Devotions

• David glories in the grace & forgiveness of the Lord - his iniquities were covered
  
  
  
  • His iniquities weren't accounted to his account
  
  
  • How much more am I blessed?
    
    
    
    • Not only are my iniquities not accounted - Jesus' righteousness is...!
    
    
    
    
  
  
  
  


• If David, the man after God's own heart, could live a lie...how mucu more me?
  
  
  
  • I am capable of living a lie
  
  
  • I don't want to live a lie!!!
  
  
  
  


• God dealt with Dave - hand of correction - dryness
  
  
  
  • Don't despise the chastening of the Lord
  
  
  
  


• Sin translates to spiritual drought


• David confessed - he didn't make excuses
  
  
  
  • That's what opened the door for experiencing true renewal & refreshing
  
  
  
  


• I need to stop making excuses.


• "You are my hiding place...You always fill my heart with songs of deliverance..."


• As David is worshipping & expressing himself to God, God speaks to him (vv.8-9)
  
  
  
  • I'm not here to hear more Bible studies...God desires to speak to me
  
  
  • I need to be looking & listening
  
  
  
  


• I don't want to be vomitted to get where God wants me to be (Jonah)


• The small things are important to God
  
  
  
  • I want to be led by God's eye - I don't want to wait for the bit & bridle
  
  
  • What affects the "small" areas of my life will affect the "large" areas
  
  
  • "I don't want you to be wild & unbroken."
  
  
  
  


• Abraham got tired of waiting...and then Ishmael came