Hallel

After one week of not seeking God's face, I woke up this morning overwhelmed, all the trials from the week had built up and were weighing me down.

I struggled this week with making time to be in God's word. I was so busy picking up shifts at work, running errands, checking lists, that I started to run out of steam and I realized, I was trying to do all these things through my own strength. I managed on my own, but realized quickly I was struggling in areas where the Lord had daily given me power and strength to overcome. So, He gently reminded me to sit at His feet. Praise God.

I'm so thankful that He is just waiting patiently for us to get it. I'm thankful that He never leaves us because this morning I ran to Him, and again He was faithful to answer me. 

I started reading in Psalm 114 and God answered me, then I went back and read Psalm 113. My MacArthur Study Bible says Psalms 113-118 are called the "Egyptian Hallel". Hallel meaning "Praise" in Hebrew. 

(Not sure if you know, but I love Hebrew meanings of words! They always bless me because they are so deep, like the Love of Christ)

These 6 Psalms are praise to God. I encourage you to read them yourself and as I move on through 115-118 in my own time I will hopefully have a lot to share with you. This was what God said to me this morning:

"Tremble, O earth, at the presence of the Lord,

at the presence of the God of Jacob,

Who turned the rock into a pool of water,

the flint into a fountain of waters."

Psalm 114:7-8

In the last week there have a been a lot of things the Lord has laid on my heart to pray for, and this was His reminder to me that He is MORE THAN ABLE to move the mountains that stand in the way of what He wants to accomplish in our lives. I was overwhelmed, but this time with praise to my Jesus! He can turn those rocks, those hard things into a pool of water. He can remove those mountains that seem so daunting to my human mind, and pave the way. 

This verse speaks about Moses and in Numbers 20:8-11 when God tells Moses to SPEAK to the rock and He would make it yield water for the people to drink. God is able to do these things when we obey Him at His word. 

I pray today that we will wait upon the Lord, obey and trust His word when He speaks to us and praise Him for all that He does do and promises to do in our lives. 

Today I will trust God that He will turn the rocks in our life into water, that He will remove the mountains that stand before us, so that we can continue to live by the Holy Spirit's leading each day. 

I encourage you to leave a comment on how God is working in your life today, let's rejoice together over these things as the body of Christ. Let's also pray for one another. God says His house is a house of prayer, and our bodies are His house. Pray for each other today, for our struggles and our victories! Praise God. 

In Christ, Gather In.

Jessie