Psalm 44:21b – “God, You know our every heart-secret…”

“Would not God discover it, for he knows a person’s secret thoughts?   (NET)

As I read, prayed, pondered, and mused on the Word, a thought kept tugging at my heart.  The looming question was, “Why do we fear and doubt?”   Honestly, I know no one who does not exhibit both occasionally, even those who say they do not.   It is evidenced in words, actions, and body language.   God knows ALL, so hiding behind pious declarations is futile and hurtful.  Victory comes when we are fully transparent to ourselves. We are to God.

Why do we have moments of fear or doubt?  I believe that at the root of it is – Confidence!  Confidence? Yes, misplaced confidence in ourselves, our possessions, talents, abilities, and experiences.  Psalm 44:21b declares, “God, you know our every heart-secret…”

We should be encouraged when we recall God’s demonstrated graciousness to us in times past. However, if we do not have specific personal experiences to relate to those of others, these experiences become mythological theories, not encouragements.

If we genuinely know God on a personal and intimate level.  If we truly see and comprehend the incredibleness of the Cross.  If we genuinely believe that God, the Creator, loves us.   Then, we are incapable of fear or doubt.

Why?  Why do we become immune to Fear and Doubt?  The short answer is that human logic and reason are replaced by divine revelation.    Divine revelation exposes the fallacy of self-trust and the incredibleness of God.

If we could embrace the revelation of Psalm 49 regarding those who trust self, wealth, position, or anything other than God, we would view life with a liberating eye.  Psalm 49:10-11.  Informs us that everyone dies.  Everyone, including the rich and the poor, the wise and the unwise, and the famous and obscure.   It says, “Even though they name streets and lands after themselves, hoping to have their memory endure beyond the grave, becoming legends in their own minds, their home address is the cemetery!”

That’s it!    Nothing in ourselves saves us.   It is God’s grace and mercy.  He is our hope!  He never fails!  He has never failed!   Therefore, the remedy for fear and doubt is total surrender and dependence on Him, no matter what.   Trust is a learned choice!

Today, decide you will give no place to the devil, the author of fear and doubt.  Decide you will live and die trusting God regardless—instant repentance at the slightest hint of fear or doubt.  God will replace your human logic with divine revelation and lead you into His presence.  

Give it all to Jesus and enjoy this wonderful day of Victory He has provided!

2 Chronicles 20:3 – “ Jehoshaphat was afraid, so he decided to seek the Lord’s advice. He decreed that all Judah should observe a fast.“

As I read, prayed, and pondered the Word of God, a thought came to me as a question.  “Have you ever been afraid?”  The answer was so obvious that a second question arose: “Are you afraid?”  That caused consternation and introspection.   Afraid?  Of what?  Why?  Now?

The story of 2 Chronicles 20 and Jehoshaphat filled my thoughts.  20:3 – “And Jehoshaphat feared…”  There is no hiding it.  Fear gripped his heart and mind.  He prayed, fasted, and called for a national time of prayer and fasting.  He was fearful, but he knew where his ONLY HOPE was – GOD!

Psalm 70:5 gives the key to victory.  “Lord, in my place of weakness and need, won’t You turn Your heart toward me and hurry to help me?”   Psalm 71:3 was the confidence of God’s Covenant people and their reality.   “You’re the ONLY place of protection for me.  I keep coming back to hide myself in You, FOR You are like a mountain-cliff fortress where I’m kept safe.”

Jehoshaphat could have followed the path of the beginning of Psalm 73 and considered life unfair, with no reward for faithfulness to God. But he chose the path to victory, and He Sought God in times of troubling fear! Then, he praised God before he saw the victory in the flesh.

Psalm 77:10 crushed my heart and caused me to both repent and rejoice.  “Lord, what wounds me most is that it is somehow my fault that You’ve changed Your heart toward me, AND I no longer see the years of the Mighty One or Your right hand of power. “

Psalm 77:13 –“It’s here in Your presence, in Your sanctuary, where I learn more of Your ways, FOR holiness is revealed in everything You do.  Lord, You’re the one and only, the great and glorious God!”

Psalm 77:19 –“Your steps formed a highway through the seas with footprints on a pathway no one even knew was there.”

Are you afraid?   Look to Him and allow Him to reveal the pathway through the trouble, and you will see His footprints on a path you didn’t know even existed.   It is in His presence that we learn His ways and trust Him.  It is in His presence that there is peace.

If there is no presence, there is no peace!   If there is no peace, there is no pathway to victory!   No path, there is no deliverance!   If there is no deliverance, we will be overcome by fear!    If we are overcome by fear, it is because we have trusted in ourselves!   If we trust in ourselves, it will lead us to destruction!

As we commit everything to Him and allow Him to fill our hearts, we will see the pathway and His footprints in places we would never have thought to look.   Victory is ours “if” we press into His presence and are led by His peace! 

