Trivia:
Do you know a which newspaper is the oldest U.S. paper with continuous circulation? The Hartford Courant; The Baltimore Sun; They New York Times; The Chicago Tribune.
Challenge:
Psalm 39:7-11 "And so, Lord, where do I put my hope? My only hope is in you. Rescue me from my rebellion. Do not let fools mock me. 9 I am silent before you; I won't say a word, for my punishment is from you. 10 But please stop striking me! I am exhausted by the blows from your hand. 11 When you discipline us for sins, you consume like a moth what is precious to us. Each of us is but a breath."
After all of these struggles, which then as we were influenced by them, became blessings, were there to remind David of those lessons that he had learned and then to remember. The brevity of his life, and the importance of living each moment in fellowship and in harmony with God.
Now in verse 7 David finally comes to the place that he realizes that his only hope in life was for him to surrender to the Lord. Then in verse 8 hisneed to run from his fleshly rebellion. Then in verse 9 to stop and set in silence before the Lord, don't try to coerce God to reward his conduct, but rather recognize that these troubles in his life were aimed at reminding him that the only benefit in his life is found when he followed and obeyed God's ways.
Verse 11 David found out that when he refused to walk with God, then the things that he put such importance in, would ultimately be eaten up by the enemy of his soul, Satan. Finally he comes to the full understanding that we all are like that passing breath, and until we come to this realization and determine to live our lives in harmony with God's will and purpose we will fall short of His design and purpose for our lives.
SO GO WITH GOD my dear one for He knows perfectly well, the best ways that we should go. Oh, we can stubbornly go our own way, but that way will cause us to fall short of His perfect way. We must each day, STOP, LOOK, and LISTEN so that we can get on board the train bound for eternal blessings.
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