Our Ultimate Hooray, Part Two
Just imagine...those who are physically disabled today will one day dance in beautiful co-ordination and leap in ecstatic joy.
Written by Chuck Swindoll, these encouraging devotional thoughts are published seven days per week.
Just imagine...those who are physically disabled today will one day dance in beautiful co-ordination and leap in ecstatic joy.
We draw strength from this single truth almost every day of our lives—more than we realize. It becomes the mental glue that holds our otherwise shattered thoughts together.
While David’s first response to fear wasn’t a panicked plea for help, he didn’t live in denial. He merely chose to celebrate God’s power to recall His past triumphs.
When fear has us in its icy grip, we quickly turn toward self-preservation. We hope to avoid loss, escape pain, or cheat death.
As David faced his fears and expressed them to God in Psalm 27, he began with worship, celebrating the power and faithfulness of his God.
If fear has become your daily grind, Psalm 27 should prove very helpful. It is a song intended to take the pain out of that dreadful grind.
As David concludes his song about the grinding pain of unjust treatment and his chosen responses, he then commits to patience.
David's prayer for protection while enduring mistreatment didn't merely ask God for help; the king's song included a commitment on his part.
King David knew the sting of unjust treatment as keenly as anyone in history. To keep mistreatment from undermining his relationship with God, he put some resolutions into a song.
If you are confident that God really loves you, you will neither doubt nor drift in your response. Instead, you will find great delight in pleasing Him. There is nothing quite like love to motivate us from within.