{"id":11314,"date":"2024-11-06T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-11-06T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/?p=11314"},"modified":"2024-09-21T08:23:19","modified_gmt":"2024-09-21T13:23:19","slug":"divine-help","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/2024\/11\/06\/divine-help\/","title":{"rendered":"Divine Help"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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The Lord is my strength and my shield; in him my heart trusts, and I am helped; my heart exults, and with my song I give thanks to him.<\/em><\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Psalm 28:7<\/em><\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Covenant-faithful God, the psalmist trusts the Lord\u2019s justice, which goes beyond the writer\u2019s experience.  David, the author, knows his Protector will come through for him because God has done it before.  As the giant slayer, David remembers when the Lord helped him find victory over Goliath.  Warrior and defender of the faith, where his Commander leads, David knows he will win.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Coming off an exhausting week of one challenge after another, reading about David\u2019s joy at God\u2019s anticipated judgment lightens my heart.\u00a0 Pursuing Jesus and trying to do the next right thing tires me because I can\u2019t see the result.\u00a0 But we never know the seeds we plant; if we don\u2019t scatter them, none will take root.\u00a0 Reminding myself that feelings lie and that I only see part of the story helps me persevere.\u00a0 Knowing the Lord works all things for the good of those who believe and trust in Him gives me hope. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And people need hope.  Like David, trusting in God\u2019s divine help fills our hearts with joyful anticipation and a song of thanks.  In the Lord, we have all we need.  Nothing will stop the Creator\u2019s plan from unfolding; one day, He will call us home to glory and complete our work on Earth.  But until then, we can rely on the covenant-faithful God we serve to provide strength and a shield for our journey.  The Lord will give us divine help and make our hearts want to exult Him.  In God, we can trust. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Praise:<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Praise God for His divine help. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prayer:<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lord, thank You for giving us divine help to persevere.  When we can\u2019t see the fruit of our labors, help us remember You can.  Give us the strength we need to do the next right thing, and then the next one and the next one, in You, we have all we need. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

IJNIP. Amen <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Two-minute read. The Lord is my strength and my shield; in him my heart trusts, and I am helped; my heart exults, and with my song I give thanks to him.  Psalm 28:7  Covenant-faithful God, the psalmist trusts the Lord\u2019s justice, which goes beyond the writer\u2019s experience.  David, the author, knows his Protector will come… Continue reading Divine Help<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11314","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","without-featured-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11314","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11314"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11314\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11320,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11314\/revisions\/11320"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11314"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11314"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11314"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}