The Word of God for wisdom:
Proverbs 6:10-11 (HCSB)
10 A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the arms to rest, 11 and your poverty will come like a robber, your need, like a bandit.
The Word of God for inspiration:
Psalm 34:1-2 (KJV)
1 I will bless the Lord at all times: his praise shall continually be in my mouth. 2 My soul shall make her boast in the Lord: the humble shall hear thereof, and be glad.
The Word of God for encouragement:
Ephesians 2:1-5 (HCSB)
1 And you were dead in your trespasses and sins 2 in which you previously walked according to the ways of this world, according to the ruler who exercises authority over the lower heavens, the spirit now working in the disobedient. 3 We too all previously lived among them in our fleshly desires, carrying out the inclinations of our flesh and thoughts, and we were by nature children under wrath as the others were also. 4 But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love that He had for us, 5 made us alive with the Messiah even though we were dead in trespasses. You are saved by grace!
My observation:
The most amazing thing about the God of the bible is that he meets each of us where we are. He comes to us, and invites us to come to him. Paul reminds the Ephesians of this truth. God makes people who are dead spiritually alive.
In our focal Psalm for this week we see David in a heap of trouble. He tried to get out of that trouble by pretending to be insane. However, David, being a person who had a living faith in the Lord, knew that it was the Lord that had delivered him from the hands of his enemies.
The bible speaks of two kinds of faith; a dead faith, and a living faith. When you have a living faith you can make it through any circumstances you will ever face in life or in death.
James 2:17 (HCSB)
In the same way faith, if it doesn't have works, is dead by itself.
David gave up running from his enemies, and returned to trusting in the Lord. He demonstrates that his faith was alive by what he wrote in Psalm 34. This Psalm is the personal testimony of David of what the Lord did for him.
The Lord delivered David, and David showed that his faith was real by expressing praise and thanksgiving to the Lord. David had every reason to be fearful of Saul who was determined to kill him. However, he had hope for the future because of what the Lord had done for him. David was a true God fearer, and when you fear God, you don't have to fear anything else.
My prayer:
Father God, my dear Father, I am so grateful for the gift of salvation. I am so thankful that you met me where I was. Father, I thank you for saving my soul, and setting me free from sin, death, hell, and the grave. Only God, can raise the dead, and a God like this deserves the continual praise of my lips, and the working out of my faith by love in action.
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2 Like newborn infants, long for the pure spiritual milk, that by it you may grow up into salvation— 3 if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is good.
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