Many believers are drinking from the cup of bitterness and it’s of their own doing. David prayed in Psalm 51:10 for the Lord to restore unto Him the joy of the Lord’s salvation. He obviously lost the joy after sinning with Bathsheba and having her husband Uriah murdered. When he was confronted by Nathan, he wasted little time repenting and asking the Lord to forgive him. In this lesson, we take a look at our lives to ask the Lord to fill our cups with his joy again and to turn from the things that empty God’s joy from our lives. The cup of salvation (Psalm 116:13) is a cup of joy, what’s in your cup?
You ever get tired of waiting? In this lesson, we review the promise of God to the people of Israel who, after experiencing Babylonian captivity would live in the promise. When? This is the rub for us as it was for them. The chapter closes with this word from the Lord, “when the time is right, I the Lord will make it happen.” This is not limited to the Israelites and is true for us today, as well. When God is ready, He will move. It’s as simple as that. You might even look at as, when you are ready, God will move.
Some of the reasons we don’t yet have what God has promised us is because we are not yet who we need to be to receive it or steward it well! Be encouraged by this lesson as we wait on the manifestation of the promise of God in our lives.
