FOR THOU ART WITH ME
Today’s Text: The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. (Psalm 46:7)Today’s Thoughts: Today we’re focusing on the forth part of Psalm 23:4. God is ruler over everything. He owns everything. He has hosts of angels that He can send to help us in times of need. He is also the same God who was with Daniel in the lions’ den and Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego in the fiery furnace. That same God, the God of hosts of angels and people, is the God who can be with us right now. He can be a place of safety to each one of us no matter what evil and trials we may face in life – we just need to make Him Lord in our lives.
Today’s Testimony: I’ve mentioned before that Satan hates this ministry. Today I’m going to start by sharing some of the complications, and how the Lord was still with me to give me strength and help. God will not let this ministry die – it is making a difference in too many lives.
Let me start with the strangest complication. At the moment I type Today’s T’s on one laptop, and then take it on a flash-stick to the other laptop and send it from there. One morning I put my flash-stick into the first laptop and was given the option to scan it for viruses. I decided that I would and then once the scan was complete I decided that I would clear some items off my flash-stick. For some or other reason the flash-stick was no longer registered as being in the lop-top. I then had to take it out and reinsert it.
The most frustrating hiccup is when I’m updating Today’s T’s blog and I get chucked out of Blogger. One day after updating the archive page, before clicking to publish the page, I decided I’d close the place where I got the links from. I’d normally leave it open until I was totally finished. That day, when I clicked “publish page” I got chucked out of Blogger and had to reopen the place where I got the links. That was the first and only time I’ve been chucked out while updating the archive page. That’s also the first and only time I’ve closed the place where I get my links before I was done.
Adding the new posts is where I have the most trouble. I have to change quite a bit before I can publish the post – colour, word size, format etc. But so often when I’m finally finished and click “publish post” I get chucked out of Blogger. I then have to start from scratch.
For some of the more complicated problems I have to contact my technical manager ; but no matter what the hiccup, God always intervenes. He gives me the patience daily to deal with all the necessaries and complications.
Yesterday I couldn’t think what text and testimony to share. I had quite a few texts pasted on stand-by, and then I had quite a few thoughts typed out. Then the Lord intervened as he did with my assignment (Day 15). He said, “Use this text”… “Say this”… “Delete that”… “Move that here”. God helps me every day to know what He wants me to share. Satan wants to destroy this ministry, but God is with me every moment intervening. Whenever I need help, I know I can run to Him. Whenever Satan tries to discourage me, I know I can take refuge in My Shepherd and He will give me strength to press on. No matter what evil comes my way, I know that my God is with me.
Today’s Task: Take refuge in the Good Shepherd no matter what evil comes your way. He cares about His sheep. He knows what you are going through and He is right there to be a strength and a comfort to you. His peace is available – accept it.
Today’s Thanks: Lord I thank You that You are very present when we are in trouble. I thank You for the strength, comfort and peace that You give when we need it. Lord I pray that You will give us the patience we need to endure every trial. Help us to run to You as our refuge from the storms of life. I thank You that You are always with us and care for us so much. Amen.
