The Beginning of Wisdom
34 I will bless the Lord at all times: his praise shall continually be in my mouth.
2 My soul shall make her boast in the Lord: the humble shall hear thereof, and be glad.
3 O magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt his name together.
4 I sought the Lord, and he heard me, and delivered me from all my fears.
5 They looked unto him, and were lightened: and their faces were not ashamed.
6 This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles.
7 The angel of the Lord encampeth round about them that fear him, and delivereth them.
11 Come, ye children, hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of the Lord.
12 What man is he that desireth life, and loveth many days, that he may see good?
13 Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.
14 Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it. Psalm 34:1-7, 11-14 (KJV)
The Morning Exhortation
The cares of this world forge heavy chains and weigh heavily on the soul. Oh, to be free! Unlimited love, peace, and joy are possible when we are free and unchained. If we try to do this with self-effort, we only strengthen that which binds us. Self-effort, self-reliance, self-confidence and all the other hyphenated self-sins are chains that limited us to our own natural strength. God has a plan for our future more glorious than anything we have imagined for ourselves in the past. The more we rely on self to make things happen, the more our trust in God is diminished to the same degree. “Have faith in God” is the truth that sets us free. The measure we rely on God determines the measure we are strengthen by God. Our all is limited, God’s all is infinite. It is either our all or God’s all. Just as it is not possible to go north and south at the same time, we must choose rightly. To give all to get all is to break free from the unbelief that keeps us chained running back and forth. Believe and be free. “In God We Trust” is the right direction, now stay on course. (Isaiah 50:10-11; Jeremiah 45:5; Matthew 16:25; Jeremiah 29:11-13; Luke 17:32; Matthew 6:24; 1 John 2:16; Mark 4:18-19; John 6:27; Proverbs 3:5-8; James 1:5; Luke 9:62; Mark 11:22-24; Psalm 32:9; Proverbs 3:13-18; Hebrews 12:1; Romans 12:2; Philippians 2:13; Isaiah 35:3-5, 41:10; Psalm 46:5; John 8:31-36; Luke 4:18-21; 2 Corinthians 13:14)
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