God Won't Withhold, But You Can Deny Yourself...

For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly. O LORD of hosts, blessed is the man that trusteth in thee.

Psalm 84:11-12

Even though you may experience days of darkness and confusion; the passage we focus on today declares that the Lord is a sun and shield… You will experience many days where the enemy appears to have an upper hand; however, in the body of Christ you are reminded today that the Lord is always near and will deliver you… This passage ends by declaring, “blessed is the man that trusteth in the…” The writer records these words because when you trust in the Lord you are guaranteed to be blessed, the darkness that you face will indeed become light and you will receive a clear vision of the path and will that God has planned for your life when the rays of the sun shine bright all around you and through you… The psalmist starts this psalm by declaring how wonderful the dwelling place of the Lord is; the things that you experience in this life should declare the same words spoken of by the psalmist… This is a dark and dreary place which we dwell; however, when we are in the presences of the Lord even the scariest places become peaceful in our lives… We know that this is true because the word of God tells us today that “the Lord will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly…” Make no mistake about it, the Lord wants to shine bright in your life, He wants you to walk in His light and not in His darkness, but you must choose to allow Him and receive His will and divine plan for you… God wants to give you the very best, He isn’t withhold anything from you, so you must ask yourself the question today as to why you have received it…? These words teach us that the things of God can only be denied by us and nothing else… To often we want to blame God or circumstance for our situations; however, in the body of Christ we rest assured in the love of God knowing that when we walk according to His will He will do exceedingly and abundantly above all that we can ask or think… Today we examine the glory and honor that defines our Lord and Savior; He is a sun and shield, He is the light that shines in darkness and the protector from all harm and danger! The Lord desires for you to experiences His blessings and to keep you in perfect peace, He desires to transform you into a magnificent creature instead of seeing you be conformed to the ways of this world! He gives grace unto you, if we examine our past we will know that there are certainly a lot of situations that we found ourselves in and know that only God’s grace brought us out… There were a lot of choices we made that were wrong and misfortunate, a lot of decisions that were fueled by negative thoughts and plots, but through it all, God has never turned his back on us; yes indeed, He gives Grace and will not withhold anything from them that walk uprightly.

As stated early, God wants to see you excel, not be confined, He wants to see you exalted and not belittled, He wants to see you full of joy and not sorrow… His desires are, it’s your pathways that are foggy… You must be about the work of God if you want God to be about the blessings and grace promised to you… These two things go hand and hand… The psalmist makes clear that these are the desires of the Lord’s heart… He wants to open windows of heaven for you, He wants to pour out blessings upon you, but you must desire Him in order to receive His blessings and honor. If we trust in the Lord, we are blessed, not blessed because of our trust in Him, but because we know that He will never leave us nor forsake us, we are blessed because we have never seen the righteous forsaken, we are blessed because He said that He will return and that He will not suffer us to be moved… This passage says blessed is the man that trusteth in thee… You are blessed because you are able to keep your head up not because you have given in, you are blessed because you are holding to God’s unchanging hand not because you are falling by the wayside… God will not withhold anything from those who walk uprightly… You must walk according to God’s will if you want to experience God’s blessings, you must humble yourself if you want to be exalted… These verses should provide the energy that we need to continue to press on and fight back against the enemy… Knowing that God will not withhold from you should be the motivation that you need to continue to dig deep down within yourself to make sure that all the darkest closets of your life have been opened… He wants to bless you, but you cannot walk upright before Him if you have not totally surrendered to Him… This passage also leads me to the struggles of faith that we all encounter in the body of Christ… We think that the Lord should simply be satisfied with our willingness to accept His offering on the Cross; however, we fail on this journey because we never take up the cross that has been laid before us to bear… Notice that the Lord will not bless until you trust, He will not give you anything if you are not walking upright before Him… Know that you will have to sweat, you will have to work hard, you will have to toil through the night and this passage should simply encourage you to know you’re your work will not be in vain nor will you be left on the outside looking in… The bible declares, “Be ye also patient; establish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh. Yet a little while, and He that shall come will come, and will not tarry. We which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord. Wherefore comfort one another with these words.”

BE BLESSED!!!