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Friday, February 28, 2025
"Sustained"
Message summary: Today we share a good perspective of waking up.
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“I lie down and sleep; I wake again, because the LORD sustains me” (Psalm 3:5).
When we were little we sprang out of bed and within seconds were ready to go full speed, then for much of our life we rolled out of bed feeling fine and ready to go within minutes. But we notice in our aging process it takes longer to get going once we are up since aches and pains are there to greet us. Now we know personally who those childhood ads for Geritol and Ben-Gay must have been targeting!
We both enjoy a cup of coffee as we prepare these messages each morning. It stimulates the wake-up zone of our brains and may even stir us up a bit. Coffee is usually ready to go before we go to bed and we just need to push the “on” button. There’s just something motivating you to get on with your day in the morning when you smell a fresh pot of coffee brewing, or as the old commercial jingo goes, “The best part of waking up is Folgers in your cup!” (Although we use Dunkin)
However we sure hope, as redeemed children of God, there are many better reasons to get up than a fresh cup of coffee! Let's consider just one reason today, "because the LORD sustains me".
David wrote Psalm 3 when his own son Absalom was pursuing him. The rebellion in David’s own home appeared to be a long-term consequence of his sexual immorality with Bathsheba. In fact the chapters following this account show the residual consequences to their act of sin.
However
David had
repented and
again had the
assurance of
God’s
presence. He
wrote, “But
You are a
shield around
me, O LORD;
You bestow
glory on me
and lift up my
head”
(Psalm 3:3).
The part of
the daily text
we want to
focus on this
morning is a
timeless truth
that can be
proclaimed
this and every
day by all of
God’s
people.
It certainly
should be our
earliest
awareness as
we roll out of
bed. “How
blessed to be
sustained".
Praise God for
this caring
aspect of
God’s love and
care for His
own!
Today may very
well bring a
new set of
obstacles for
some of us.
For others an
old set of
problems
quickly
resurfaces
that we
continue to
deal with and
overcome. David
still had his
problems as he
wrote the
Psalm. In
fact he begins
it with this
statement, “O
LORD, how many
are my foes!
How many rise
up against
me! Many
are saying of
me, ‘God will
not deliver
him’”.
But he was
aware as he
awoke that the
Lord had
sustained him
through
another night.
The Lord
continues to
grant us
safety and
sustain us as
well, even
when others
paint a dismal
forecast for
our future.
God will
ultimately
deliver the
faithful who
place their
complete trust
in Him
(although not
always in the
manner we'd
like to be
delivered!).
Let us rejoice
today in God’s
safety and
sustaining
care over all
His creation
and over each
one of us!
Be encouraged today! Hebrews 3:13
Stephen & Brooksyne Weber
Daily
prayer: Father,
You sustain me
by speaking
peace to my
heart even in
the midst of
troubling
circumstances.
Your
unsurpassed
peace cannot
be defined by
the absence of
conflict but
by the
assurance that
You will come
alongside me
in the midst
of my conflict
and make a
roadway for me
in the
wilderness of
my suffering.
When I seek
You I can be
assured that
You will hear
me and deliver
me from all my
fears. Thank
You for Your
sustaining
presence that
lifts me from
my slumber and
enables me to
trust You for
another day.
Amen.
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