Psalms, anyone?

I was on Facebook, almost as always. I have an "app" called "God Wants you to Know", and I had a new "message" from God. I always look to see what it says, because 9.6 times out of 10, it always applies to me ... and I truly believe its a way God speaks to me. So I clicked on it, and it said: "God wants you to know that when you do the right thing, it will feel good in your body. Your body never lies. When you feel stress in your body, something is out of balance in your life. Restore the balance, and your body and spirit will reflect the rightness of your spirit". This totally applied to me today! I had an awful day today, and yesterday actually. There's just something about this week thats just tearing me up inside, and angering me. After I read this, I immediately knew that there was something out of balance in my life: my one-on-one time with God.

So I asked Him I said "God, take me somewhere in Your word". I have a Bible app. on my phone, and I use it all the time. (Not that I dont use my paperback version, LOVE IT!) But I felt the Lord lead me to Psalms 18, and so I read the entire tihng. It was funny though, because I have my iPod going right? & the song 84 comes on, which is pretty much a song about Psalms 84. It was so awesome.

So I read all of Psalms 18, and I almost cried. Ok, I teared up a little. The title of the chapter is "The Lord Is My Rock and My Fortress", which just applies to me in so many ways right now. Throughout the chapter, its just praising the Lord for all the good & marvelous things He has done. Here lately, I'll admit, I've just lost a passion. Pastor Jay always says that worship should be at the center of everytihng we do, and that just hasn't been happening for me lately. But after reading Psalms 18, it really just made me think.

Psalms 18:4 'The cords of death encompassed me; the torrents of destruction assailed me; (5)the cords of Sheol entangled me; the snares of death confronted me. (6)In my distress I called upon the Lord; to my God I cried for help. From His temple He heard my voice, and my cry to Him reached his ears.' - He hears me when I cry out to Him. No matter my circumstance, no matter what I have done: He hears me, and He responds to me.

Psalms 18:16 'He sent from on high, He took me; He drew me out of many waters. (17)He rescued me from my strong enemy and from those who hated me, for they were too mighty for me. (18) They confronted me in the day of my calamity, but the Lord was my support. (19)He brought me out into a broad place; He rescued me, because He delighted in me"- The Lord, THE ONE AND ONLY LORD, delights in me. When I called out to Him, on that cold September night in 2006, He reached out and began a work in me: because He delights in me, and loves me just that much.

Psalms 18:31-42 'For who is GOd, but the Lord? And who is a rock, except our God? The God who equipped me with strength and made my way blameless. He made my feet like the feet of a deer and set me secure on the heights. He trains my hands for war, so that my arms can bend a bow of bronze. You have given me the shield of your salvation, and your right hand supported me, and your gentleness made me great. You gave a wide place for my steps under me, and my feet did not slip. I pursued my enemies and overtook them, and did not turn back till they were consumed. I thrust them through, so that they were not able to rise; they fell under my feet. For you equipped me with strength for the battle; you made those who rise against me sink under me. You made my enemies turn their backs to me, and those who hated me I destroyed. They cried for help, but there was none to save; they cried to the Lord, but He did not answer them. I beat them fine as dust before the wind; I cast them out like the mire of the streets." - The Lord gives me strength. He holds me firm, and keeps me steady. He gives me salvation, mercy, grace, love, patience, kindness, endurance, and so many other things.


MY GOD, IS AN AWESOME GOD. I love Him. Yes, I love my Lord with everything I am. I will raise a banner up in Jesus name, I will be love lit on fire. I will let the Holy Spirit burn on the inside. I'll be color to the black&gray, I will be clay in the potters hand: and I will be light in a darkened land.