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(Psalm Study)

Do you feel lost and confused? Is your life off track? Are you being bombarded with false messages? Do you feel helpless as you watch your loved ones going the wrong way? Have you been struggling to set things right, yet feeling powerless to do so?

Lord, Your brilliance drowns out all enemy talk. (Ps. 8:2 MSG)

You take over and set things right. (Ps. 9:3-4 MSG)

God turns life around. (Ps. 14:7 MSG)

Enemy Talk: These are the false messages that interfere with our ability to clearly hear from God. The other day, my husband called me from an airport and he was speaking through his Bluetooth headset. I could hardly understand what he was saying because of all the background noise. It reminded me of how, sometimes, enemy chatter scrambles my thoughts. ONLY God’s brilliance can drown out all enemy talk.

Wrong Way: What if this ‘enemy talk’ misdirects you causing you to go in the wrong direction?

ONLY God’s wisdom “will keep you from making wrong turns, or following the bad directions of those who are lost themselves…traveling paths that go nowhere, wandering in a maze of detours and dead ends.” (Proverbs 2:9-15 MSG)

Turning Life Around: We struggle to set things right—to redirect ourselves and others—to turn our lives around. At best, we make temporary changes and improvements. Nothing we say or do or read or write can redirect the lost to turn their lives around. We just don’t have that power—Unless, the Spirit of God is working through us—using us as a tool. ONLY God can turn lives around.

“Now you’ve got my feet on the life path, all radiant from the shining of your face. Ever since you took my hand, I’m on the right way.” (Ps. 16:11 MSG)