I haven't written lately. Been busy planning a birthday party for my now two-year old son, Samuel. It is hard to believe that the time has gone this fast. Two whole years. Wow! It was a hard pregnancy with him. We were told that he could possibly have learning disabilities due to some excess fluid in the ventricles in his brain. That was a time of some deep and continuous prayer. I don't wish that anyone who is pregnant would have to go through what we went through during that time in our lives. But through all the prayers and time spent reading and waiting on test results, God had His hand on Samuel. Today, Samuel doesn't talk much but honestly, who could get a word in edge-wise with his brother, Shayne, who never seems to stop talking. Samuel understands a whole lot. He definitely knows how to communicate. God has blessed us by guiding us through that phase in our lives and the best part is we have a beautifully handsome boy to show for it. Praise God.
The reading for today is Psalm 72. It is a psalm of Solomon though I believe it to be the words of David. Solomon states this in the last verse of the chapter. Verse 20: This ends the prayers of David son of Jesse. This psalm is a prayer for prosperity, hope for the future and God's guidance as David passes on and Solomon takes his place as king. It is a prayer not only for the king to prosper but also the people and even the fields. David is praying a blessing on all that God has given him. He ends the chapter with praise: Verse 18-19: Praise the Lord God, the God of Israel, who alone does such wonderful things. Praise his glorious name forever! Let the whole earth be filled with his glory. Amen and amen!
May we always be in a state of prayer for our children whether they be three or thirty-three with a family of their own. It is the prayers of a parent's heart, placed in God's hands, that He uses to make miracles happen. A parent's love becomes infinite in the Father's hands. The prayer of David was exactly that, an expression of pure love for his son and the hope of prosperity for all who would live under Solomon's rule. Don't believe God answers a parent's prayers, check out I Kings chapters 1-3. God does grant David's request. He will do the same for you and your children. All you have to do is ask.
Thought for the Day:
"It is a delightful and profitable occupation to mark the hand of God in the lives of ancient saints, and to observe His goodness in delivering them, His mercy in pardoning them, and His faithfulness in keeping His covenant with them. But would it not be even more interesting and profitable for us to mark the hand of God in our own lives? Ought we not to look upon our own history as being at least as full of God, as full of His goodness and of His truth, as much a proof of His faithfulness and veracity, and the lives of those who have gone before? Let us review our own lives. Surely in these memories we will discover incidents refreshing to ourselves and glorifying to our God."
--Charles Spurgeon
Power Verses:
Luke 11:9-10
And so I tell you, keep on asking and you will receive what you asked for. Keep on seeking, and you will find. Keep on knocking and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks, receives. Everyone who seeks, finds. And to everyone who knocks, the door will be open.
Isaiah 46:9-10
"Do not forget the things I have done throughout history. For I am God--I alone!....Only I can tell you what is going to happen even before it happens. Everything I plan will come to pass."
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