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Original post @  https://dbethandrews.wordpress.com/2024/02/20/do-you-believe-god-2/

Do You Believe God?

POSTED ON FEBRUARY 20, 2024 BY BETH ANDREWS

Lately, whenever I “thumb through” my Bible the pages tend to fall open at the same spot – Psalm 106, just as they did this morning. As I read, two verses stand out – like a divine highlighter has marked them. I asked the Lord what He is saying and the Spirit said simply, “Believe.” And God’s message becomes crystal clear.

This Psalm is a “Salvation History” a retelling of Israel’s story – but from God’s perspective. The first verse reads:

“They believed His promises and sang His praises” (v. 12).

This is immediately after their rescue from Egypt through the dry bed of the Red Sea. Pharoah and his entire army were wiped out and they were safe at last. Their faith was on the mountaintop. For a moment.

Across the page the other verse sits in silent judgment:

“They did not believe His promise [and] they grumbled” (v. 24).

Do you see the juxtaposition? Do you see what the Spirit was saying? Everything hinges on believing God. Not just believing in God, as my grammar check says, but believing God. When we believe God, our hearts are filled with praise. When we believe God is who He says He is our spiritual eyes are open and we can see Him in His beauty and glory. And we cannot help but praise Him.

But when we do not believe God, our hearts are filled with bitterness and our spiritual eyes are darkened. We can only see our misery and all we want to do is grumble. Jesus said “Out of the overflow of the heart the mouth speaks” (Matt 12:34). If your mouth is full of grumbling, your heart is full of . . . well, I think you can figure that out yourself.

Believe me when I say I’m not pointing fingers or calling anyone out. God sent this word to me first because I’ve seen the condition of my heart lately, and it is not pretty. My belief tank is getting low. So how do I believe God again?

I “take captive every thought and bring [my mind] into submission to Christ” (2 Cor 10:5)

I “renew my mind” by thinking about what is “true, noble, right, pure, lovely, admirable, excellent, or praiseworthy” (Rom 12:2; Phil 4:8).

I “set my mind on what the Spirit desires” which is “life and peace” (Rom 8:5,6).

And I stop grumbling and start praising. Beloved, do you believe God? Do your words show it? What will you do about it?

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