YOU NEED TO START YOUR DAY LIKE THIS!

READ PSALM 86 

GOD WANTS YOUR THOUGHTS TO BE DRIVEN BY TRUTH

Psalm 86:8-13

There is none like you among the gods, O Lord,

nor are there any works like yours.

All the nations you have made shall come

and worship before you, O Lord,

and shall glorify your name.

For you are great and do wondrous things;

you alone are God.

Teach me your way, O LORD,

that I may walk in your truth;

unite my heart to fear your name.

I give thanks to you, O Lord my God, with my whole heart,

and I will glorify your name forever.

For great is your steadfast love toward me;

you have delivered my soul from the depths of Sheol.

What a wonderful prayer! This should be the way we start every day! I am so prone to begin my day with thoughts about what I need to do, or about the problems I have to face. But this is how we should direct our thoughts:

Thinking about the character of God

Thinking about the works of God

Thinking of the majesty of our God

Thinking about the exclusivity of God

When we start our day and live our lives with these thoughts, then our requests will be wise!

We will ask God to teach us.

We will ask God to help us fear Him.

We will live our days with the right attitude.

We will live with a heart filled with gratitude.

We will live with an attitude of praise.

We will live with a greater awareness of His works.

We are loved with an everlasting, undeserved, and faithful love.

We have received grace and eternal life.

Dear friends, there is nothing new in these thoughts. We know the truth of these verses, but we often allow the cares and problems of this life to absorb our attention, causing us to focus on the temporary instead of the eternal.

What a privilege we have been given: to know the only true God! He is perfect and holy in character. Everything He does is for our own good. No trial or difficulty has an evil purpose. Everything He allows in our life has a perfect and eternal purpose. It never comes at the wrong time, it never lasts too long, and it never is meant to produce anything negative. All God does exalts His glory and majesty. No one can do what God does; no one can have eternal purposes in mind. No one is like Him. This is the God who has made Himself known to us!

We must desire to know Him more. We must submit to His Word. What a blessing that He has revealed Himself in the Bible. And He has given us the Holy Spirit so we can understand it. His Word transforms our lives and produces in us His perfect will. We should study it, meditate upon its words. We must look for a local church where the Word of God is honored by being the centrality of all it does: where the teaching is not merely men’s opinions about scripture, but where the Bible, itself, is read and explained and applied to our lives. Only then will we  learn to fear God more and more.

When we understand the character of God and are taught His Word, then our hearts will be filled with gratitude and praise. Dear friends, we live in a cursed world, and we humans are impure people in the midst of a sinful world. Only by understanding God’s eternal purposes can we live with peace and hope.

We are loved by the God of the universe. He does not need us, but we desperately need Him. If He had not revealed Himself to us through His Word, we would know nothing about Him. If God had not sent His Son to live a perfectly sinless life and die for our sins, and if He had not raised Him from the dead, we would be without hope! What grace we have received from Him!

Do these truths make a difference in your  life?

I have no idea of what difficulties you are dealing with today, and even if I knew, I might not be able to understand how hard they are, but I do know where there is hope! I know that God perfectly holds you in His arms, I know that He has perfect plans for you. He wants to be your focus today and always, for without Him you and I would be lost!

May the Lord bless you today! May you encourage others to see God today!