Pastor Leon’s SOAP:  Scripture, Observation, Application, Prayer
April 30, 2024: SOAP #5262: 2Samuel 6; 1Chronicles 13; Psalm 68; Matthew 17

SCRIPTURE:  Psalm (NIV) 68:19 Praise be to the Lord, to God our Savior, who daily bears our burdens. Selah

OBSERVATION: David, the psalmist, presents God as majestic over all the earth and the peoples of the earth. He has total victory over his enemies. He is the mighty general leading a great army. His chariots are tens of thousands and thousands of thousands! Yet he cares for his people. He bears their burdens!

Read the entire psalm and consider the greatness of God.  He is a busy God, but he cares for each individual and carries their burdens!  

APPLICATION:  While other gods were burdens that their worshippers had to carry, my God daily carries my burdens! He uses His strength to serve me! 

I do not have to make God be the God of my life, I just have to let Him BE the God of my life.  I do not have to make God carry my burdens, I just let Him carry my burdens.  I do not have to convince God that I am having trouble, I just rest in the truth that He already knows. 

PRAYER: Lord, in a few hours, an MRI will only tell doctors what YOU already know!   There is peace and joy in my heart now because of your presence.  Whatever is in me, you are in there with it!   Obviously, you are not alarmed or very concerned about what they will find.  The one thing that does concern me:  I want people to see evidence of you living in me.  I want them to see what the MRI will not be able to show them.  Holy Spirit, make the presence of Jesus very evident to all helping me tomorrow!  Amen

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