Hearts for Him

Doubts be gone

I am feeling incredibly grateful this morning for my wonderful husband.  Sure, there are issues and schtuff, but he's really improved in so many areas and God made that apparent to me again this morning.  I don't know how exactly, but He showed me that I really have a lot to be thankful for.

Satan started in with the doubts again earlier, but it was SOOO short-lived.  It didn't take long at all for that to do a complete turnaround!

Tonight I'm thinking a lot about Psalm 118:8.

"It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in man."

This was part of our Sunday School lesson last week and I just find it so important.  It is centered around something that we deal with on a continuous basis.  How often do we put trust into ourselves, our spouses, our children, our parents, our friends, our church family, whoever...before we trust God.  When we are feeling afflicted, who is it that we run to first?  Or do we even begin by turning to someone - God or anyone else?  I know sometimes I initially lash out in anger.  Based on my feelings of being let-down by a person.  And why did I feel let-down a person?  Because I put trust in them before the Lord.  We are going to fail each other.  Plain and simple.  God will not fail us - He will not forsake those who chose to seek Him.  He will not forget us.  He may not answer our prayers in OUR time or in the way that WE want, but He has not and never will forget those of us who seek Him.  It's not about us, and we seem to forget that.  Our agendas mean nothing - it's God's agenda that counts.  And we don't know what is on His agenda.  So, we need not worry, stress, or despair.  God has our best interest at heart and He will be there for us.  Even when we fail Him.

I think the last few lines sums up why my doubts and fears from Satan earlier were so short-lived.  It's knowing God's word, believing it, and then using it.  We may not intentionally use it - but if it's there in our hearts and our heads, we are able to fend off attacks without even realizing it, or realizing why it was.

I forgot that I was going to include this thing I received in an email from my college advisor.

Question:  What is the shortest chapter in the Bible?

Answer:  Psalm 117

Question:  What is the longest chapter in the Bible?

Answer:  Psalm 119

Question:  What chapter is in the center of the Bible?

Answer:  Psalm 118

Fact:  There are 594 chapters BEFORE Psalm 118.

Fact:  There are 594 chapters AFTER Psalm 118.

Add these numbers up and you get 1188.

Question:  What is the center verse in the Bible?0

Answer:  Psalm 118:8

Question:  Does this verse say something significant about God's perfect will for our lives?

The next time someone says they would like to find God's perfect will for their lives and that they want to be in the center of His will, just send them to the center of His Word!

Psalm 118:8  "It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in man."

Now isn't that odd how this worked out or was God in the center of it?