Each scar has a story and there, for good or bad, are part of my life.”
–D.C. Adkisson (Winter of the Wolves)
“In the morning sow your seed, and in the evening do not withhold your hand; for you do not know which will prosper, either this or that, or whether both alike will be good.”
“In the morning sow your seed, and in the evening do not withhold your hand; for you do not know which will prosper, either this or that, or whether both alike will be good.”
–Ecclesiastes 11:6 (NKJV)
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Life is tough, and it doesn’t seem to be getting any better. But then what do we expect–a bed of roses? Things happen, there are those out there ready to do you in this cut-throat world. Peter Marshal prayed this prayer, “With stout hearts may we see in every calamity an opportunity and not give way to the pessimist that sees in every opportunity a calamity.”
Whatever is your situation–on the job, at home, family, sickness, continue to cry out to God. Oh, but He allowed me to get the virus, continue to cry out to God. Keep your voice going to God. Keep bringing your trial before the Lord.
1 — Make haste, O God, to deliver me! Make haste to help me, O LORD!
2 — Let them be ashamed and confounded who seek my life; let them be turned back and confused who desire my hurt.
3 — Let them be turned back because of their shame, who say, “Aha, aha!”
4 — Let all those who seek You rejoice and be glad in You; and let those who love Your salvation say continually, “Let God be magnified!”
5 — But I am poor and needy; make haste to me, O God! You are my help and my deliverer; O LORD, do not delay. (NKJV)
Sometimes we get to the place like David when he penned Psalm 70. God seemed slow to answer. It is not because He is powerless, nor that He does not care. “Why then this lackadaisical pace in God? Is it because victories gained after hard-fought battles are more enjoyed? Or, do you learn the lesson better? Could it be that you need the external wait in order for your internal life to be remodeled? Is it possible that God is interweaving plans for other people’s lives with yours–and you have to wait for them in order for the more perfect blending of the intersection of His plan for them and you?” (George O. Wood)
During the ordeal, the trial, we rarely take time to investigate what God is doing, but we know we want Him to be doing something! Why? I do not understand. I see that nothing really happened with David. He ends the psalm where he began. Though “poor and needy” he knows that God is great enough to help him. This psalm ends then with a call to action for faith.
“Make haste, O God, and hear my cries;
Then with the souls who seek thy face,
And those who thy salvation prize,
I’ll magnify thy matchless grace.”
–Charles Haddon Spurgeon
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Life is tough, and it doesn’t seem to be getting any better. But then what do we expect–a bed of roses? Things happen, there are those out there ready to do you in this cut-throat world. Peter Marshal prayed this prayer, “With stout hearts may we see in every calamity an opportunity and not give way to the pessimist that sees in every opportunity a calamity.”
Whatever is your situation–on the job, at home, family, sickness, continue to cry out to God. Oh, but He allowed me to get the virus, continue to cry out to God. Keep your voice going to God. Keep bringing your trial before the Lord.
1 — Make haste, O God, to deliver me! Make haste to help me, O LORD!
2 — Let them be ashamed and confounded who seek my life; let them be turned back and confused who desire my hurt.
3 — Let them be turned back because of their shame, who say, “Aha, aha!”
4 — Let all those who seek You rejoice and be glad in You; and let those who love Your salvation say continually, “Let God be magnified!”
5 — But I am poor and needy; make haste to me, O God! You are my help and my deliverer; O LORD, do not delay. (NKJV)
Sometimes we get to the place like David when he penned Psalm 70. God seemed slow to answer. It is not because He is powerless, nor that He does not care. “Why then this lackadaisical pace in God? Is it because victories gained after hard-fought battles are more enjoyed? Or, do you learn the lesson better? Could it be that you need the external wait in order for your internal life to be remodeled? Is it possible that God is interweaving plans for other people’s lives with yours–and you have to wait for them in order for the more perfect blending of the intersection of His plan for them and you?” (George O. Wood)
During the ordeal, the trial, we rarely take time to investigate what God is doing, but we know we want Him to be doing something! Why? I do not understand. I see that nothing really happened with David. He ends the psalm where he began. Though “poor and needy” he knows that God is great enough to help him. This psalm ends then with a call to action for faith.
“Make haste, O God, and hear my cries;
Then with the souls who seek thy face,
And those who thy salvation prize,
I’ll magnify thy matchless grace.”
–Charles Haddon Spurgeon