Selah In the Middle

Psalms 57:3 … is one of 4 verses where “Selah” is in the middle of the verse;

Psalms 57:3 "He shall send from heaven, and save from the reproach of him that would swallow me up. Selah. God shall send forth his mercy and his truth".

That’s what we need, and what we are going to have … “SELAH” IN THE MIDDLE;

“Selah” in the midst of  … a busy life, a busy week, a busy 2012, a hectic family schedule, a jammed church schedule, an overloaded work schedule...

• Young ladies - … are going to get the “rest and Peace” of “direction” and “affirmation”;

• Wives -  … are going to receive the “rest” of “perfect love that casts out fear”;  You are going to “rest” in God’s help and the Truth that you and your husband are going to have the “best” and “a blessed” relationship;  and that you can successfully love one another, serve God and serve His Church;

• Mothers - are going to receive the “rest of Renewed Strength” to care for your family; and the “rest of Wisdom” that your children so desperately need and depend upon.  You are going to be “strengthened and made steadfast spiritually and emotionally” because you are a rock and foundation for your family.

• Ladies who are Leaders and Ministers -  are going to receive the “rest of the Anointing”, and the “rest of a Confidence in Him and His Call” is going to be upon you;

• Wives of Pastors, Ministers, and Leaders -  you are going to receive the “fresh rest of Anointing” upon your life, and that “rest” will permeate you – but will not stop there but will “settle” over your husband and home as well.

• Elders, -  you are going to receive the “rest of confirmation” … that you have not lived this truth in vain, that your usefulness is not over, and that you are pivotal and vital to the Church - and it’s younger generations.

God is going to let these truths “rest”, “settle”, “selah” … upon us right now – and throughout this conference.

Editor's Note: Missouri District Superintendent, Steve Willeford, shared this challenge and blessing with the ladies as his opening remarks at our recent Missouri District Ladies Conference.

Looking Through the Glass Darkly

“For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.”  ~ 1 Corinthians 13:12

I was walking into work one spring morning, and because of the glorious brightness of the early sun, I was wearing my sunglasses.  The first part of this scripture came to my mind, that we see things darkly, as through a glass.  We don’t see the brightness of the day, or the positive in the situations around us.  Things are shaded, muted, neutralized.  And just as I chose to wear my sunglasses that morning, sometimes I think we choose to see things jadedly, choose to wear our rose-colored glasses, so that we don’t have to see what’s really there.

We all have people in our lives that we love, and we want to see the very best in those people.  However each person has their negative traits.  Maybe they’ve lied repeatedly to us, but because we want to trust them, we share personal things anyway.  Or maybe they have taken advantage of us time after time, but we continue to give to them of our trust, resources, finances and time.  Because of our desire to see only what we want to see, our relationships can be damaged, or our own self-esteem can suffer.  If we can learn to view things as they are, we can save ourselves a lot of hurt.

The same thought applies to our spiritual walk.  What about how we view ourselves?  What do we see when we look into the glass of the Word of God?  Are we choosing to see ourselves as we want to see us, or are we valiantly trying to see ourselves as the Word shows us to actually be?  Many times we don’t want to see what God sees.  Because we’re not as good, as holy, as faithful as we could be, but we think we can get by with being good enough.  We never have been and never will be good enough.  We must open our hearts and our minds to see what God sees, vessels that are broken, dirty, and useless…but for the grace of God.  See, He sees the potential in us, and takes these vessels and softens the clay to become moldable and usable again.  Our glasses must be removed so that the vision of our hearts is clearly seen.  Clearly visible so we realize and understand the shape of our hearts and of our relationships with God.  We must see ourselves as we really are so we won’t settle for anything less than God’s best for us.  He knows us so much better than we know ourselves, yet we think we can be our own judge and decide when we’re “close enough” to God to make it to Heaven.  Our good enough, our best, is not what God has in mind for us.  If we can see ourselves through His eyes, we will strive ever harder to become what He intends for us to be.

I don’t want to settle for seeing myself through my jaded glasses, because then I will stop striving to be what God wants me to be.  Lord, help me take off my sunglasses in order to see You clearly, and see myself clearly so that I can allow You to work in me, making me more like You.

Wendy is active in in her church at the Apostolic Lighthouse, UPC, in Farmington, Missouri, where she is the Ladies Ministries Coordinator and Deaf Ministries Coordinator.  She serves in Bible Quizzing, and is a member of the praise and worship team.  Her interests include scrapbooking, and just being with her family.  She lives in Farmington, Missouri, with her husband, Jeremy, and their two children, Raylyn and Catch.

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