"David Found Strength In the Lord his God"

I Samuel 30:6 says "David found strength in the Lord his God" I found this interesting in my devotions today ~ Sometimes God reserves the right to withhold others and to pull you aside with Him so you can experience His strength. The KJV says "David encouraged himself in the LORD his God." Many times we may go to others for encouragement, when the Lord is right there with us waiting for us to call on Him. He desires to meet our needs just as a mother desires to meet the needs of her children.

At times, I think of myself, being out here in Virginia. God has given me some friends here, but I feel as if I'm here alone. Most of my friends and all of my family is in Wisconsin. Sometimes, I think to myself, why did God bring me all the way out here? Why can't I just live by everyone else and have them to do things with. This devotional helped me to realize that God just wants me to be with Him. I do not need to busy my time with doing things with people...I need to spend my time wisely that He has given me and use it as an opportunity to grow through His Word. I need to seek His friendship and rely on Him for my strength and encouragement.


I've arrived at a conclusion,
maybe one of life's rare finds
that there's not a lot worth salvaging
within this heart of mine.

It's ever ready to destruct
and lie above all things...
It tends to laugh when it should cry
and mourn when it should sing

I've waited countless hours begging,
"Fix this heart, Lord, please!"
while it stomps its feet, demands its way
and floods with sin's disease.

At last, you're able to get through
and lay it on the line:
You must give up that heart of yours
and trade it in for mine."

So I cry out with the psalmist,
create within me, Lord
A new heart crystal clear
that only Calvary could afford.

A heart which pounds the rhythm
of heaven's metronome
and issues forth a boundless love
and beats for You alone.

I want to love that which You love,
despising what you hate
and see myself as least of these
oh Lord, retaliate

The efforts of the evil one
who seeks to make my plea
that of his own, "I'll make no move
til I've considered me."

Peel away my fingers,
finally make me understand
the power to love and please You
can't be found within a man.

So, my Lord, I bring this offering;
a stubborn heart of stone
And ask You, in it's absence,
please exchange it for Your own.

Beth Moore