DAILY GRIND: Just A Little Thankful

But be sure to fear the LORD and serve him faithfully with all your heart; consider what great things he has done for you.

1 Samuel 12:24

I have been thinking alot this week about remembering the good things God has done. Not just for me but all of the Good things he does for his children. In a world where the negative out weighs the positive most of the time, I have been choosing to thank God for the 'simple' blessings that I think we often overlook like; clean water, a dry place to sleep, family, and the list goes on......I encourage you to make a list of your own, write down all of the GOOD things God has done for you!

Also, I know that many of you are taking some big tests this week...........I have been praying for you, the closing of a year away at school, I pray that you are blessed and remember everything you have studied and by "osmosis" the things you have not studied..heheehe!

Blessings,

Liz

DAILY GRIND: Cancelled Sin

"Fore even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many" Mark 10:45

It's so hard to believe that every sin anyone has ever committed can be forgiven through the grace and mercy of Christ. Most of the time when I am chatting with friends or ministering its not hard to say, "you can be forgiven, Jesus forgets it!" But, when I am facing my fears and attempting to change some things in my life, accepting true forgiveness from past sins is so hard to understand. I mean, I remember the sin, I can still hear it, feel it, know it's anguish in my life. But, the word tells me He forgives and forgets all of it, not remembering one speck of our foolishness. My sin, cancelled, so I walk in freedom never looking back, never falling prey to it's trap!

DAILY GRIND: Waiting.....and waiting, and waiting...

Psalm 40:1-2
I waited patiently for the LORD; And He inclined to me and heard my cry. He brought me up out of the pit of destruction, out of the miry clay, And He set my feet upon a rock making my footsteps firm.

Probably pateince is not one of my best qualities. Afterall, I am from the "instant" generation of add milk to make pudding, muffins or any other chosen enevelope you can get on the baking isle of a grocery store. Simply put I hate waiting. But, now waiting on God that is a different story, I love to wait on the Lord because I know the joy and reward that comes from waiting for Him.

Job says in chapter 19:25 "As for me, I know that my Redeemer lives....". What an odd thing for someone to say who has had everything he owned taken away and every manner of sickness put on him. Yet Job was patient, he waited for his redemption his breakthrough. I am sure that sometimes Job got tired of waiting but in the end his waiting became his blessing. Job was blessed with so much more than he had ever had before.

Maybe you are waiting for something........you have been asking and you have even heard God promise you a breakthrough. Today take in Psalm 40:1-2, God will come through!

DAILY GRIND: Measure Your Giant

Read 1 Samuel 17 next time you have a chance.

And David said, "The LORD who delivered me from the paw of the lion and from the paw of the bear, He will deliver me from the hand of this Philistine " And Saul said to David, "Go, and may the LORD be with you." 1 Samuel 17:37

I recently heard a good friend give advice to someone. They said "measure your giant, like David did, so you will know how much you have to conquer." This advice, intrigued me, and I inquired, why did you give this advice? My friend explained that this person was in a financial crunch and was afraid to ask God for the money needed. My friend had learned that if we measure or count what is needed then we will know how much of God's help we need, therefore going to Him for help will not seem so immature, He loves us and wants to give us what we need.
The next time I could I re-read the story on little David, I learned that they did measure the Giant, in fact, the Isrealites new every detail of the Giant, as it explains at the beginning of 1 Samuel 17. Perhaps David, being so involved in the battle becuase he had brothers who were on the front line, David himself new the enormous size of this giant. But, we learn that David was fearless in the face of the enemy, the scripture tells us that he infatically explains how God had already delivered him from a lion and a bear, from his experience he new his strength to conquer this giant was in God. Ultimately God's Spirit led David to choose the right tools for the hour. We all know that the giant was destroyed and little David carried Goliath's head as a trophy.

Perhaps you have 'giant' standing in front of you. We learn through God's Word to size your enemy up, go to God for strength and listen to Him on how to conquer this foe!

Big Blessings,
Liz