Daily Huddle - Wed Dec 18, 2019 Dismay Or Delight

Love you all, praying for you
 
Praise God! He is so patient and kind. He longs for us to walk in victory – He reveals truth through our PRISM time with Him, but the truth He gives is not just for hearing… It’s for obeying and implementing.  He tells us – not only the truth that changes us – but the specific things He wants us to do (differently than we have been doing) – so the truth can take root in us – so we are changed.  It’s not hearing truth that changes you – it’s doing it!  God showed me recently to remind me… Psalms 116:10  I believed, therefore I said, “I am greatly afflicted.  And in my dismay, I said “all men are liars.”  Wow.  What an insightful verse.  This is truth that has layers to it.  What you believe, you say – because what you said – you came to believe.  Do you believe the best or the worst?  What you say – can bring dismay.  What you believe is always formed by your words, and then your words reveal what you believe.  You either choose the words that form your beliefs, or your idle words will form them, and then your beliefs will hijack your words.  What you say can bring delight or dismay.  Notice your physical condition and situation can remain the same, but delight or dismay come from what you say.  But how can I be delighted in this situation? You can’t – God never told you to be.  He said Delight yourself in the LORD – not in your situation- and He will give you the desires of your heart. (Psalm 37:4)  (He didn’t say delight in your situation He just said count it all joy – when those trials come – because He is using them to produce something in you – which is highly valuable – perseverance, maturity, completeness – not lacking anything - James 1:2)  That means if He will give you the desires of your heart (which if you delight in Him – are the desires of His heart),  If He will give you these... then you can know your situation will eventually change in His complete timing.  But meanwhile, you can take joy in His promise and His faithfulness.  God said Delight yourself in the law of the LORD – the Word of God – this is the one who is blessed  - like a tree planted by the rivers of water – who bears fruit in every season, who prospers in everything he does. (Psalm 1:1-2)  Your PRISM throughout the day - helps you delight yourself in God’s Word – so you are delighted by Him (you'll be the man who is blessed).  God said we are to Delight to do His will!  Psalm 40:8 – I delight to do your will, O my God – your instruction is deep within me.  PiVAT is His plans for you for today - what He told you to do, and PRISM – His Word, His instruction – deep within you – will propel you into doing it!  When you delight in His Word – (PRISM will help you)  it will lead you to the delight that obedience brings.  Your PRISM will help you walk in the PiVAT that He has for you.  His Word confirms His plans for you – for tomorrow, this week, this month, and this year!  God says Delight in your testimony! (Psalm 119:24) The testimonies of Him, that which you wrote down as a witness to his faithfulness when you obeyed.  This is your Daily Call – His testimony – by which you overcome! - Hebrews 3:13.  Delight in these things, and your words will form what you believe – His promises - His reality – not your present situation.  Delight yourself in these things – speak them to your heart – and you will never believe what is not true, or say what is not true – creating your dismay – which makes you say foolish things out of your dismay – not your delight.  Praying that you will obey His Word – that you will speak what God tells you to speak so you delight yourself in what He has told you to delight yourself in – so you will speak to establish your belief, so you believe and therefore speak.  Praying that you will delight yourself in the LORD, that you will delight yourself in His Word, that you will delight yourself in obeying His will for you, and that you will delight yourself in the testimony of Him.  You’ll either be dismayed or delighted.  Praying that PiVAT, PRISM, and your Daily Call – will establish you in what He told you to delight yourself in.  So you will never be dismayed, but always be delighted in who He is, what He has done, what He is doing right now in your situation – and what He promised He will do.  Praying that you will delight with your words to secure your belief, so your life is always a delight in Him, His Word, His Will for you, and the Testimony of Him that obedience brings.  That’s a crazy life!  Praise God He tells us specifically how to walk in all the good that He has for us.  Praying that you will…
 
Love you all,
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