No One Like You, Lord!

Psalm 86:11                                                                    Psalm 143:8
Teach me Your way, Yahweh,                                        Let me experience 
and I will live by Your truth.                                         Your faithful love in the morning, 
Give me an undivided mind                                          for I trust in You. 
  to fear Your Name.                                                      Reveal to me the way I should go
                                                                                       because I long for You.  

Let's define some terms according to Strong's Concordance:

Teach - direct, inform, instruct                                      Experience - to hear, listen to, obey
Way - path, journey, direction                                       Faithful love - mercy, kindness, goodness
Undivided - join, unite                                                  Trust - be confident, be secure
Mind - inner man, will, heart, soul, understanding       Way - journey, road, manner, path
Fear - stand in awe of, respect, honor                           Long - to desire

It so jazzes me to look up words - lol!

So what do we see?  First of all Yahweh in Psalm 86:11 refers to God as Jehovah (the Self-Existing One or Eternal One)!  It is often translated as LORD or God.  Think about His Name here for a moment; how He describes Himself.  Do You recognize the peace and hope that is ours just by knowing His Name???  He exists without any help from anyone or anything!  He is and always will be!   He is our LORD and our God!!  Praise His Name!!!

Do you get it?  It is because of Who He Is - His very Name, His very Existence that we can experience His faithful love, trust in Him, live by His Truth, have an undivided mind to fear His Name, to know which way He wants us to go and to even long for Him!!!  Wow, He is so very good to us isn't He?!?

He is ALL we need!!!

Yahweh, thank You for being Who You Say You Are!  Thank You that You ARE.  No one created You and no one controls You.  You are completely and utterly in control and fully trustworthy!  Thank You that You know all and You see all.  You are never caught off guard by anything in the big picture of life all over this world or in the small details in our personal worlds.  You are amazing!  Thank You for loving us!  Thank You for Jesus!  Teach us Your ways that we may experience You and all that You provide - love, peace, hope, joy, gentleness, kindness, patience, goodness, faithfulness, self-control, forgiveness, mercy, grace and so much more.  May we recognize just how trustworthy You are and see Your faithfulness in our day by day because You are ALWAYS trustworthy and faithful regardless of what we think we see or know.  Forgive us for our tendency to trust in ourselves.  Forgive us for making decisions on which direction to take on this journey of life based upon our feelings or own wants.  Help us to long for You, to have respect and honor for You in our actions and in our words.  Thank You for pouring out Your mercy and grace upon us over and over again without end.  There is No One like You, Lord!