¶ Welcome to Starting Right
Good morning and welcome to Starting Right with Danny Mac . I'm going to be here every Monday to Friday to help you get a great five-minute start to your day . So grab your cup of coffee , sit back , relax and let me help you start your day right . Good morning everyone , and welcome to Monday , and today I've got , I think , a very special song for you .
It's from Danny Gokey and it's called I Got you , and sometimes we need to be reminded of that part of the relationship that not only does he have us , but we have Him as well . In fact , that's what the relationship is all about . It's that he has adopted us into His family , but now we have him as our heavenly father to help us and guide us .
There's a couple of verses in the Old Testament that help us to understand it a little bit better . In Jeremiah , chapter 32 and verse 38 , god says they will be my people and I will be their God .
And then , over in Psalm 16 , verse 11 , david , speaking of the Lord , wrote you will show me the way of life , granting me the joy of your presence and the pleasures of living with you forever . From those verses you can see the two sides of the relationship that he has us , but we also have him . Here's some of the lyrics from I Got you .
They go like this when would I be if it wasn't for you ? Lost in the dark , then you walked in the room . I came alive when you opened my eyes . I won't go back to that life . The world might be shaking , but I stay in your presence , standing strong in your love because I got you .
Some of those words in there are really important , particularly the way our world is right now . It says , and honestly , our world really is shaking and the attack on Christianity is horrendous .
We saw it in the opening ceremonies of the Olympics , where the Last Supper and Christ were openly mocked and accepted by most of the world and where it used to be that Christianity was only attacked in communist countries , where the Last Supper and Christ were openly mocked and accepted by most of the world and where it used to be that Christianity was only
attacked in communist countries . It seems like there's open season now on Christianity , even throughout the Western world , whose nations were originally established , understanding that God and his rules had to be the basis for success . And not only is it politicians and people outside of Christianity who are attacking it .
We see the Christian church attacking itself , people tearing down and destroying ministers and people who believe slightly different than they do .
Now , I'm not saying that we should allow for the minimization of the truths of Scripture or the absolute warping of the truths of Scripture , as some are doing , but what I'm seeing is that there are good people , good Christian people who love God and want to serve Him , who are attacking and disavowing each other over minor things , and the Christian church is at
war within itself . We must be bringing Christ to tears when he looks down and sees what His church is doing . Yeah , that's where we're at , but here's what we can do and what we need to do . In the midst of all of the confusion and of all of the attacks , we need to remember that God is still in control and that he has us and that we have him .
It's so good to know that , in the midst of troubles and trials and chaos and a world that just doesn't make sense , that we can know that God is with us and for us and we can trust him .
I'm going to leave you with just a short clip of Danny Gokey singing I Got you , and in your show notes there will be the YouTube link you can use to check out the whole song on YouTube . I hope you have a wonderful day . My friends , choose to be encouragers today .
Reach into someone's life and do something good for them , and choose to bring joy and peace to the people around you today . God bless you . We'll talk again tomorrow . And here's Danny Gokey with I Got you Music Playing .