“Oh, give thanks to the LORD, for He is good! For His mercy endures forever.” Psalms 118:1 NKJV
“Let those who fear the LORD now say, “His mercy endures forever.””
Psalms 118:4 NKJV
This is where my reading began this morning! This is also where my heart beat with my first thought, awakening; thanking my LORD for His mercies; amazed at the difference a day makes! Praise, peace, rest, and joy; a wonderful way to start this day.
It was not so yesterday. I was tested.
“I called on the LORD in distress; The LORD answered me and set me in a broad place.” Psalms 118:5 NKJV
It's funny how I sometimes do not realize I'm in a test until I'm almost through it! Did I pass? Well, I made it through but not necessarily with flying colors! Oh, it could have been so much worse, but His mercy and grace held me up. I checked my heart and in repentance He saved the day. He always does!
“The LORD is on my side; I will not fear. What can man do to me?”
Psalms 118:6 NKJV
The lyrics from "The Eye of the Storm", playing through my head this morning: "when my sails are torn, Your love surrounds me, in the eye of the storm!"
Torn sails; dead in the water, but surrounded by love!
I look back at a sequence of events, isolated incidents, strangely connected; like a string of natural pearls, odd but tied together. Upon examination, exposing what was in my heart; repentance required, repentance made, forgiveness received; rest!
“The LORD is for me among those who help me; Therefore I shall see my desire on those who hate me.”
Psalms 118:7 NKJV
Victory, not pretty, but another lesson learned.
“It is better to trust in the LORD Than to put confidence in man.”
Psalms 118:8 NKJV
“It is better to trust in the LORD Than to put confidence in princes.”
Psalms 118:9 NKJV
“All nations surrounded me, But in the name of the LORD I will destroy them. They surrounded me, Yes, they surrounded me; But in the name of the LORD I will destroy them. They surrounded me like bees; They were quenched like a fire of thorns; For in the name of the LORD I will destroy them.”
Psalms 118:10-12 NKJV
What the enemy meant for harm, God meant for good.
“You pushed me violently, that I might fall, But the LORD helped me. The LORD is my strength and song, And He has become my salvation. The voice of rejoicing and salvation Is in the tents of the righteous; The right hand of the LORD does valiantly. The right hand of the LORD is exalted; The right hand of the LORD does valiantly.”
Psalms 118:13-16 NKJV
“I shall not die, but live, And declare the works of the LORD.”
Psalms 118:17 NKJV
Giving glory to God!
I cried out to Him and He answered all of my prayers, ALL DAY LONG! He rescued me when I needed rescuing. He comforted me when I needed comfort and He made away, where there was no way! He gets all the glory!
“The LORD has chastened me severely, But He has not given me over to death.” Psalms 118:18 NKJV
“Open to me the gates of righteousness; I will go through them, And I will praise the LORD. This is the gate of the LORD, Through which the righteous shall enter. I will praise You, For You have answered me, And have become my salvation. The stone which the builders rejected Has become the chief cornerstone. This was the LORD’s doing; It is marvelous in our eyes. This is the day the LORD has made; We will rejoice and be glad in it.” Psalms 118:19-24 NKJV
And today, we do it all over again! For this IS the day, He has made for me & I WILL rejoice and be glad in it!
Even so - MARANATHA!
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