Word for Today: Look to the LORD!
Posted by: masinick <masinick@...>
I think this kind of looking is good - but ultimately we need to look
for God. We ought to look for God within. Blood bought believers ought
to be able to find the Holy Spirit of God within us. However, when we
grieve the Holy Spirit, He may hide His face from us, for He cannot
tolerate sin - until we are ready to confess it, then the blood of
Christ, which redeems us, gives us the ground on which to stand firm.
When we cannot tell where we are and we cannot find the Spirit of God,
we ought to look around. Chances are that we are in the wrong place.
Cry out and confess to God that we are like sheep, and we are ready to
be found in Him.
Realize that the solution to every struggle comes from God. Look for
Him and trust Him. If He cannot be found within or around, look up.
Finally, realize that the real hope that we long for is yet ahead.
Don't give up, but get up and continue the steady march toward the goal
- an eternity with Jesus Christ!
Yours in Christ,
Brian
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We understand David's distress in psalm 142 while he was hiding from
Saul in a cave.
In his distress, he looked in-
*Four directions!
David looked within!*
"I cry out to the Lord with my voice; with my voice to the Lord I make
my supplication. I pour out my complaint before Him; I declare before
Him my trouble. When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, then you knew
my path".Vs.1-3.
He looked within and said, "Look, I'm in trouble; I'm complaining; I'm
overwhelmed." Introspection sometimes can be good for you, but don't
spend too much time looking within, or you will get discouraged.
*David looked around!*
Hoping to find help! "Look on my right hand and see, for there is no one
who acknowledges me; refuge has failed me; no one cares for my soul".v.4.
Do you ever feel like that? Do you look around and say, "Nobody even
cares--everyone is bearing his own burdens,and nobody wants to share mine"?
Perhaps in those situations you should take time to bear other people's
burdens--then they might be interested in your concerns.
*David looked up!*
"I cried out to You, O Lord: I said, 'You are my refuge, my portion in
the land of the living".v. 5.
In other words, "God, you're going to hear my cry. You're going to
deliver me from my persecutors;they are stronger than I am."
*David looked ahead!*
"Bring my soul out of prison, that I may praise Your name; the righteous
shall surround me, for You shall deal bountifully with me".v. 7.
After you have seen the glory and the blessing of the Lord, you can look
ahead with confidence.
*Perhaps you are in a cave of discouragement today!*
Your hope lies not within yourself or with your circumstances.
Look to the Lord and obey His Word. Then look ahead with confidence, for
God's promises are sure and His Word is true!
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