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Psalm 17:8, Amp: "Keep and guard me as the pupil of Your eye... Hide me under the shadow of Your wings.... As for me [in faith], I will see Your face in righteousness; I shall be satisfied when I awake in Your likeness."

Psalm 18: 1-3, 6

[in faith] I will love You, O LORD, my strength. The LORD is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold/High Tower. I will call upon the LORD who is worthy to be praised;... In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried out to my God; He heard my voice from His temple, and my cry came before Him, even to His ears."

study notes, Beth Moore, Breaking Free, Week 3, Day 3

Isaiah 55:1 "self-surrender that accepts the blessing" (Amp)

55:3, Amp: "[submit and consent to the divine will]

v. 6, Amp "Seek, inquire for, and require the LORD while He may be found [claiming Him by necessity and by right]....

v. 7, Amp The LORD will have love, pity, and mercy for those who return to Him. He will multiply to them abundant pardon.

Idols ultimately reap shame (67)

Idols = confusion, chaos, and worthlessness

GOD HAS BOUGHT ME BACK FROM THAT BONDAGE.

"Our craving to be filled is so strong that the moment something or someone seems to meet our need, we feel an overwhelming temptation to worship it." Why wasn't that place filled with God already?

"How many times have I fed on ashes instead of feasting on the life-giving Word of God? How many times has my deluded heart misled me? How many times have I tried to save myself? (67)

If what I'm grasping "isn't Christ, it's the worst kind of cheater. The kind that appears as a friend but secretly steals your treasures with no remorse" (68).