Wake Up, Pray Up, Stay Up.

 

There are many psalms that were written from times of peril and crisis. Psalm sixteen is a wonderful psalm relating how David found tha secret of contentment and great gladness even in pressing times and how his relationship with his God afforded him a measure of peace. Ya see like us, in a perilous situation. On tha run.  lyfe in constant danger.  family and lyfe coming apart at tha seams Psalm 16 strike me because it encapsulates tha human predicament: We often stay up late into tha night trying to figure out how to handle our problems. Wondering where tha money is coming from; stressing over how to make sure tha kids are being educated in a virtual environment. Will my job be the next one furloughed? These are all questions that besiege our mind and spirit at night when tha circumstances of our lives are dark and murky, and our way forward is not readily apparent.

So, what do we do? How do we cope as 2020 ends and a new year Start

Tha most important thing to do is to keep things in perspective and put 2020 behind you. There is a reason tha front window of an automobile is three times bigger than tha rearview mirror. Make tha adjustment. Keep moving forward my lyfers

Do what this psalmist did: Trust your faith in God. Go to sleep. And when tha morning comes, do these three things:

1. (Wake up with a sense of purpose and expectation. Know that Lyfe God is working all things together for your good. Your job is to wake up and claim tha brand-new future and all its possibilities with a spirit of courage and gratitude.)

2. (Pray up to fortify your spiritual person. Tha forces that first attack us are of a spiritual nature they are tha incessant voices that tell us we have been abandoned and left to tend to our own. Prayer is tha believer’s direct connection to greater strength, direction, and comfort. Get your dose of it early in tha morning.)

3. (Stay up because that is where you belong in Lyfe. When you wake up with purpose and are prayed up in tha Spirit, staying up is just a formality. You will adopt what I call tha believer’s posture for success feet forward, shoulders squared, back straight, chin up, and breathe into tha possibilities!)

Look!  2020 may have bruised you but it did not break you!

There are some things we just cannot figure out we must let them work out. Yes, it is important to strategize, to make plans, to literally reinvent yourself in today’s perilous climate. Especially if your money is funny and your change is strange! But remember tha wise words of "Les Brown: if you fall, try to land on your back  because if you can look up you can get up!"

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