Got the Blues Today?

NEED A FACE LIFT?

*What to do about the blues?

*The POWER OF GOD is available Today!
” He gives power to the weak, And to those who have no might He increases strength”. Isaiah 40:29

*The very presence of Christ in your heart has a direct impact on your face!

David boldly declared, “For I shall yet praise Him, the help [health] of my
countenance” (Psalm 42:11).
*And he repeats the same statement in Psalm 43:5.
In the original Hebrew, the proper rendering of both these verses is, “God is the salvation of my face!”

I believe David is saying something important here. You see, your Face is a
billboard that advertises what’s going on in your heart.

*All the joy or turmoil that’s inside you is reflected in your countenance.
****When I speak of countenance, I am talking about facial expression, body language, tone of voice.

*Where do we go when we are depressed or discouraged, we come to God because we have nowhere else to go.
People do not quench the inner thirst of the Heart. Only God can do this.
God allows circumstances to come that create a longing in our Hearts for HIM!

God has great confidence in you to place you where you are this season in life.  We get God’s Best when we leave the choices in life with Jesus—He does know the Future.

*This psalm(42:11) reminds us to put our faith in God, even when we aren’t “feeling it.” Regardless of where we are at in our walk, God is the same yesterday as he is today.

Let our Faith not be dictated by mood or merely emotion, but a consistent high level of inspired faith that goes beyond bad days.
*May we let God give us a NEW SONG of PRAISE today whatever our circumstances may be!  (PS. 40:3)
I thank God for His great salvation—for redeeming our soul, our spirit, even
our body. But many of us need to get our faces saved! We need a Holy Ghost
face-lift—because our faces are giving the wrong message to the world!

Why such a change of countenance? “A man’s wisdom makes his face shine, and
the sternness of his face is changed”. (Ecclesiastes 8:1).

I take “wisdom” in this verse to mean Jesus Christ.  Indeed, the very
presence of Christ in your heart has a direct impact on your face! It affects
your walk, your talk, the very tone of your voice.
God often causes delays in our lives that we cannot understand. Sometimes it seems our obedience is not getting rewarded. Jesus said He learned obedience through the things He suffered (see Heb. 5:8). Imagine that – Jesus having to learn obedience. What does that say for you and me?

Sometimes God’s delays are simply because He wants more glory in the situation, more recognition, more Christ-likeness in you and me through greater patience and obedience. Faint not, for the promise may yet come.

Encourage yourself.  Rise up and establish yourself in faith that the Lord will bring you through every situation that has the potential of bringing you down in discouragement.  Ask, and He will give you wisdom and show you what must be done.  Jesus will strengthen you in your weakest moment.  Jesus is with you, and Jesus will not forsake you.  Put your entire trust in Jesus to rescue you from even the most dire of situations and lift you up to new heights.  Do not be afraid!

2 Corinthians 12:9 And He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore most gladly I will rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.

Lord, I want to want you more than anyone and anything else. Draw me to you and show me that you are all I need.  Today Lord, I look to You and keep my focus off the storms and the distractions so that You may receive the praise and the glory and that I may walk in confidence and faith believing and knowing that today will be a great one, because it is in Your hands for Your Glory!  Help me Lord not to stop at the blessings and experiences, so I don’t miss You Jesus the BLESSER.  Lord, with You at the wheel, I know I can finish YOUR course for me with joy.  “There is NONE upon earth that I desire but THEE”.
Isaiah 40:31 But those who wait on the Lord Shall renew their strength; They shall mount up with wings like eagles, They shall run and not be weary, They shall walk and not faint.  Amen