Blessed (happy, fortunate, to be envied) is the man whose strength is in You, in whose heart are the highways to Zion. Passing through the Valley of Weeping (Baca), they make it a place of springs; the early rain also fills [the pools] with blessings. They go from strength to strength [increasing in victorious power]; each of them appears before God in Zion.
I have discovered that when I am unhappy, I am tempted to start blaming my unhappiness on some circumstance or person in my life who is not giving me what I feel I need. Satan wants us to think that nothing will ever change, that things will only get worse. He wants us to inventory every disappointing thing that has ever happened in our lives and think about how mistreated we have been. We can either be angry or we can look to God to meet our need.
We will absolutely never fulfill our destinies and succeed at being all God has planned for us if we don't think according to the Word of God. Even if I have negative circumstances, I can stay happy by having right thoughts toward them. That's why we need to constantly keep our minds and hearts focused on Him and not on our circumstances. When our strength is in God, even the difficult places in life can be turned into blessings.
If we really understood the power of words, I think we would change the way we talk. Our talk should be confident and bold, not fearful. Fearful talk not only affects us in an adverse way, but it affects those around us.
Prayer of the Day: Lord, I draw my strength from You today. Help me to keep my eyes on You and see the difficult places turned into pools of blessings, amen.
