Last night when I got in bed, I opened my Bible to read Psalm 37. This chapter in my Bible is all marked up. I love highlighting verses that really get to me and putting the date beside it - it lets me see what I was going through or what the Lord was speaking to me at a certain time. This chapter will NEVER get boring - it's so dynamic and life challenging, especially with the world that we are living in at the moment. I couldn't wait to start blogging today and begin a new series I'm calling - BELIEVE. What a simple but huge word! Believe means = something that you accept as true. Has God given you a promise, a scripture for your life, a prophetic word recently or in years past? Do you believe His promises? Do you accept His words to be true? That's the kind of 'believing' I'm talking about. To really believe in His words over your life - to make His words become a REALITY in your life. The kind of believing that will mess your life up - in a brilliant way!
Believe - what a powerful word. Here are a few things I believe - if I eat too many donuts, I believe that I will gain 10 pounds. When I wake up in the morning, I believe I'll have a pretty hilarious and out of control hairdo. When I drive my car to the store, I believe I will get there. When I am eating breakfast, I believe it will take my hunger away. When I play the piano, I believe I will hear the music. Are you with me? Getting it? When I read God's word, I believe His words are true. When I invest in God's dreams, I believe it can change my life....When I remember His promises, I believe they will come true. I believe.....
So, what I want us to do over this series is read Psalms 37 with me. You'll probably read it more than once and truthfully, I hope you do. This chapter can change your life, your outlook, your thoughts, your future! Oh girlfriend - I feel a hallelujah comin' on! lol!!
So, before I make this blog a novel - in which I'm so gifted at, I've got to start with the first part of this chapter...I'm doing this from The Message and NKJV. Let's start with verses 1-4:
Don't bother your head with braggarts or wish you could succeed like the wicked.
In no time they'll shrivel like grass clippings
and wilt like cut flowers in the sun.
Get insurance with God and do a good deed,
settle down and stick to your last.
Keep company with God,
get in on the best.
Key words: DON'T BOTHER / GET INSURANCE / KEEP COMPANY
Think about this - we get so caught up in this world, in the constant bad news - which is a lot of bad news about those living lives that God would consider wicked - the greedy, the selfish, out for their own ambitions....God says - DON'T BOTHER!! Get a move on - don't dwell on them!! You'll never get anywhere in life dwelling on the negatives in your own life and in the lives of others. Are these difficult times we are living in right now? Yes, but if we keep our eyes only on our circumstances and never see with our eyes of FAITH as Jesus longs for us to AND BELIEVE, we'll never see our full potential in the life we are MEANT to live, NO MATTER what the circumstances. What HE SAYS is for us to get insurance with Him - live a life of doing beautiful things, stick to it! Hang with God and you'll have the absolute best!
Insurance....interesting concept. Why do I have insurance on my car? Because if someone hits me, I want to know that I'm taken care of physically if I was hurt and I want to know that my car will get fixed if it got wrecked. Same thing with God - when I invest in Him, I get His validation that He is in control of my life, I get His provisions, His covering, His protection, His Love, His mercy, His joy, His grace, His guidance, His dreams, His purpose and those are to name just a few.
So, as you go about your day - ask yourself this question: Are you investing in God's insurance plan? Are you giving Him your life daily? Do you believe? Go for it - YOU HAVE NOTHING TO LOSE and EVERYTHING to gain!!
Keep reading Psalm 37 - over and over....we are only just getting started!
Tracee, This is only the beginning of a chapter that will totally mess with your head and life!
