Breakfast For Your Soul

Wednesday, May 27, 2009

I cried unto the LORD with my voice, and He heard me out of His holy hill.  Selah.
Psalm 3:4

O LORD my God, I cried unto You, and You have healed me.
Psalm 30:2

I cried unto God with my voice, even unto God with my voice; and He gave ear unto me.
Psalm 77:1

I cried with my whole heart; hear me, O LORD: I will keep Your statutes. 
Psalm 119:145

In my distress I cried unto the LORD, and He heard me.
Psalm 120:1

In the day when I cried You answered me, and strengthened me with strength in my soul.
Psalm 138:3

And said, I cried by reason of mine affliction unto the LORD, and He heard me; out of the belly of hell cried I, and You heard my voice.

 Jonah 2:2

Your Cry Is Heard

Good Morning Beloved,

No I’m not crying.  I’m not even sad.  As a matter of fact, I feel really upbeat this morning… hopefully you are too.  These verses were laid on my heart, because so many are going through so much.  Somebody needs to know that God has heard your cry. Now, when scripture talks about God ’hearing’ our cry, it means that not only is He hearing us, but He has done something about it.  A basic human need is to be heard.  Not just ‘heard’, but understood.  What parent in their right mind hears their child say that they are hungry, and not feed them if they are able.  When our heart is hurting, and we feel as though we can not handle another thing… God is there.  He was always there, but the strategy of the enemy of our souls is to block God from our view. We see everything but God and sadly many times He becomes our last resort (“well all we can do now is pray”).  Sometimes heaven seems silent, and we can begin to panic.  We try to fix the situation (‘Abraham and Sarah’), and our efforts could have the results of a child trying to fix an iPod with a sledgehammer.  God instructed Jonah to go and preach to the Ninevites.  God wanted to show mercy to that sin-saturated land.  Jonah ran… in the other direction because of his hatred of the people.  Now, fast forward to his whale-belly experience, can you imagine how he must have looked after living in those conditions for three days.  When Jonah finally cried out to God, notice that God never mentioned the sorry state he had gotten himself into.  God simply repeated what he told him to do in the first place.  Jonah’s assignment never changed, his heart wasn’t even changed toward the people… God used him anyway.  That blows my mind.  The people were blessed, from King to peasant, despite their unwilling preacher.  Hopefully, our ‘Jonah’ experiences are few and far in between (non-existent would be GREAT!).  God help us to be more like Daniel who steadfastly trusted God, even when it looked like God was late.  Remember he fasted and prayed for 21 days for an answer to his question.  We may get nervous, but God is never nervous.  His timing is perfect… no matter how far off course we drift, He is able to get us back on track to complete what He started in us. 

The eyes of the LORD are upon the righteous, and His ears are open unto their cry.

[Psalm 34:15]

That Beloved is Good News!

U Blessed

Have A Fabulous Day

Regina

“I Have A Friend”, Clint Brown

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7i3GMSY6Dp4

“Breathe On Me”, sung by Todd Estes (written by Clint Brown)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQJX-InxBro

“Thou Art A Shield For Me”, Byron Cage

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sB6cFqCBMAE

The Lord is my Strength -Philippians 4:13 121 of 123   Whatever weight we may have to lift, it is good to know that our older brother Jesus is there to give us His strength to lift it. May 10, 2009

Jungle Guide -John 16:13 100 of 123   This world can seem as a dark, impenetrable jungle of various doctrines and beliefs. But, we have the map of God’s Word, and we have a guide, the Holy Spirit, to help us find the path of truth.   Copyright 2009 Michael D. Waters