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Posted on Jul 1, 2016 in Devotions |

 
 
 
 
Devotional for Friday, July 1, 2016
“Cause Me Lord To Look To You”
 
 
Cause 2 Me To Hear
By Dona Hake
 
 
I can remember it like it just happened yesterday.   Forty three years ago I gave my heart to Jesus Christ.   I was blessed to have some wonderful mentors and leaders in my life as a new born Christian.   For that I am so thankful!   I was a part of a youth group and it was rather large.   I can still remember when we were assigned to pick out a verse from the Bible, memorize it, and we would have to recite it in front of the whole group the next time we met.   I hated speaking in front of groups but I purposed I could do this.    I can still remember one of the kids that was rather a fun person, and he chose.    “Jesus wept.” John 11:35    After we all laughed at his choice, he quickly commented, “You said any verse, and that was the one I wanted to do!”   We all chuckled for we knew he purposely chose the shortest verse in the Bible.   My choice was Psalm 143:8.
 
 

Psalm 143:8 (AMP)

“Cause me to hear Your loving-kindness in the morning,

for on You do I lean and in You do I trust.

Cause me to know the way wherein

I should walk, for I lift up my inner self to You.”

 
 
 

This scripture is one that is a special one for I knew what it was like to be lost and depending in my own ability, and living without the hope of a promising tomorrow.    I welcomed the idea of  living a life in which I had to depend upon Him for everything.   As I think about this I ponder how there are times we are all tempted to fall back into a mind set of thinking we do not need Him for the little things or those things that we feel we are able to control in our life.  May we strive to live by faith and looking to Him for all that we need no matter how big or small the need may be.

 

 

 

Let us trust to hear His voice about our day. Are you leaning on His everlasting love today?  Are you trusting Him with all of your heart, and not leaning on your own understanding?  Let us remember to lean on Him for all the strength and wisdom that is needed for each task of our day.  Let us thank Him as He unfolds His plan for our day yet be willing to allow Him to interrupt it if He has other plans for us.  May we  lift up our soul to Him and allow Him to touch us because He loves us so!