Day Five - Staying On Track
Being tired and discouraged can make you want to give up on things. Getting up early can seem like a big deal. Or, if you are reading these at other times, you might feel like there is just not another minute in your day where you can read the Bible.
Maybe you have been fighting temptation...
to sleep in,
to play video games,
to call and chat with your best friend,
to text the hours away,
to do your Bible reading another day,
to do what everyone else is doing.
What's the use of fighting it?Just go with the crowd and do the things they do.
NO!
No,no,no,no,no!
These times of discouragement are when you need to turn to God. He knows that your strength is weak. It is Him who will keep you on the right path. He knows the way you should go, and if you ask Him, He will show you and keep you on that path.
Read this to encourage your soul today:
1 I cry aloud to the LORD;
I lift up my voice to the LORD for mercy.
2 I pour out before him my complaint;
before him I tell my trouble.
3When my spirit grows faint within me,
it is you who watch over my way.
In the path where I walk
people have hidden a snare for me.
4 Look and see, there is no one at my right hand;
no one is concerned for me.
I have no refuge;
no one cares for my life.
5 I cry to you, LORD;
I say, “You are my refuge,
my portion in the land of the living.”
6 Listen to my cry,
for I am in desperate need;
rescue me from those who pursue me,
for they are too strong for me.
7 Set me free from my prison,
that I may praise your name.
Then the righteous will gather about me
because of your goodness to me.
I love how God is our portion. He is the perfect amount! In a world where everyone counts calories and checks the labels...He is our Healthy guide to eternal life!
And I love that He reminds us that He knows the way no matter where we are "stuck" along the path. He doesn't need a GPS, His plan for our lives is thought up by HIM!
And lastly, all this happens so that we can glorify Him. What a blessing to be able to do that!
Try to glorify Him in your thought words, and deeds today!
Blessings!