Note to Self
Sunday mornings we are focusing on
scripture where we find David singing a song to himself. In the song he told
himself to do something. He also reminded himself of the good things God had
done. He wrote the singing conversation down. He wrote the note to himself down
because he wanted others to sing the same inspired song to themselves as well.
So we will. We will take our cues
from holy inspired scripture, as written by a king who knows. There are some
key demands we are to present to ourselves that make a WORLD OF DIFFERENCE!
Many times the battle is won or
lost in our minds. If we tell ourselves something that is not true then we will
eventually act on it. But if we tell our own souls the truth, then the truth
will more likely be followed.
It is so easy to forget. “Prone to
wander Lord I feel it” (Come Thou Fount). We are pretty good at forgetting who
God actually is according to Scripture. We tend to forget His many blessings.
If we focus our attention on a lie or forget “all His benefits (Ps 103:2),” we
will lead ourselves in exactly the wrong direction, EVERY SINGLE TIME.
There is a direction we tend to
always drift. It is a direction that denies our very purpose. It is away from
the Lord, denying His goodness. It is toward trying to bless self in sinful
ways. We drift because our flesh, the world, and Satan all work to pull at our souls.
Very, very,
often we need to sit ourselves down and have a deliberate conversation with our
soul. “Bless the Lord!” “Forget not all His benefits.”
There is much to say to our soul.
The result will be AWESOME! It will be our theme the next few Sunday mornings at Troy First. When “all that is
within me” does this, there will be a purity of life and purpose that will
empower everything we do. Hypocrisy will be gone. Our purpose will be
fulfilled.
