God's Comfort

This verse was such a comfort to me today. Psalm 94:19 “In the multitude of my thoughts within me thy comforts delight my soul.”

I have seen how my own thoughts can make a day miserable or delightful. This verse tells me once again that it's all up to me. There is no doubt about it. I will have a multitude of thoughts within me every day. I can choose to capture and throw away the negative thoughts
and set my mind on "thy comforts." Or... I can wallow in what ever depressing, ungodly thoughts the devil throws in my path.

I woke up this morning feeling miserable once again. My many health problems weigh me down some days and I struggle to stay encouraged. I'm not kidding when I say... my very first thoughts today were something like this...

“I am sick and tired of being sick and tired. No one can give me answers, I'm unfixable. I might as well just stay in bed and shut myself off from the world and wallow in my sick, sorry state.

What must people think of me? Maybe God is chastening me for something. I would call and cry on the shoulder of my one and only friend in the whole world, but she's probably sick of me too.
My husband doesn’t really understand where I'm coming from and he freaks out when I cry and…..”

Sounds pretty pathetic huh? But all too often, that is exactly how we women think. It's true! I know this because...there is no temptation taken me, that has not been a temptation for others.

It amazes me that we know the devil is our enemy and he is a liar, but it’s almost like we believe his lies above the Truth we read in God’s Word.

God really is all we need. He has every answer to every question. He is the Ultimate comforter. He knows about all the secret longings and prayers of our heart. I am convinced that there is no human being in the world that is able to meet the vast emotional needs most people have. But God! He alone is able to do all these things.

When I remember these things I am humbled and thankful. God is not going to come and forcibly drag me out of the pit I allow my mind to sink into. But, I have found that when I get sick enough of my depressed, ungodly way of thinking, and repent and surrender my thoughts completely to God, He has never pulled His hand of help away.

He pulls me out, cleans me up and says... “Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure,
whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, if there be any praise, think on these things." Philippians 4:8

Thy comforts delight my soul... God is so good!

Dianne