NOW DO IT!

2 Samuel 3:18 NKJV Now do it! For the Lord promised David, ‘By my servant David I will rescue my people Israel from the hand of the Philistines and from the hand of all their enemies.’”

Now do it! They’d put it off long enough. Abner said, “Now is the time”, it was a now moment, and he set things in motion for the  Israelites to make David their king, to just get on with it, to make it happen!😊

I wonder how often we feel the Lord has been asking us to do something but we’ve kept putting it off for one reason or another? Maybe human reasoning kicked in and told us it’s too hard, too costly, too tired, too something! But God tells us not to lean on our own understanding but to acknowledge God in all our ways and He’ll lead and guide us. (Proverbs 3:5-6)

Acknowledging God involves obeying what He says and maybe He’s told you to take a break, to ask for help, or to apologise to somebody, or to forgive the offence and stop hanging on to it, or help someone. It may involve giving financially into the kingdom but we use the excuse of ‘I can’t afford to’. But God reminds us that as we give so it will be given to us, good measure, pressed down and flowing over; that includes giving our time, our finances - whatever we give.😊

It all comes back to not leaning on our own understanding again. Maybe this is the nudge from the Lord you’ve been waiting for, to ‘Now Do It!” Take the first step, make the phone call, enrol for the course you’ve been thinking about, start a bible reading plan, drink more water, take exercise!😊 Whatever it is, now is the time to do it. Not next week, not in six months, not when you can afford it, not when you’ve got more time, not when you retire - NOW!

Proverbs 3:6 says He will direct our paths. The margin of my bible says it means He will make smooth or straight your paths. So we can do it now knowing God will make it possible, He will smooth the way, but it still comes back to us taking the first step of obedience and doing it now! Amen.

Have a blessed weekend as you do it now!x😊

THE WONDERFUL EVERYDAY

Psalms 27:13 NKJV I would have lost heart, unless I had believed That I would see the goodness of the Lord In the land of the living.

I was sent an email by a big company and below their name were the words “The Wonderful Everyday”. They were saying if we buy their products our everyday will be wonderful!😊 What confidence!

But our confidence is not in things, but in God Himself, and in the words of Psalm 23 “Surely goodness and mercy will follow me all the days of my life”. Jesus said in John 10:10, “I have come that they might have life and have it more abundantly.” 

The good news is, everyday is a fresh start and has the potential to have something wonderful in it, and if we’re on the lookout we’ll see God’s fingerprints everywhere. 😊

Perhaps you may be thinking you’re not seeing the goodness, the mercy, the abundance right now but they are there in the things we sometimes take for granted, the little blessings as well as the big ones. The very fact that God is with us every moment of every day is a mercy. His abundance lies in His grace which is more than enough for today’s events. His goodness is all around us.

If our day is not looking wonderful at the minute, we can just start with thanking God He loves us and we have His assurance He’s working out everything for our good.😊

It also helps to confess what God’s word says to release it, “Jesus You made me righteous and my path, my day, gets brighter and brighter. I am blessed going out and coming in. The blessing of the Lord makes me rich and He adds no sorrow with it. The Lord is restoring health to me.”

We could go on forever but the supernaturalness of God’s word will work for us when we believe it and declare it by faith before we see it. And the result? David gives us the answer…

Psalm 23:5b You anoint my head with oil; my cup runs over. May we learn to come up higher and walk in the wonderfulness of God’s everyday and see the goodness of God in the land of the living.😊 In Jesus name. Amen.

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