Hedged in by God's Grace: Good news! God wants to bless you.

Monday, September 28, 2009

Good news! God wants to bless you.

Psalms 16: 7 I will bless the LORD who has given me counsel;
My heart also instructs me in the night seasons.

I don't know about you, but there are things that have been coming up that I need an abundance of wisdom. I'm so thankful that I don't have to beg and plead for our Abba Father to extend his wisdom in my direction. We are promised in Matthew 7 that our Heavenly Father would never give us a snake or a stone if we ask for a good gift.

Think about it, if your child comes to you and asks for something and it is within your power to give it to them, would you refuse? No way! I would be wanting to bless my child with any good thing they ask for. If they ask me what I should do if they are in trouble, I will gladly offer my assistance and even go to the ends of the earth to bring them comfort and save them from trouble. How much more would our Heavenly Father dispatch angels or grant us the request when we ask for His help?

I'm reminded of the prayer in 1 Chronicles 4:10, we read: "And Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh that Thou wouldest bless me indeed, and enlarge my coast, and that Thine hand might be with me, and that Thou wouldest keep me from evil, that it may not grieve me! And God granted him that which he requested."

That's the good news! God granted him that which he requested! Praising our wonderful God!!!

Psalms 16

¹ Preserve me, O God, for in You I put my trust.

² O my soul, you have said to the LORD,
“You are my Lord,
My goodness is nothing apart from You.”
³ As for the saints who are on the earth,
“They are the excellent ones, in whom is all my delight.”

⁴ Their sorrows shall be multiplied who hasten after another god;
Their drink offerings of blood I will not offer,
Nor take up their names on my lips.

⁵ O LORD, You are the portion of my inheritance and my cup;
You maintain my lot.
⁶ The lines have fallen to me in pleasant places;
Yes, I have a good inheritance.

⁷ I will bless the LORD who has given me counsel;
My heart also instructs me in the night seasons.
⁸ I have set the LORD always before me;
Because He is at my right hand I shall not be moved.

⁹ Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoices;
My flesh also will rest in hope.
¹⁰ For You will not leave my soul in Sheol,
Nor will You allow Your Holy One to see corruption.
¹¹ You will show me the path of life;
In Your presence is fullness of joy;
At Your right hand are pleasures forevermore.

About me.

My full testimony is posted in May 2009 but it's quite long so I thought a condensed version would be good.

I started this blog to give glory to God because I was healed and delivered from long-term depression and debilitating anxiety. I was on medication for over 10 years and over the years God brought me to a place to believe for my healing. It was not an over night process and I had to and still have to rely on God to maintain my healing but it's been well over a year and I'm praising God for continuing to teach me how to stand on His Word and I thank Him daily for my healing.

Psalms 16 is an outline that God revealed to me to help others recognize their need for healthy boundaries with others, boundaries our Heavenly Father provides and how to know when the enemy is encroaching on the rich heritage that God has provided through salvation in Jesus Christ.