Have a fantastic day being led by the Holy Spirit!

2 Chronicles 30:19- “May the good Lord pardon ¹⁹ everyone who prepares his heart to seek God, the Lord God of his fathers…” 

Good morning!  I am praying for each of you to be divinely and supernaturally led by the Holy Spirit.   May He reveal hidden paths that lead to success in unexpected and amazing displays of His favor and grace.   Today, I call forth new doors, opportunities, and anointing.”

The words of Hezekiah in 2 Chronicles 30:19 echoed in my heart, calling me to commit or renew my commitment and setting my heart in preparation to pray.

In this account, Sennacherib, king of Assyria, had invaded the land and was like a swarm of locusts devouring everything.  God gave Hezekiah wisdom, courage, favor, and a plan.   He stood before his people and instructed his leaders.  

In 2 Chronicles 32:7-8, the directive was to be strong and courageous.   It was to reject what you see and hear, causing fear and dismay.   Do not look at what the natural eye and the human reason say is reality.   Notice (7b) – “…FOR (Because) there is more with us than with him…”  All he has is what he has, but we have more – We have God.  We have God’s promises.   We have God’s Covenant.

With that mindset, Hezekiah and Isaiah prayed, and God heard them.   He sent His angel that stood before Him and delivered them.

There are two paths before us. We find that trusting God and maintaining an ongoing commitment produces present and eternal help. Conversely, we can become like Israel, as revealed in Psalm 78:36 – “…their repentance last only as long as they were in danger.”  They followed God with their words, not their hearts. Their worship was empty words of flattery.

God’s promise to the faithful is beautifully expressed in Psalm 81:10b – “Open your mouth with a mighty decree; I will fill it now, you’ll see!  The words that you speak, SHALL IT BE!”

Psalm 84:11b – “Those who walk along His paths with integrity WILL NEVER LACK one thing they need, FOR He provides it all!”

The key is Total Commitment and rejection of the lies of flesh.  

Our heritage is peace, power, and prosperity in Him.   Our words spoken from His presence unleash angelic forces to bring our decree to pass!   From declaring His promises, we see the supernatural become visible now!  Therefore, choose your path!  Victory is available NOW!

Have a fantastic day of victory in Jesus!

Psalm 90:1 – “LORD, You have been (not past tense in the sense of no longer but as in Perpetual continuation) our eternal home, our hiding place from generation to generation.”

As I read, prayed, and pondered, Psalm 90:1 grabbed my heart powerfully. The thought flooded my heart—God is eternal. We hear that and, in a measure, believe it. Yet we keep defining God, His Ways, and His Acts in the human element of time constraints.

Psalm 90:4 -“One thousand years pass before Your eyes like yesterday that quickly faded away, like a night’s sleep soon forgotten.”  

The timelessness of God always conflicts with mankind’s time consciousness.   This God, the Creator, who knows Everything, devotes Himself to us.  He is so gracious.  Those of Covenant felt comfortable praying Psalm 90:14-15 – “…only You can satisfy our hearts… 15 We have been overwhelmed with grief; come now and overwhelm us with gladness.  Replace our years of trouble with decades of delight.”   That is a Wow! 

We are sometimes overwhelmed by the bad, and they expected the Lord to overwhelm us with gladness now!   Replace every tear of sorrow with the laughter of life!  Psalm 91 should become a daily meditation for God’s Covenant people.  

Psalm 92:1 unveils the New Testament principle of overcoming and defeating doubt and being down.   We are to come to God with “Uncontainable Praise” spills from our hearts.  Not manufactured and phony attempts to manipulate but the overflow of the heart!

The ageless God reminds us that age is inconsequential to Him.  We don’t have to wither into obscurity.   Psalm 92:13-14 – “You’ve transplanted them into Your heavenly courtyard, where they are thriving before You.  14 For in Your presence, they will still overflow and be anointed. EVEN IN their old age, they will stay FRESH, bearing luscious fruit AND abiding faithfully.”

I love the rendering of Psalm 94:8-13.   God isn’t hard of hearing…isn’t blind, and is watching.  He fully examines our thoughts and sees their limitedness.   When God reveals His ways and word, we are overwhelmed by Blessing.

The ageless, timeless Creator is invested in our time.  As Psalm 94:19 declares, we sometimes let our thoughts get out of control, but God’s soothing presence brings calm and peace, giving clarity and overflowing joy.   What is the answer to life’s problems?  Psalm 95:7-9.  Drop Everything else and Listen to His Voice. 

God’s timelessness is only problematic if we insist on schedules and deadlines.   If we trust Him, truly trust Him – time is not a factor.  Read Hebrews 11 again.

God has and is setting doors, pathways, and choices before us today.   His way to total surrender is the doorway to His heavenly courtyard and flourishing.  

Look up and rejoice—help is on the way and here! Have a fantastic day in Jesus, and remember that the Trumpet is coming soon, very soon!