticipation at how the Lord is working all things for my good; understanding that all things do work together for my good. So in spite of what I think or understand, His ways or not my ways and His thoughts are not my thoughts. He sees my tomorrow and he sees my expected end. How can I go wrong? The words to a song I’ve been singing all morning, “Don’t you worry, don’t you fret, God has never failed you yet, I’m a witness, He will come through. They that wait, shall renew their strength; they shall mount up as eagles; run and not be weary; walk and not faint.” Don’t even let me get started on the eagle…. We will leave that for another time!
Be encouraged today, and hoping my excitement this morning will pour over on you, ‘cause I’m bubbly while waiting!
Until the morning, be blessed,
Cynde
I have been traveling over the weekend and the past couple of days and that alone is enough to make me extremely happy; up the northern California coast to San Francisco and surrounding areas. There is nothing like a road trip to clear the mind and to feel, hear and be at one with God. Let me tell you the beauty of the Lord is in every place and it’s an awesome thing! The trip was blessed and it calmed and confirmed so many things in my spirit. I came back feeling refreshed and ready to take on the world!
When we think of happy, what comes to mind? Happy is a feeling of pleasure, or to be satisfied, fortunate, content or just simple joy. These are great to define the word but insufficient to describe what I’m feeling on the inside. This psalm expresses my inner thoughts today. We give over to so much of the world, i.e., our emotions, our fears, our cares, our thoughts, and our passions and forget sometimes that God is in control of all things and only what we do for Him will matter and last. David penned this psalm and is letting us know that while I live, I will praise the Lord because he put his trust in God because we cannot put our trust in man. Because man will perish because his breath will fail and his thoughts will perish. When he’s gone, he’s gone, then what can man do? Nothing! But God is forever.
If we could “remember” who God is at all times and how He has made provisions for us, even in the smallest of things that concerns us. He is our help, He is our refuge and it is in Him that we should put our trust. We have to be careful about where or whom we put our trust in. When we give over totally to Him and let Him have full reign over our lives, then happy are we because our hope is in the Lord our God; He, who never fails us; He, who made heaven and earth and all that is in the earth, why would He not have made a perfect plan for us? He, who provides for every living thing upon the earth, also cares and provides for us the more. Why would we doubt that? Even the angels wanted to know why He was so mindful of us (Psalm 8). Now that’s saying something!
Because we get caught up in the daily routine of our lives, we sometimes forget that the God we serve loves and cares about us and our well being. I’m happy and excited about that and all bubbly while waiting. I am in anticipation at how the Lord is working all things for my good; understanding that all things do work together for my good. So in spite of what I think or understand, His ways or not my ways and His thoughts are not my thoughts. He sees my tomorrow and he sees my expected end. How can I go wrong? The words to a song I’ve been singing all morning, “Don’t you worry, don’t you fret, God has never failed you yet, I’m a witness, He will come through. They that wait, shall renew their strength; they shall mount up as eagles; run and not be weary; walk and not faint.” Don’t even let me get started on the eagle…. We will leave that for another time!
Be encouraged today, and hoping my excitement this morning will pour over on you, ‘cause I’m bubbly while waiting!
Until the morning, be blessed,
Cynde
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