S – Psalm 119:143 “As pressure and stress bear down on me, I find joy in your commands.”
O – Pressure and stress are bearing down on David. In the midst of stress, he finds joy. Where? In the Word of God.
A – I need to find joy in the Word of God as I feel stress today. Meditating on the Bible has proven to be a fountain of joy for me in stressful times.
P – Lord, thank you for Your supernatural, life giving, commands. Through Your Spirit, help me to see above myself.
Are you stressed? Find joy in God’s commands.
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This is so bizarre…hang on, no it’s not…it’s SO God! Seems to be that every one of your posts speak to me and this one is no different. I just did this very thing this morning and want to say Amen to what you’ve encouraged here, it’s the only thing to combat stress. After having a totally terrible morning, feeling overwhelmed I decided to sing parts of Psalm 16, whilst ‘trying’ to play my guitar. I did it very loudly and repetitively and have sung the merry, strengthening tune all day long. Stress – 0 God – 1!
We forget sometimes that, as like David, we are to strengthen ourselves in the Lord!
Blessings to you and your beautiful family 🙂