Do Not Hide

Psalm 40:10

I do not hide your righteousness in my heart;I speak of your faithfulness and salvation.I do not conceal your love and your truth from the great assembly.

I remember a time in my life where I had a hard time believing that God was really good. It's crazy because God has always been faithful. He has always been righteous. God has always been loving. Why then would I have a hard time believing he was good?

I can look back at my life and really wonder what happened here and there. When bad things happened was it God punishing me? No....it was me walking through the choices I made. God taught me things through those hard times. He is so good that he wanted me to learn more about him through the choices I made that brought me pain and sorrow.

My responsibilty now is to not be quiet about what God has done in my life, but to speak of his goodness. When I am talking with someone who is walking through a hard time I need to be leaning on the Holy Spirit to tell me what to say. My words are not going to change what someone is going though, but God can change their heart by what he wants me to speak. Being quiet and not telling others of his goodness in my life is not allowing myself to be used by the Lord to bring his truth.

My heart is so heavy right now. There are people in my life that do not walk an easy life. Their choices have brought some pretty hard circumstances. I want to come in and fix the problem. I want to help them make choices that will be better for their life....but I can't. What the Lord has shown me today is that I can be quick to listen to the Holy Spirit and when he tells me to speak, I will tell of God's goodness. I will tell of his righteousness. I will tell of his great love. And instead of me changing things in their life......I allow God the room to do what He can and will do in their heart.

I am thankful for what the Lord keeps showing me in my quiet times with him each day.

I am thankful that God's word is......"Living and Active", Heb 4:12

~ Kim ~