Good News Brief For Men

Trust in Him! Psalm 37: 5   Commit you way to the Lord; Trust in Him and He will act. King David understood what it meant to commit his life to God.  David's closeness in fellowship and his full trust in God equaled action on behalf of God.  God loves to act in our lives and bring many wonderful things to pass in the process.  David followed God's guidance and direction and gained the label of "A Man After God's Own Heart".  Yes David did have his shortfalls and it showed up in his falling to temptation with Bathsheba, But David repented in Psalm 51 and regained his fellowship with God. David trusted in God and God acted on behalf of David as David captured territory after territory  for the cause of his Holy God.  David trusted God to fulfill His promises and God did just that. Trust in Him and He will act! Take God at His Word.  He may not provide the answers we expect but we know that in time, God's time He ...

Trust in Him! Psalm 37: 5   Commit you way to the Lord; Trust in Him and He will act. As men we are committed to our jobs, our families, our friends,.....  Are we committed to the Lord?  We might do a short Bible reading, and toss up a prayer while in heavy traffic, but aren't we glad God gives us more attention than we give him.  Of course we are.  I know the excuses.  I used them before as well.  But God, you made me too busy to give you quality time, besides all my time is yours anyway, or is it. I overheard a conversation some years ago and the men were talking about going to church.  One man got a little frustrated and said "When I go to church I feel like I've done my time for the week."  This guy had a bad attitude altogether.  What if God had that attitude about us?  I can hear it now, God: "Well I've done my time this week." then shakes the dust of YOU off His hands and walks away.....   Got your attention now?...

Fully Trusting Psalm 37: 4, Take delight in the Lord, and He will give you your heart's desires. Delight is not just a giddy feeling.  This word DELIGHT goes much deeper than that.  This delight is deep in the heart, and it comes with knowing the Lord on His level not ours.  God is not a Gene in a bottle that is there to answer your every whim in life that you encounter.  Oh no, not at all.  This delight comes from the times of Grace God has blessed you with as you encounter every trial and tribulation you have been through in your past and that you will encounter in the future.  The delight comes from knowing that He is in control but we have to give Him that place in our lives.  There have been many time I have tried to "handle" things in my own way only to realize at the end His results would have been far greater and deeper and more meaningful.  In our lives we often try to "Captain" our own ship through the storms of life.  But over ...

The next 3 days we will be in Psalms 37.  There are verses I have been led to by God.  He has directed me in many ways through His Word.  In times of great trials and tribulations, in times of great joy and celebration, and in times He was silent, I have learned I can trust the One who died for me.  His name is Jesus.  He has guided me through the effects of Stroke, Heart Disease, and has saved me from the Cancer that left me with a two percent chance of survival.  He has walked with me through the marriage of my Children and the birth of two Grandchildren,  He has walked with me through the Gates of the Airport to again say good-bye to my daughter and now Husband as they headed out to the Mission Field half way around the world.  Yes He has guided me and walked with me through some difficult journeys and some wonderful times, a life in Him I am incredibly thankful for. In the past I have learned to trust in Him as my Father and King! Psalm 37...