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Psalm 32, 34

Do you wonder why it is taking this long for all that is causing your tears to give up on you? Despite the fact that you are God fearing, the wicked one did not stop shooting at you. There is never a late time for GodÕs hand to intervene. God will not sit back for your expectation to be cut off. Psalm 32:10, ÒMany sorrows shall be to the wicked; But he who trusts in the LORD, mercy shall surround him.Ó Do you believe that God will intervene in your situation? If you do, then know for sure that God is with you and He will always see you through. Psalm 34:19, ÒMany are the afflictions of the righteous, But the LORD delivers him out of them all.Ó He is a faithful God, He will do what He said He will do, and all that you need to do is what is required of you. In this season of your challenges, in this season that you are wondering, do not deceive or be deceived by your own understanding. If you lean on your own, it will not get you out from the hand of the wicked ones. Leaning on your own understanding is an indication of you trusting yourself. Proverb 3:5, ÒTrust in the LORD with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding; In all your ways acknowledge Him.Ó God was true to His word yesterday, He is true to His word today, and He will be true to His word forever. Hold on to Him and He will carry you through whatever it is that is causing you tears. God will never fail.

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Job 1:1-12

What can God say about you? God has some things to say about you, can you figure it out? God said about Job in Job 1:8, ÒThen the LORD said to Satan, ÔHave you considered My servant Job, that there is none like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man, one who fears God and shuns evil?ÕÓ A blameless and upright man is the one that fears God and constantly walks away from anything that does not represent God. This confirmation by God is not limited to just the ones that have lived in the past.  With the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, this is the standard of expectation in getting to the expected end of your journey on the face earth. The Lord is coming back for a church with no spot or wrinkle. Ephesians 5:27, ÒThat He might present her to Himself a glorious church, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing, but that she should be holy and without blemish.Ó God will not lower His standard of qualification for any man. He has brought down Himself in Christ Jesus for you to be lifted high and qualified. Have you accepted Jesus Christ into your life? There is no hide-and-seek with God, the eyes of God is everywhere. 2 Chronicles 16:9, ÒFor the eyes of God runs to and fro throughout the whole earth, to show Himself strong on behalf of those whose heart is loyal to Him. In this you have done foolishly; therefore from now on you shall have wars.Ó It is not possible to hide from God. Either you want Him to say anything about you or not, He will eventually say what He has for you at His time. Ask for grace to live for Him now. 

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Matthew 2:1-23

Joseph and Mary were carrying the presence of God while King Herod was in the process of denying the purpose of God. Every attempt of King Herod to track down the location of Jesus at birth and attempt to kill Him was a failure. Matthew 2:7-8, ÒThen Herod, when he had secretly called the wise men, determined from them what time the star appeared. And he sent them to < ?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>Bethlehem and said, ÔGo and search carefully for the young Child, and when you have found Him, bring back word to me, that I may come and worship Him also.ÕÓ King Herod was lying and being deceptive. All he wanted to do was to deny the redemption plan of God in Christ Jesus. It is not possible to be carrying the presence of God and be trapped or destroyed by the forces of the wicked. The wicked will attempt to destroy you; they will bring trouble, but eventually the wicked will fail. The wicked will fail because God will give you direction to thwart and avoid destruction. Matthew 2:13, Now when they had departed, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream, saying, ÔArise, take the young Child and His mother, flee to Egypt, and stay there until I bring you word; for Herod will seek the young Child to destroy Him.ÕÓ Joseph and Mary did not just receive direction, but the plan of enemy was also revealed to them. The same Herod is out after you today if indeed you are carrying the word of God. If your heart is after the purpose of God, He will constantly speak direction to your life. Ask God for grace and mercy that will help you to constantly hear the direction that will protect you from destruction.

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Psalm 116:1-19

God and only God has brought you this far. Day after day, month after month, year after year, is all about His grace and mercy, and not of your strength and determination. Have you thought or decide what shall be rendered unto Him? It does not require pen and paper to write and count all that the Lord has done for you in the past days, weeks, months, and years. For a change, think of what you can render to glorify His name for all of His goodness and mercy. If your eyes can be opened to see all the darts of wicked, the traps of death, protection from falling where there is no means to get back up, and protection from affliction, what shall you render unto God? Do you believe He has done great things for you lately? Psalm 116:12-14, ÒWhat shall I render to the LORD for all His benefits toward me? I will take up the cup of salvation, And call upon the name of the LORD. I will pay my vows to the LORD now in the presence of all His people.Ó The question has answered itself. If you are able to read up to this point, you have been exposed to what shall be rendered to Him, except you chose to ignore the words of the Psalmist. There is no need to think or wonder about what you shall render to Him, just follow through with the words of the psalmist, then you would have rendered all to the Most High God.

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Psalm 92

When you do good you receive good. Psalm 92:1, ÒIt is good to give thanks to the LORD, And to sing praises to your name, O Most High.Ó How often do you thank God or sing praises to His holy name? Do not count your quiet time or when you fellowship with other believers. Also take away the time when things are going the way you want it to be. How often do you just go out of your way, out of your normal environment or situation and get into thanksgiving and praise worship? The word says it is good to give thanks and praise to God, so why not engage yourself in constant and consistent thanksgiving and praise worship so that constant and consistent good will follow you and become your portion. In your thanksgiving and praise worship, know to declare what He has done or what He is doing. The Psalmist recorded in Psalm 92:2, ÒTo declare Your lovingkindness in the morning, And your faithfulness every night.Ó This time you are not decreeing anything, you are to declare. And when you declare Him for what or who the Almighty God is He will decorate you with goodness and mercy. Always remember that you are dealing with a living God that sees and hears; above all He is a jealous God that wants all the attention you can render to Him. The Lord is good all the time.