You talking to me?

   Greetings to you all in the name of our Lord Jesus who loves you all so dearly.  Have you ever had that moment that you are reading your usual devotion and yet it seems like God is speaking specifically to you individually?  You realize there could not have been a better text or message that day then what you just read, because it fit perfectly with whatever you may be going through in yo life at the moment.  This happens quite a bit to me but it definitely happened this morning.  I opened my devotion and read the Psalm and I almost laughed out loud.  I just stopped and said to myself, "I hear you loud and clear Lord."  I knew God could see I had been letting my mind wander on something and He decided it was enough and threw this text right at me in my face to make sure I couldn't miss it.  Now, I imagine there are probably some theologians out there who might try to say that it is wrong of me to assume God put that text in there just for me.  However, I am a firm believer God is always at work in our lives and He works in mysterious ways, so I am not convinced that these moments aren't God's hand at work directly in our lives and Him reassuring us of His promises and love.
    The Psalm this morning was Psalm 32 (one of the penitential psalms) which I have preached on before.  As I read it that sermon theme came rushing back to my mind and I knew t was exactly what I needed to hear.  And after reading the Psalm, I stopped reading without finishing the rest of the devotion and went to prayer.  If God is speaking directly to me in that moment, I wanted to make sure I talked back and thanked Him for the grace and mercy He continues to show me each and every day.  So not only are daily devotions a great way to keep yourself in God's Word and your mind on heavenly things instead of earthly things, but it is one more opportunity for our loving, protecting, and always watching Father to speak directly to us and remind us that we are His and nothing will ever change that.  Praise be to God who not only gives us His Word in the Scriptures, but gave us His revealed Word in the flesh and blood of His very own Son Jesus Christ who showed us exactly how much our Father loves us and is always at work in our lives.