Tuesday, January 6th, 2008

Hey Everyone! Good to see you faithful on your devotions yesterday!!! Keep up the good work!

A FEW THOUGHTS FROM YESTERDAY:
JAKE: Good to see you on here man!!! Thanks for doing your devo's!
Michael: Hey man! I got your message last night! I would love to go out on the boat with you guys! Let me know which dates are available and I will tell you the best ones for us!! Thanks!
Jessica B: WAY TO STAY FAITHFUL GIRLFRIEND!!!! :) J/k So, did you get your Math homework done?? I hope so! Thanks for doing your devotions!!
Bethany! Good to see you on here keeping up with that New Years Resolution!! Hey!! By the Way: I never remembered that you made cookies for me!!! When did you give them to me? Well, I was in Carls room and I opened up the freezer and WOW!!! THERE THEY WERE!!! I whole plate of goodies JUST FOR ME!!!!! THANK YOU!!!
They were delicious! (Especially the chocolate covered pretzels and the oatmeal chocolate chip cookies!!!! YUM YUM!!!)


Psalm 4

1 Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness: thou hast enlarged me when I was in distress; have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer.
2 O ye sons of men, how long will ye turn my glory into shame? how long will ye love vanity, and seek after leasing? Selah.
3 But know that the LORD hath set apart him that is godly for himself: the LORD will hear when I call unto him.
4 Stand in awe, and sin not: commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still. Selah.
5 Offer the sacrifices of righteousness, and put your trust in the LORD.
6 There be many that say, Who will shew us any good? LORD, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us.
7 Thou hast put gladness in my heart, more than in the time that their corn and their wine increased.
8 I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, LORD, only makest me dwell in safety.

There is so much good stuff in this passage! One of the greatest reasons that I love the book of Psalms is because as I read each psalm I can relate to David so often... Here, David is calling out to God in a time of distress!! There are two phrases here that jump out at me!! I love where it says the Lord will set apart the godly for Himself!! Wow! God wants to reward those who choose to be Godly! God wants to set them aside because those who are godly are special and they will receive many rewards for their faithfulness!!

That is not my favorite part though: My favorite part is the first 6 words of verse 4: Stand in Awe and Sin NOT!!!

If we truly understand who God is and why we should obey Him then we will stand in Awe of His greatness and OBEY HIM!! Do you obey Him? Well if you dont, it is probably because you dont know Him!! If some very important person walked up to me and asked me to tie his shoelace, I would do it in a heart beat because of how special that person is... WELL!!! God tells us to do some things and we act like He is nobody!! We need to stand in Awe and OBEY God !!! The best way to do that is to get to know Him more by staying in His word!!!!