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BEING PART OF GOD'S PLAN
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Blessing-to-you
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Encouraging
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08/22/2008 16:04:59
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None
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How can I be a part of God plan? Well first I can try to get as close to Him as possible, how to do that? Hmmm well David was a after God own heart", How was He close to God?
David was famous for praising, he wrote praises like: PSALMS 66:1-4Shout with joy to God, all the earth! Sing the glory of his name make his praise glorious! Say to God, "How awesome are your deeds! So great is your power
that your enemies cringe before you. All the earth bows down to you; they sing praise to you, they sing praise to your name."
David praised God for his attributes
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David relied on God for everything: PSALMS 121:1-3
I lift up my eyes to the hills--where does my help come from? My help comes from the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth. He will not let your foot slip--he who watches over you will not slumber;
David was humble and he knew that God was watching him and protecting him at all times PSALMS 139:1-19
O LORD, you have searched me and you know me. You know when I sit and when I rise; you perceive my thoughts from afar. You discern my going out and my lying down; you are familiar with all my ways. Before a word is on my tongue you know it completely, O LORD. You hem me in--behind and before-you have laid your hand upon me. Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too lofty for me to attain. Where can I go from your Spirit? Where can I flee from your presence? If I go up to the heavens, you are there; if I make my bed in the depths, you are there. If I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle on the far side of the sea, even there your hand will guide me, your right hand will hold me fast If I say, "Surely the darkness will hide me and the light become night around me," even the darkness will not be dark to you; the night will shine like the day, for darkness is as light to you. For you created my inmost being you knit me together in my mother's womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place. When I was woven together in the depths of the earth, your eyes saw my unformed body. All the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be How precious to me are your thoughts, O God! How vast is the sum of them! Were I to count them, they would outnumber the grains of sand
David acknowledges God authority and aligns himself with Him. PSALMS 139 :19-24
When I awake, I am still with you. If only you would slay the wicked, O God! Away from me, you bloodthirsty men!0 They speak of you with evil intent; your adversaries misuse your name. Do I not hate those who hate you, O LORD, and abhor those who rise up against you? I have nothing but hatred for them; I count them my enemies. Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting
Also, as we read about David we see that David kept in communication with God and when God pronounced judgment on David he admitted his GUILT Psalms 66:18-19
If I had cherished sin in my heart, the Lord would not have listened; but God has surely listened and heard my voice in prayer. So, if I want to be in God plan and be His agent for blessing in this world I would do well to follow David example.
Lord, When I think about Living a Godly life I think about how I can be the best for your greatest Glory, I ask you to help me to praise you, to rely totally on you, to acknowledge you in all my ways, to admit my sins, and ask for forgiveness, to pray and oh one more thing- To live Justly, love Mercy and walk humbly with you.In Jesus' Name, Amen
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