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Faith Lifters

Day 163

Reading: Psalms 120:1 - Psalms 130:8

How many times when faced with a difficult situation have you ever just taken a psalm and read it out? Personally, I do it a lot. I find that the language of the Book of Psalms is one that is able to represent my emotions and state of mind when I am dealing with challenges in life. As I have been reading through the Book of Psalms I have been learning to read the Psalms aloud. This fills the atmosphere with words that provoke faith in God.

Our reading today contains a portion of the Book of Psalms that has some short psalms that are very powerful. They are short psalms that are loaded with explosive dynamite that fuels the faith of the believer. Reading through the reading today I began to see how the psalmists were filled with faith and had the understanding that only God could provide help for every situation.

Where do you look for help? We live in a world today where self-help is being pushed to everyone and being advocates as a recipe for success. We live in a time where humanity is not told to seek God the Creator but is being told to seek within for they have the answers. Today's reading repeatedly points us to look to God for God is the One in charge of our lives. 

The psalmist also makes it clear that any venture without God is in trouble. Live life with the understanding that God is the Master Builder of our lives. He is the Architect of our lives. Let God be the Engineer of your every project. Let Him be the Commander in Chief to protect you from the enemy you fear. Let God be the Doctor who provides health and fruitfulness in the household. Remind God that He is the Creator of the Heavens and the Earth and He is your Keeper. Don't forget God is the Forgiver of sins. When you look up to God you are saying to God that you are His responsibility every step of the way in life. When God is all you look up to then gladness will fill your heart when you go into the House of God. 

My challenge to you today is to read any one of today's Psalms out aloud and see how it fills you with faith. 

Memory Verse: Psalms 121:1-2

Decree:

Psalms 125:3
For the sceptre of wickedness shall not rest on the land allotted to the righteous, lest the righteous reach out their hands to iniquity. (italics mine)

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