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 haven’t 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… 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!!!
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