It is amazing how one verse of scripture can stick with you for weeks. It is God's profound way of speaking to us. Don't tell me that God doesn't speak. Loud and clear He pierces my soul with His truth. It straightens me up from the weight of the world on my shoulders and causes me to realize that there is more to life than what I see.
Psalm 18:24 The Message version says, "God rewrote the text of my life when I opened the book of my heart to his eyes." Why would God rewrite my life? Because He doesn't like the story that I am telling! What we speak we believe!
The definition of the word "text" is the original words of an author or speaker, as opposed to a translation, paraphrase, commentary, or the like. He is the original author and He has quite a different story to tell concerning my life. In Psalm 18 David had just been delivered from all his enemies including Saul. It had been years that he had been estranged from his family, friends, and his version of what he thought his life should be. There had to be lots of times when he thought his life was over. I can hear him, "This whole God-thing was a joke. Anointed king, right!"
Something happened. He changed his position by opening the book of his heart. All of a sudden he began to see from God's position. Heart healed, hate released, vision renewed all by seeing from God's perspective. God's original story is so much better than mine. God writes an adventure with more twists and turns than I could ever imagine. He is the greatest author there is if you will let Him write the story that was penned in God before the foundation of the world. It is your story and He loves to tell it. All you have to do is live it! Who doesn't want to live the dream? The truth is, it is real and it is your story!
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