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Now, this verse is Psalm 1, 18, 24. And it's, This is the day the Lord, which the Lord has made.
We will rejoice and be glad in it.
Now, just so you know, I always use the King James version. So if you're used to the new international version or anything else, then it might sound a little bit different to you.
So this verse is something that actually I have a little song for. I taught my kids this when they were growing up so that we could learn the scriptures.
I used to teach children's church, and this was one of the songs. So it goes like this If you wanna learn this verse because it's really good to put the word in your heart because then it manifests out in your life. The Biblse says “Out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks.” So, we wanna always have the word in our minds, in our ears, and in our eyes.
And to do that, we meditate on it, but we have to know it to meditate, right? So this is a great verse for that.
This is not the lesson for today or, the topic for today. Ready? (Then I sing the verse)
Now, the reason I did that was because I really feel like that if today is difficult for you, because it is Valentine's Day, and if you're listening to this in a replay and it's another day in, in your life, and you know, maybe it's a different holiday or you could just reflect on this when it is a holiday that comes up, that if you start to feel bad because things aren't as they should be, you know, “He should have given me this!” or “They should have cared about that!” “I should have gotten this.” And we kind of feel sorry for ourselves because we have this perception of the way things are supposed to be.
Then we can bring this verse in and we could just say, “This is the day that the Lord is made.
I will rejoice and be glad in it.”
There's no reason that we need to stay in a place that's not good just because of what we think things should be.
Now I'm gonna move on with the verses, but I'm definitely gonna share from my heart about something that I learned through Alanon.
Alanon is a group, there's Alcoholics Anonymous, that's AA and then there's Alanon. Alcoholics Anonymous for the people who are alcoholics. They have an addiction problem to alcohol.
And then Alanon is for people who have been affected by the person who had an addiction. It turns out we are sicker than they are.
So, one of the things I learned in there, which I'll talk about a little bit later, is a Plan B.
So it really, it revolutionized my life. And I'll go on a little bit more about how I always, only went to the church for help.
I always went to the church and to the bible, to the church, and to the Bible, and I never went outside of that.
And it wasn't until I listened to that voice in my heart. You know, the Bible says that Jesus is the healer. That's what it says. Jesus is the healer, right? It talks about laying hands on people, and praying for people that they'll get well, right?
But does that mean we don't go to the doctor? Like if you have a heart attack, if you're having heart pains, if you're having some kind of issue, don't you run to the emergency room?
Are we not using our faith because we have a physical problem and we're not going to God? This is the thing, okay?
Bring Jesus with you. Yes, you're gonna run to the hospital and it's a really good idea to bring Jesus with you.
You're not doing one or the other, you're doing both. So for so many years, I refused any help that was outside of going to a pastor or somebody where I could get counseling and the Bible.
I would dig into the Bible and ignore everything else. It seems like the church are very willing to go anywhere for physical health, but nowhere else. Not for mental health and that's messed up because there are people that God put out there that are specialists, right?
You're not gonna run to the orthodontist when you have a heart attack, right? There's a specialist for that.
Whatever specialists there are. Years and years ago, this was probably the first year I was married. I saw a television commercial and the commercial was an Allon commercial.
And it was a woman who was sitting at a table. They did it in black and white. It was very good. it was done very well.
She was sitting at a table, she had coffee. It was a depressing kind of look to the commercial. There was a man in the background who was coming in and going out, of the shot.
And you could see there was yelling, she was distressed. She said nothing. And then you saw him dash out.
And then, she just put her head down in her hands. And the caption was, “You can see what the alcoholism is doing to him, but can you see what it's doing to you?”
God needed me to see that because this is 40 years later, okay? 40 years later. And I remember that like it was yesterday.
Why? Why there are so many commercials in and out, so much going on in life, right? Why do I remember that so vividly?
Because He needed me to go for that help. Do you know how long it took me to go for that help?
25 years, It took 25 years for me to go for that help. That's how long it took. But it wasn't like all of those 25 years I was thinking of that. “I really should go to that.” Not at all. I wasn't, when I saw that commercial, it just went in and went out as far as I was concerned.
But obviously, it didn't. So when finally I would let go of my religion and say, All right, I need, I need help because nothing's changing. I need help. And I was finally willing to see, is there was anywhere else I can get help.
