Jesus Calling: August 8

I speak to you from deepest heaven. You hear Me in the depths of your being. Deep calls unto deep. You are blessed to hear Me so directly. Never take this privilege for granted. The best response is a heart overflowing with gratitude. I am training you to cultivate a thankful mind-set. This is like building your house on a firm rock, where life's storms cannot shake you. As you learn these lessons, you are to teach them to others. I will open up the way before you, one step at a time.

Psalm 42:7
New King James Version

Deep calls unto deep at the noise of Your waterfalls;
All Your waves and billows have gone over me.

Verse Thoughts

The Psalmist writes this verse in the context of discouragement. Perhaps the psalmist saw or thought of a waterfall. He saw how the water plunged down into a deep pool at the base of the waterfall and thought, “I feel that deeply buried under my misery.” F.B. Meyer (1847-1929 - baptist pastor and inner city mission worker on both sides of Atlantic) thought of this as the depths of God answering to the depths of human need. “Whatever depths there are in God, they appeal to corresponding depths in us. And whatever the depths of our sorrow, desire, or necessity, there are correspondences in God from which full supplies may be obtained.”
Psalm 95:1-2
English Standard Version

¹ Oh come, let us sing to the Lord;
    let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation!
² Let us come into his presence with thanksgiving;
    let us make a joyful noise to him with songs of praise!

Matthew 7:24-25
English Standard Version

²⁴ “Everyone then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock. ²⁵ And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house, but it did not fall, because it had been founded on the rock.

My Prayer
Lord, I am meant to be contagious to others. You are teaching and training me not only for my great benefit, but so that others can be encouraged by Your Presence in me. Specifically, may they see a person that is thankful at all times. May they see a person with gratitude. The world in which we live in is burdened, trained often by the world to be discontent, but Lord you are training me to always be able to make a joyful noise to the rock of my salvation, to God with songs of praise and thanksgiving. Lord, I want to be that house that stands firm on the foundation, knowing that You supply my needs.  

Note: The devotion and scriptures are from author Sarah Young. If you haven't already, please purchase the book and support the author. 


Also, bookmark https://bibletags.blogspot.com/2019/06/jesus-calling-366-days.html to have an easy link to the entire year of these entries.