Trust. This small word can make or break relationships. People who are trustworthy are highly sought after as friends and confidants. God is truly the only One who is absolutely trustworthy. See what Psalm 143 says. Let me hear Your lovingkindness in the morning; For I trust in You; Teach me the way in which I should walk; For to You I lift up my soul. Psalms 143:8 NASB https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.143.8.NASB Sharing with God and seeking after Him should be a natural impulse, knowing that He is worthy of our trust. We need His lovingkindness. We need His instruction. He is the one who lifts us up and we are to…

Feel trapped? Some of life’s circumstances can give that feeling of no way out. Still, God always has the key to a way out. Read Psalm chapter 142. “Bring my soul out of prison, So that I may give thanks to Your name; The righteous will surround me, For You will deal bountifully with me.” Psalms 142:7 NASB https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.142.7.NASB Here the psalmist knows where deliverance comes from. He also knows why God would deliver him. He wants to be able to praise God for doing something amazing. He prays for help, knowing that God’s character will always seek to do what is best. Do we seek Him when we feel…

Ever say something you wish you hadn’t? If you’re like most people, the answer is “all the time!” The psalmist knew that feeling, too, which is why her wrote this is Psalm 141. Set a guard, O Lord , over my mouth; Keep watch over the door of my lips. Psalms 141:3 NASB https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.141.3.NASB Seriously, I could probably us a small army to help me guard my mouth and the words that come out of it. What we say is a powerful reflection of what we truly think. As we seek to follow Christ more and more every day, the words that we say should be a direct reflection of…

Unfortunately, there are wicked people in the world. There are people who would love nothing more than to see us crumble and fall. Yet, the psalmist prays for help dealing with them. Read Psalm chapter 140. Keep me, O Lord , from the hands of the wicked; Preserve me from violent men Who have purposed to trip up my feet. Psalms 140:4 NASB https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.140.4.NASB When we encounter people who seem only interested in our destruction, how do we respond? Do we get angry and fight back, or do we bring it to the Lord? God will defend us and will preserve our integrity through all that He brings us through.…

Do we really want God to search us? We’ve heard the focus of how God knows us better than we know ourselves and many of us have heard the verses from Psalm 139. Search me, O God, and know my heart; Try me and know my anxious thoughts; And see if there be any hurtful way in me, And lead me in the everlasting way. Psalms 139:23‭-‬24 NASB https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.139.23-24.NASB But, do we really want God to search us? Do we really desire for Him to look through every thought that we have and every way that we act? Granted, God already knows that whether we want Him to or not.…

God answers prayer. We may not always agree with how He answered it, but God answers prayer. See what the psalmist wrote in Psalm 138. On the day I called, You answered me; You made me bold with strength in my soul. Psalms 138:3 NASB https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.138.3.NASB Not only did He answer the psalmist, but He gave him boldness and strength. God knows what we need to face the experiences of life and He has everything we need in abundance. Will we ask Him for what we need, to do what He has called us to do?

Sometimes we don’t know what we have until it’s gone. The psalmist expressed that very feeling when he sat down and wrote Psalm 137. For there our captors demanded of us songs, And our tormentors mirth, saying, “Sing us one of the songs of Zion.” Psalms 137:3 NASB https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.137.3.NASB The song is taken from the days of captivity, after Jerusalem was captured and the people were exported to Babylon. Even while in captivity their captors tormented them by asking them to sing the songs of Jerusalem. What bitter memories that must have invoked! It reminded them of all the wonderful things that they had, but that they had lost because…

God does great wonders. He does amazing things that I don’t understand and can’t explain. See Psalm 136. To Him who alone does great wonders, For His lovingkindness is everlasting; Psalms 136:4 NASB https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.136.4.NASB Now, sometimes they don’t feel like great things in the moment. Sometimes they feel hard and difficult. But He is great and so the things that He does are great. Are we expecting great things from him? Do we seek after Him and give Him praise for what He does and is doing?

What is God doing? I know I’ve asked that question on several occasions. God and I have had long talks about what in the world he is doing 🙂 Still, God is not randomly choosing to do some things and to avoid others. They are all part of his grand plan and design. See what the psalmist said in Psalm 135. Whatever the Lord pleases, He does, In heaven and in earth, in the seas and in all deeps. Psalms 135:6 NASB https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.135.6.NASB God does the things that please him and those are part of the overall plan that he has. He desires to see people turn to him and…

Who are all the overnight workers? It can be a difficult and sometimes thankless role to work overnight. Yet, in many cases it is of vital importance to the things that get done during the day. The psalmist calls them out specifically for blessing from the Lord in Psalm 134. Behold, bless the Lord , all servants of the Lord , Who serve by night in the house of the Lord ! Psalms 134:1 NASB https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.134.1.NASB Are you thankful for the people who work behind the scenes, helping out to do all that needs to be done? God never sleeps. He is still there for those people who carry on…