Becky’s Tips: Help from the Psalms
Help from the Psalms
I have been seeing help with Championship Education from the Psalms. When you are feeling:
Stress: “Turn your ear to me, come quickly to my rescue…” 31:2A
Inadequate: “To you, O Lord, I called; to the Lord I cried for mercy.” 30:8
Indecisive: “But the plans of the Lord stand firm forever, the purpose of his heart through all generations.” 33:11
Unworthy: “I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well.” 139:14
Ecstatic: “Sing joyfully to the Lord, you righteous; it is fitting for the upright to praise him.”
Unprotected: “You are my hiding place: you will protect me from trouble and surround me with songs of deliverance.” 32:7
Afraid: “I sought the Lord, and he answered me; he delivered me from all my fears.” 34:4
Doubtful: “Your ways, O God are holy. What god is as great as our God.” 77:13
Worshipful: “Praise the Lord, O my soul. I will praise the Lord all my life, I will sing praise to my God as long as I live.” 146:1-2
Useless: “He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.” 147:3
Destitute: “He upholds the cause of the oppressed and gives food to the hungry.” 146:7
Uncertain: “I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you with my eye upon you.” 32:8
Tired: “In peace I will both lie down and sleep; for you alone, O Lord, make me dwell in safety.” 4:8
Anxious: “God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble.” 46:1
Restless: “Let them know that you, whose name is the LORD, that you alone are the Most High over all the earth. 83:18
Overwhelmed: “Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.” 119:105
All through the Psalms and all through God’s Word we are given help for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness. May we be diligent to seek and obey (2 Tim. 3:16).
Be Careful How You Think
Consider:
-Instead of, “We have to do school.’’ Think: “How good of God to trust me with these children to train.”
-Instead of, “We will never finish this math.” Think: “We must aim to master concepts.”
-Instead of, “There are never ending piles of laundry!” Think: “How plentiful our resources to own so much.”
-Instead of, “My children don’t seem to enjoy or pay attention to God’s Word.” Think, “I will continue to happily read small portions and TRUST GOD to draw them to Himself.”
-Instead of, “Wherever I look at this house, it is a mess.” Think, “Together we can tackle a small portion of this mess, as we praise God that we have each other.”
-Instead of, “This discipline is not working.” Think, “I know God will direct me. I will surrender myself and check His Word.”
-Instead of, “My child will never be trained.” Think, “My God is working. I will continue to praise Him and plead with Him.”
-Instead of, “These grocery prices! Help!” Think, “God is my provider. I’ll allow my children to see God lead.”
-Instead of, “I’m so tired of repeating letter sounds.” Think, “I’ll discover how my child learns and agree with how God made him.”
-Instead of, “If only my husband helped like my friend’s husband helps her.” Think, “I will choose to see my husband as God’s leading for me.” Then start counting the hopeful things you notice!
-Instead of, “Why do we put holiness on the back burner in this house?” Think, “How rich we are that God gives us opportunity to know Him.”
“For as a man thinks in his heart, so is he.” (Proverbs 23:7A)