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2 Corinthians 12:10 KJV — Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ’s sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.

Anytime a verse starts with “therefore” you need to understand what it is there…for.

Therefore is a response to that which preceded it.

Therefore is inevitability, consequence and responsiveness.

Therefore establishes that you have joined a vehicle that’s already in motion. You’re part of a story that started long before you showed up.

Life does not begin and end with you.

Therefore…find your meaning from the finished work of Christ that preceded you.

1 Samuel 30:6 KJV — And David was greatly distressed; for the people spake of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters: but David encouraged himself in the LORD his God.

This was the lowest point in David’s journey.

And yet two pages later, two chapters later, David finally becomes king.

Don’t give up. Encourage yourself. Breakthrough is just a couple of pages away.

Nehemiah 9:19 KJV — Yet thou in thy manifold mercies forsookest them not in the wilderness: the pillar of the cloud departed not from them by day, to lead them in the way; neither the pillar of fire by night, to shew them light, and the way wherein they should go.

The word for manifold is the same word used to describe the great wickedness on the earth that caused God to flood it (Genesis 6:5).

Great enough to flood the earth.

That’s how great the wickedness was.

That’s how much greater God’s manifold mercies are towards you.

God cares for you so much that He is not willing for you to be overwhelmed by what you deserve.

God’s great compassion towards you covers you like the waters cover the sea.

Proverbs 29:18 KJV — Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy is he.

The verse doesn’t contrast “no vision” with “having a vision”.

It contrasts “no vision” against “keeping the law”.

Or, under the new covenant, keeping the Word of God.

From God’s perspective, the word of God is the vision we’re to have.

Where there is no vision, image or picture of God’s perspective, the people perish.

Jesus, the Word of God, was given as a sacrifice so that we might not perish but have everlasting life (John 3:16).

The Word of God keeps you from perishing.

Use the Word to paint a picture in your mind, will and emotions.

Psalm 18:3 KJV — I will call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies.

Call upon the Lord.

Ask Him to help you.

He will.

You’re not in this by yourself.

Ask God for help.