Life According to Your Word

Psalm 119:25-32 (MSG) 
  I'm feeling terrible—I couldn't feel worse! Get me on my feet again.

You promised, remember?

My heart turns to you, God and I cry out that I need help once again. I am in trouble, the rent is due, I can't find a job, and the diagnosis is terminal.

   When I told my story, you responded; train me well in your deep wisdom.

I told you my troubles, I explained my situation to you even though I knew you already were aware of my pain.  You promised me you would listen and so I tell you every day about my life; praying for Your intercession.

   Help me understand these things inside and out 

so I can ponder your miracle-wonders.

You have said that I only need to pray for wisdom, for the Holy Spirit to come and He will be there to give me knowledge and discernment. The Bible is not a book of rules - of does and don'ts, but a road map to Your arms.

 My sad life's dilapidated, a falling-down barn; build me up again by your Word.

I will cling to your Word, call upon it in times of despair and I will find peace. You promised that to me God and I am calling in that promise. 

   Barricade the road that goes nowhere; grace me with your clear revelation.

Use your Word to fill me up. Your word is a lamp that lights the way and shines on the paths I must take to find help. 

 I choose the true road to Somewhere,

I post your road signs at every curve and corner.

Praise You God! When I learn your way, when I am conscience of right and wrong and choose wisely I am not stopped by guilt or shame. The road to you is a direct path to joy.

   I grasp and cling to whatever you tell me; GOD, don't let me down!

I am hanging on your every Word God; fill me up.

   I'll run the course you lay out for me if you'll just show me how.

Just show me Your will for my life and I will live it.

Psalm 119:25-32

God at Work in People

                                                                    Acts 8: 26-40

God is consistently vigilant. He works through us. Many are used for His purpose, who have no idea they are a vehicle for the Lord. Our Savior utilizes situations both joyous and devastating to impact the lives of his beloved.

I urge you to search your heart and memory. Depending on your age, you may have more memories than you can recall. That’s ok. We will all be there at some point. When have you been at work for God?

As it states in Matthew 25: 31-36, “When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with Him, He will sit on the throne in heavenly glory………..He will put the sheep on His right and the goats on His left. Then the king will say to those on His right, “Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world, for I was hungry and you gave me something to eat. I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink. I was a stranger and you invited me in. I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick, and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.”

Matthew 25: 40; “I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me.”

We are all coming from our own place in this world, and if we are still and listen to the Lord, can be honest about where we stand with Him. Each individual created by God has been dealt their own hand to play, and as Chuck Swindoll is often quoted: “Life is 10% what happens to us, and 90% how we respond to it.” Our circumstances may be difficult, challenging, devastating, comfortable, pleasant, and even euphoric at times, but no matter where we are now, it will not last. Life is a journey of hills and valleys. We are to give, share, and pour out our help to others when we can.

Philip took the opportunity in Acts 8 to explain the scripture reading to an Ethiopian official, and he in turn was baptized and received the spirit. We may not be baptizing and preaching the gospel in the same way Philip did, yet the way we conduct our daily lives is a testimony to who we are and whom we serve.

Read/Listen to Acts 8: 26-40