Is there, is there anything else I can do to get help? Bam, it all opened up for me. And then, you know, it just happened where I got the help.
So this is Valentine's Day, right? And a lot of times we feel like things are supposed to be a certain way and, if you don't have anybody in your life, maybe you feel bad that you don't.
So it's like, poor me, I don't have anybody in my life and you know, I'm not putting down anybody's, sorrow or pain. If you want something and you don't have it, being alone is difficult. So, yeah, I, I get it.
But the thing is, with God, there's always a solution. But just like the story I just told you, if you are not looking for the solution, you're not gonna find it.
If we think we've gotta tell God how to do it like, “He has to come home!” “He has to bring me roses!” “He has to care!” “It's my birthday. He has to do this, he has to that!”. Or, “I need to have a relationship? I need to have a man in my life!”
In my case then it was, he needs to stop drinking. He needs to come home. He needs to love me more. If we are gonna tell God what the answer is, you think you know what to do.
Because the Holy Spirit is a gentleman, he's not gonna push your ass into anything that you don't wanna do. There's freedom of will.
So what we wanna do is surrender and realize God always has an answer. The answer is always there. We just have to say, “God, can you help me?”
Cause sometimes this stuff is so ingrained in us because of the programming we've had, TV shows, commercials, other people's lives, and comparing ourselves to other people.
All of that stuff is bundled up in something that, kind of cements us in a,”Iit's supposed to be this way.” And so that's all we can see.
But sometimes all we have to do is see a different view and all of a sudden it's like somebody turned a light on.
You know, like the light was there the whole time. All you had to do was flip the switch, but you just didn't know because you're, all you can see is this.
All you can see is what they're telling you. Things need to be. And when we realize that things can be different, then suddenly all of these, avenues, all of these solutions things just start pouring in.
And you know, the fact is, is that those things were there all along. But if you walk into a room and you're only looking one way, can you see what's on the other side?
Sometimes it's that simple. I'm gonna go on to the next verse.
Hebrews 12, one, and two.
We also are compassed about with so great a cloud, a witness. Let us lay aside every weight and sin, which does so easily beset us, and let us run with patience, the race that is set before us.
See, listen, you got some race set before you. What is it? Are you alone? Are you with somebody that is not paying attention to you, doesn't give you what you need, or doesn't give you what you want? That's the race that is set before you. That's what it is.
Looking to Jesus. Do we do that? Do we do that?
Looking unto Jesus, the author, and the finisher? And this is a really key phrase here of our faith.
Not of what we want. Not of what we think should be. Not of what we are afraid of. Not what we believe to be true. Not what we've been told. Not what the doctor said, not any of that. Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith.
Where is your faith? Are you believing in what you see or are you believing in what He said? There's the difference.
What are you gonna get? It's all up to you. Okay, here we go.
Who, for the joy that was set before him, endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.
Do you realize what you've got? Do we realize what we've got? It says that every name, every name, shall bow to that name.
It's in the name of Jesus. Are we using it? Things aren't okay? Things aren't what we want them to be? It's a holiday and you are alone. If that's all you see, that's all you're gonna get. Because it's where your faith is.
Next verse. Now here's one that you can bring to the bank.
Trust in the Lord with all your heart and don't lean onto your own understanding.
The next verse says, In all your ways, acknowledge him. And the next part of that is he will direct your path.
Trust in the Lord with all your heart. And don't lean onto your understanding.
Don't lean onto what you are knowing, which is. “I'm alone.” “Nobody loves me.” “ I'm not getting anything.” “I haven't had a good Thanksgiving.” “I haven't had a good Valentine's Day in years and years and years.” So what are you doing? What are you doing?
You're not trusting in the Lord with all your heart. You're leaning on your own understanding.
The next verse says, in all your ways, acknowledge him and he will direct your path.
So what do we do right? We trust God and we say, “All right, God, I see what isn't. But you love me and I could look to Jesus. I'm not gonna lean on my own understanding, which is that it's supposed to be this a certain way. I'm not gonna lean on that. I'm going to acknowledge you and I'm gonna believe that you're gonna direct my path. (To be continued - This is one of the things I need help with, paying someone to help with transcribing) https://donorbox.org/what-does-god-say-to-you