Strength

Recently during a challenging time, the Lord encouraged me with these words from Isaiah, chapter 12,
"Behold, God is my salvation, I will trust and not be afraid: For YAH, the Lord is my strength and song; He also has become my salvation." Therefore with joy you will draw water from the wells of salvation....Praise the LORD, call upon His name; Declare His deeds among the peoples, Make mention that His name is exalted. Sing to the LORD, For He has done excellent things; This is known in all the earth. Cry out and shout, O inhabitant of Zion, For great is the Holy One of Israel in your midst.

Verse two says that the Lord is my strength. God Almighty is stronger than anyone or anything. No matter how weak we ever feel He is strong - He is the strongest. There is no power that is greater. Great is the Lord. His strength is consistent, so we can always be strong in Him.

Later in Isaiah, chapter 26, it is written: Trust in the Lord forever, For in YAH, the LORD, is everlasting strength.

We need not ever worry. His strength will never run out. We can trust in Him. As the New Testament puts it, "When we are weak, then we are strong."

I ran across another great verse in Isaiah today. It's in Isaiah 28:29. (That's an easy number to remember - good key for memorizing this scripture - 28, 29.) Here it goes: This also comes from the Lord of hosts Who is wonderful in counsel and excellent in guidance. Wonderful in counsel. Excellent in guidance.

Oh, to know the Lord better. To walk with Him closer. What a strong, wonderful, Guide through life and beyond that we have!

Naples Report

We left Miami at 5:00 am and made it there around 7:15 or so. I asked another singer to go with me so we drove over with their family. The meeting started at 8:00 am. Here's what we sang:

All Hail The Power of Jesus Name
Blessed Be Your Name
My Father's Arms
As The Deer
My Heart, Your Home
I Lift My Eyes Up
Indescribable

I was told that there were some pretty influential and amazing people there. There was a man there who was involved in rescuing women and children from slavery in Cambodia. This meeting was a strategy session about how to use your company for the advancement of the gospel. When I first heard about this, I was stoked - not because of my involvement, although I was blessed, but because of what these folks are doing. AWESOME.

I have a friend who long ago told me when she worked for a Christian ministry that if it wasn't for rich Christians she couldn't do what she does. Praise the Lord for men and women who use their resources for the kingdom!

Worship

I'll be leading worship this Friday morning for a group of 45 Christian CEO's who are using their corporations to advance the kingdom of God. They are meeting at the Ritz-Carlton in Naples, Florida and want to begin their time together with a short session of worship and prayer. It's an honor and a priveledge for me to do this. Please keep this in prayer.

"Come before His presence with singing." Psalm 100:2