Psalm 55:22 – “Cast your burden on the Lord, and he will sustain you; He will never permit the righteous to be moved.”

As I read, prayed, and pondered this morning, my heart overflowed with joy and sadness.   Sadness because of deception that has blinded minds.   Deception is robbing true salvation from many.  Deception is distracting from our mission and commission.    Deception in one area leads to deception in other areas and can destroy a person’s life.

I had Joy because Jesus is Lord.   He is risen.   He is coming back.  He lives in us.  He has sent the Holy Spirit.  He hears our cries for help and for His person, presence, peace, and power.

The cry of the Psalmist in 51:10-19 gives us a pattern of life, attitude, and purpose.   A clean heart, a renewed spirit, a new infilling of the Holy Spirit, restored joy, peace, and focus. 

Psalm 55:22 instructs us to cast the things we worry about upon God, and as a result, He will sustain us.  “…He will NEVER suffer or allow the righteous to FEAR WANT.”    Did you hear that?  We live much of our lives out of a sense of lack, need, or want.   That’s not God’s plan.  He wants us to live in a consciousness of provision.

I encourage you to read, devour, and meditate upon the Book of Colossians.   It is filled with who God is, what He has done, who we are, and what we have in Him.  It identifies the total defeat of the devil and our total freedom in Christ.

Colossians 2:10-15 reveals that Jesus, through the Cross, annulled the bond of our sins.  He nailed it to the Cross.   Jesus put the devil and his hordes to open shame.

Chapter 3 gives us the desired pattern of life: putting on Jesus and putting off the things of the flesh and corruption.   Do we think about how we think, act, and speak?  What do our thoughts, actions, and words reveal about us?   They reveal how much or little we know God, and His Word, our position.  It reveals our level of faith and expresses our expectations.

We are “in” Christ and “in” Him; we are more than conquerors.  In Him, we have All authority.   In His Name, we can heal, deliver, and pulldown strongholds.  Why not now?  Why not today?  Why be satisfied with and frustrated by our spiritual impotence?   Let’s be who He says we are Today!

I sometimes become nostalgic, and my mind goes back to some of the memories I have stored in my heart.  I muse on them, picturing myself there and feeling the warmth of the moment.  My heart overflows with joy.  I look back on my victories and even some of my setbacks and muse on what I learned and how I can do and be better in the Lord.

God has never failed me yet, and He never will!

Have a victorious day in Jesus; this is your day!