BUT may the righteous be glad (Psalm 68:3)

BUT may the righteous be glad and rejoice before God;

may they be happy and joyful.

Psalms 68:3

I think our culture misrepresents the word righteous as a bad thing. The definition is a man who is morally right. Far too often "righteous" people seem to be judgmental and grumpy. I say we represent righteousness by being Happy and Joyful!

One way to start is by thinking in the order

Jesus first

Others Next

Yourself.

BUT will rejoice (Zephaniah 3:17)

The Lord your God is with you, the Mighty Warrior who saves.

He will take great delight in you; in His love He will no longer rebuke you, BUT will rejoice over you with singing.”

 Zephaniah 3:17 NIV

No matter what you are going through today God is with you. He is your Mighty Warrior, you do not need to fight this battle alone. Turn to Him and hear the beautiful singing of freedom!

BUT... take heart; I have overcome the world (John 16:33)

"I (Jesus) have said these things to you,

that in Me you may have peace.

 In the world you will have tribulation.

BUT... take heart; I have overcome the world.”

John 16:33

Some people think that when you become a Christian your life will be easy. This verse reminds us that as long as we are on this earth we will have troubles.
BUT... when we look to Jesus we can overcome anything.

BUT as for me, it is good to be near God (Psalm 73:28)

BUT as for me, it is good to be near God,

 I have made the Sovereign Lord my refuge; I will tell of all your deed.

 Psalm 73:28

God is so good, today I praise Him for freedom. As I sit in the countries capital I pray that our foundation will stay strong.

BUT... we have the mind of Christ (1 Corinthians 2:12&16)

What we have received is not the spirit of the world,

BUT

the Spirit who is from God, so that we may understand what God has freely given us.

for, “Who has known the mind of the Lord so as to instruct him?”

But

we have the mind of Christ.

1 Corinthians 2:12 and 16

As a child of God you have the power to think as Christ thinks. This takes effort at times because the enemy fights your thoughts even more than your flesh. I love how this chapter comes together to remind us that we are not to instruct the Lord BUT we do have the mind of Christ so we can discern what God desires for us.