Have your plans been frustrated and fallen apart? Most of us will have to admit that at some point in our lives, our plans have fallen apart. We try to come up with these great and amazing plans to be able to do all these things we think would be wonderful, but God knows what we should be doing instead. See Psalm 33. The Lord nullifies the counsel of the nations; He frustrates the plans of the peoples. Psalms 33:10 NASB https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.33.10.NASB God’s plans are higher than or plans and at the end of the day, he is working to bring about his plans and not our plans. Sometimes, too…

We need a teacher. We do not know or understand all that the Chrustian life entails. Some people seek their teachers from various peoole around them, however, our main teacher shoukd be God Himself and the Bible. See what it says in Psalm 32. I will instruct you and teach you in the way which you should go; I will counsel you with My eye upon you. Psalms 32:8 NASB https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.32.8.NASB Other people are not perfect and we must constantly test what others say against the Bible so we are not deceived and led astray. God is to be our main teacher and we are to seek after Him. He…

Do we marvel in the love of God? It can become easy to take the fact that God loves us for granted. We hear it and speak about it, but do we truly understand how marvelous it is that God loves us? See this verse from psalm 31. Blessed be the Lord , For He has made marvelous His lovingkindness to me in a besieged city. Psalms 31:21 NASB https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.31.21.NASB God makes his love for us marvelous. He does great and marvelous things, but are we willing to see him for all that He does for us? Or do we just expect him to love us and lose sight of…

Where does our healing come from? Do we know and are we focused on seeking help from the source of our healing? See Psalm 30. O Lord my God, I cried to You for help, and You healed me. Psalms 30:2 NASB https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.30.2.NASB Pain and difficulties are going to be part pf this life. There’s no avoiding that. Yet God is the one who sees us through our problems and trials. He is the one who can provide healing. Do we reach out to Him and cry to Him for help? Or do we come to Him as a last resort? God is the source of our healing. We can…

How much glory is God due? We can see so many examples of how God glorifies himself and his name, but how much glory is enough. Read through Psalm 29. Ascribe to the Lord the glory due to His name; Worship the Lord in holy array. Psalms 29:2 NASB https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.29.2.NASB As we read through the entire psalm, we learn that God is really due ALL glory. There is not anything else that is worthy of any glory compared to him. He is the One that deserves every bit of glory and we are responsible for giving glory to him. Do we honor him in all the things that we do,…

When the world falls apart, what do you hold on to? No matter what you go through in life, there is someone that you can hold on to. See Psalm 28. The Lord is my strength and my shield; My heart trusts in Him, and I am helped; Therefore my heart exults, And with my song I shall thank Him. Psalms 28:7 NASB https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.28.7.NASB The Lord provides the strength and the defense that we need in order to make it through the day. We can find our joy in Him, even when we can’t find it in our surroundings or circumstances. Because of that, we can praise Him, even while…

How powerful is hope? The Lord knew how important it would be that we hope in something and he knew that the very best thing we could hope in is Him. See Psalm 27. I would have despaired unless I had believed that I would see the goodness of the Lord In the land of the living. Wait for the Lord ; Be strong and let your heart take courage; Yes, wait for the Lord . Psalms 27:13‭-‬14 NASB https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.27.13-14.NASB The psalmist had hope in the lord. This was not just a passing fancy or a wish that one day might come true. Hope is a confident assurance that what…

Do we desire to be where God is? Are we willing to live the life that God requires of us so that we can be pointing people toward the glory of God? Read through Psalm 26. O Lord , I love the habitation of Your house And the place where Your glory dwells. Psalms 26:8 NASB https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.26.8.NASB As I read this, I am reminded that I am not perfect and that while I may want to be part of the house of the lord, the only way that I can be is part this is through the saving grace of Jesus Christ. Thanks to him for all that He has…

We are sinners. We can try to hide or downplay that fact, but that doesn’t change it from being the truth. Still, even as sinners we have a savior who seeks to restore us if we will come to him. Read psalm 25. For Your name’s sake, O Lord , Pardon my iniquity, for it is great. Psalms 25:11 NASB https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.25.11.NASB Do we recognize that our sin is great? Many times we have difficulty just admitting that we are sinners, let alone seeing the greatness and magnitude of our sin. Only through the blood of Jesus Christ are we able to stand, yet we try to justify what we do…

What type of person is the Lord looking for? What is God’s standard? We see that in Psalm 24. Who may ascend into the hill of the Lord ? And who may stand in His holy place? He who has clean hands and a pure heart, Who has not lifted up his soul to falsehood And has not sworn deceitfully. Psalms 24:3‭-‬4 NASB https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.24.3-4.NASB The only person who meets those requirements is God himself and Jesus Christ his son. We may try to be all that God wants us to be but in the end that falls short. We are not perfect and every single one of us will fall…