Title: What Is the Strength of Your Life?
Text:
Nehemiah 8:10 (ESV)
10 Then he said to them, "Go your way. Eat the fat and drink sweet wine and send portions to anyone who has nothing ready, for this day is holy to our Lord. And do not be grieved, for the joy of the LORD is your strength."
Observation:
Today is the 4th anniversary of the death of my wife and best friend of nearly 50 years.
One of the truths that has been reinforced in my life during the past four years is that the joy of the Lord can indeed be my strength, and my stronghold.
There is nothing that can lift my sadness and sorrow like having a grateful heart that is reflected in an attitude of gratitude. When I get down I don't stay down. I have an anchor in Christ Jesus, and I can look up, and give praise and thanksgiving to the Lord for all of my blessings.
There is always something to thank the Lord for because everything comes from Him.
James 1:16-18 (NLT)
16 So don't be misled, my dear brothers and sisters.
17 Whatever is good and perfect comes down to us from God our Father, who created all the lights in the heavens. He never changes or casts a shifting shadow.
18 He chose to give birth to us by giving us his true word. And we, out of all creation, became his prized possession.
When I spend time alone with God, I can have a conversation with the Sovereign God of the universe; the God who created the world, and who made me in His image.
As I express my gratefulness to Him in prayer, He lifts my spirits, and His joy becomes my strength, and allows me to live one day at a time in complete dependence upon Him.
Prayer:
Father, hallowed by Your name. Father, I delight to spend time alone in Your presence, and to know the peace, and receive the power that comes when I look up beyond the mountains to the source of life.
I am so grateful that the joy of the Lord is my strength today, and every day. In the mighty name of Jesus I pray, Amen.
Isaiah 55:11 (KJV)
11 So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.
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