Psalm 29:11

"The LORD gives strength to his people; the LORD blesses his people with peace."

This last July 11th was my 12th Spiritual Birthday-- the anniversary of when I came to that point in my life when I wanted to relinquish control of my life and give it to the Lord. Since that time I have read through the entire Bible many times and 12 years later it always seems new to me because of new revelations that the Lord blesses me with. Today is no different! That is what is so awesome about His word. New things are revealed to you based upon how hard you are seeking Him.

Check out my revelation in this morning's devotional time. How many times have we tried to do things under our own strength and failed? I don't know about you but since giving my life to the Lord the (at times hard) lessons I have learned is that everything I do-- is because of what the Lord wills it. My responsibility is to seek Him in prayer and listen for what could be a still, small voice or something as loud as a gong, then in obedience respond by my action. What we all seem to forget at times is that God allows things to occur (good and bad) for a greater purpose (see Romans 8:28) -- all we are to do is look to Him for His strength and he will annoint us with His peace-- which is a peace that transcends all understanding (see Philippians 4:5-9)!