Trade Mad into Glad - Quickly!

Psalm 95: ⁶ Come, let us bow down in worship,
    let us kneel before the Lord our Maker;
⁷ for he is our God
    and we are the people of his pasture,
    the flock under his care.

Today, if only you would hear his voice,
⁸ “Do not harden your hearts as you did at Meribah,
    as you did that day at Massah in the wilderness,
⁹ where your ancestors tested me;
    they tried me, though they had seen what I did.

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Uttering the words “I will not serve YOU” were probably the worse things I have said to GOD. I have no idea what I wanted at the time because it was so many years ago, or was it?

• When I get too tired of my situation that I cannot even pray, then I may be trying too hard.
• When I get too tired to go and assemble with others to worship, then I may be trying too hard.
• When I get too tired or problems that I cannot praise GOD any longer, then I may be trying too hard.

GOD recognizes my motives from their deepest beginnings. HE sees my inner most thoughts and knows exactly what I can handle and what I cannot. GOD wants me to see HIM very differently.

• GOD wants me to bow down and worship HIM every chance I can.
• GOD wants me to recognize that I am HIS first, this means HE has the right to do with my life as HE pleases.
• GOD wants me to hear HIS voice without a hard heart, this means through calamity or blessings I will praise HIM.

GOD is absolutely amazing! HE speaks to me daily and it is up to me to hear HIM and not stir up HIS anger. Forgiven is what I am, but I carefully tread around GOD in fear of HIM. GOD is not common and should not be treated as such. HE is GOD before HE is a pal. I praise GOD!

• Are you mad at GOD for placing you in the situation you are in?
• Can you assess where your heart is in relation to where HE wants your heart to be?
• Will you not harden your heart to GOD’s plan today and learn to truthfully praise HIM in the middle of calamity?