Psalm 138 For Men Only Part 2

Psalm 138: 3 and 6

When I called You answered me,

You made me bold and stouthearted.

Though The LORD is on high,

He looks upon the lowly,

But the haughty and prideful,

 He knows from afar.

Haughty and prideful……

I am seeing a caricature of a man…..

A small man desperate to be large…..

A cartoon.

I am seeing a man …..

Dominated by fear……

Striving for validation…..

Separated from the Life of God….

A force of division, strife and pain……

A wrecking ball to everything around him…..

I am seeing a man who at best….

Only knows about the Love of The Father.

Bold and Stouthearted…….

I am seeing a man who is……

Confident….

Purposeful……

Courageous…….

Adventurous…….

Full of Life and Joy…..

In touch with the Power of God……

Ready to take up the cause of the weak…..

Ready to receive from those stronger and farther along……

I am seeing a man who has……

Nothing to prove…..

A firm grip on his identity in Christ….

A reason to get up in the mornings……..

A strength from above that comes through…….

I am seeing a man who lives…..

Truly lives……..

From the Life and Love and Power of Christ in him.

I see the man I want to be.

The Difference……

“When I called on You…. You Answered me”

Father, Lord Jesus, Holy Spirit,

I call on You even now….

Today, this very moment, to rise up in me powerfully.

I call on You to fill me to overflowing….

With all the Life, Love and Power I can possibly handle,

So that who You are overflows from my life today.

Father,

Rise up in me to be

 Bold and Stouthearted.

Amen