1 Chronicles 17:7 ~ I took you from the pasture, from following the sheep, to be prince over my people Israel.


KEEPING THE RIGHT SIZE (from BIBLE IMMERSION, p. 314)


After things had settled for David, he pondered the fact that he was living in a beautiful home while the ark of God was housed in a tent. Nathan the prophet listened to David and encouraged
him to do whatever was in his mind to do about the matter. But later that night, God spoke to Nathan, and told him otherwise. In essence, Nathan was instructed to tell David, "Thanks...but no
thanks!" (1 Chronicles 17:1-15) David was the king, but he was not the Lord. It was the Lord's decision to determine when a permanent resting place of the ark would be built, and who
would build it.

In my flesh it is a natural tendency to forget where the Lord found me and the wreckage that was left behind when I was in control of things. God is God and I am not God. He saved me. I did not save myself. I was the one who could not string two or three days together without eating compulsively. I was the one who fought with depression and low self-esteem. I was the one
who felt unloved and forgotten by God. But God in His mercy sought me, found me, and placed my life on The Solid Rock. I am forever grateful, and I pray to keep the right size so that I am
not trying to run ahead of God and miss out on even more blessings.

{Dear Father, You have plans for my life and You know what they are. Keep me humbly coming before You throughout the day asking for the next right thing to do. Help me to stay the right size. Before I attempt to do for You, I pray to remember what You have done for me. Your love for me is amazing! I pray that my abstinent life today in the word will bring honor to You. It is in the name of Jesus that I pray. Amen.}

LESSONS AND REMINDERS ~ (1) God has a magnificent plan for our lives. We must be still and know that God is God, and we are not. (2) Our good ideas are not necessarily God-ordained. (3) God loves the humble and the meek.

KEEPING THE RIGHT SIZE (1 Chronicles 17:7) ~ Audio: http://bibleforfood.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Keeping-the-Right-Size-2.mp3