Having technical difficulties tonight. My computer would not connect to the internet. I finally rebooted the computer, but it would not come back up. I finally did a hard shutdown and it finally came back up. That kept me from journaling tonight. I wasn't able to last night because I kept falling asleep. I am praying that I get more sleep. I do not want to miss my time with you, Lord. As I have said, "time and tiredness" are my enemies. Even now my eyes are fighting to stay up. Have thine own way Lord was the theme of my worship this particular day I am sharing with you. I pray every day that I will yield to His perfect way.
O LORD each day
May I yield to Your way
And walk with integrity
So others may truly see
By living out Your Word
Not I but You O LORD!
- Amen
August 5, 2015
Worship: Have Thine Own Way
Lord; I Surrender by Hillsongs United
Have Thine Own Way, Lord
Have Thine own
way, Lord! Have Thine own way!
Thou art the
Potter, I am the clay.
Mold me and make
me after Thy will,
While I am
waiting, yielded and still.
Have Thine own
way, Lord! Have Thine own way!
Search me and try
me, Master, today!
Whiter than snow,
Lord, wash me just now,
As in Thy
presence humbly I bow.
Have Thine own
way, Lord! Have Thine own way!
Wounded and
weary, help me, I pray!
Power, all power,
surely is Thine!
Touch me and heal
me, Savior divine.
Have Thine own
way, Lord! Have Thine own way!
Hold o'er my
being absolute sway!
Fill with Thy
Spirit 'till all shall see
Christ only,
always, living in me.
(from Biblesoft
Hymnal, PC Study Bible electronic database Copyright © 2003-2006 by Biblesoft,
Inc. All rights reserved.)
"I Surrender"
Here I am
Down on my knees again
Surrendering all
Surrendering all
Find me here
Lord as You draw me near
Desperate for You
Desperate for You
Here I am
Down on my knees again
Surrendering all
Surrendering all
Find me here
Lord as You draw me near
Desperate for You
Desperate for You
I surrender
Drench my soul
As mercy and grace unfold
I hunger and thirst
I hunger and thirst
With arms stretched wide
I know You hear my cry
Speak to me now
Speak to me now
I surrender
I surrender
I wanna know You more
I wanna know You more
[x2]
Like a rushing wind
Jesus breathe within
Lord have Your way
Lord have Your way in me
Like a mighty storm
Stir within my soul
Lord have Your way
Lord have Your way in me
I surrender
I surrender
I wanna know You more
I wanna know You more
[x2]
Personal:
Once again, the time has
eluded me, or better; I have not been a good steward of time. Doing good things
but taking too long to do them. I spent too much time researching worship.
Dinner was late also. I must resolve to go to bed earlier in the morning and
eat earlier in the evening. Today was one of those God moments again. I hope I
responded well to it. I believe my decision was of the Lord. I pray that my
words to my wife were right also. She asked me to help with her friend's truck
insurance (The very one she had come down and helped her leave me. The one she has moved in with). The Lord spoke to me from Romans 12 about loving your enemy and
doing good to them. Providently, as to confirm my decision, He prepared a
devotional to be ready for me to read today from my email with that message
contained in it. Hallelujah, what a Savior!
Word: Ps 22:6-8
6 But I am a worm and not a man,
scorned
by men and despised by the people.
7 All who see me mock me;
they
hurl insults, shaking their heads:
8 "He trusts in the Lord;
let
the Lord rescue him.
Let
him deliver him,
since
he delights in him."
NIV
If
verses 1-5 speak to David's feelings of abandonment by Divinity, then we can
say that in verses 6-11, the Psalmist speaks to his feelings of abandonment by
humanity. He feels like a "worm," a lowly creature that lives in the
dirt. His detractors mock him and taunt him with the very word's expressing his
fears from verses 1-5. In a more profound sense, our Lord experienced this at
the cross.
The
Bible exposition Commentary says:
He was despised by the people (vv. 6-11). These words especially apply to our Savior. "I am a worm and not a man" (NASB) is a forgotten "I am" statement that speaks of how little value the leaders of Israel and the Roman officials placed on Jesus of Nazareth. A worm is a creature of the ground, helpless, frail, and unwanted. Isa 52:14 predicted that Messiah would be terribly disfigured by His enemies and not even look human. (See also Isa 49:7; 50:6 and 53:3, and for "reproach," see Ps 69:9 and Rom 15:3. For the fulfillment of vv. 7-8, see Matt 27:39 and 43, Mark 15:29, and Luke 23:35-36.) David reminded the Lord that from birth He had cared for him, so why abandon him now? (See Ps 139:13-16.) David had learned to trust in the Lord ("hope," KJV) from infancy, and was not going to relent now. "Trust" is used three times in verses 4-5 and also in verse 8.
(from The Bible Exposition Commentary: Old Testament © 2001-2004 by Warren W. Wiersbe. All rights reserved.)
With this I end because time is up for
tonight.
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