“How Great Is Our Lord’s Wisdom!”
“The Lord’s wisdom founded the earth;
his understanding established all the universe and space.”
Isn’t it awesome to ponder that the God in heaven desires to give you wisdom when you need it? If He was able to establish all that we see on this beautiful earth, surely He can make our feet firm and our direction sure! Why would we go anywhere else but to God for the wisdom we must have in our time of need? Surely the wisdom you need is there for you as you ask Him for it.
“Ah, Sovereign Lord, you have made the heavens
and the earth by your great power and outstretched arm.
Nothing is too hard for you.”
“What Does Fear Mean To You??”
Forget
Everything
And
Run
OR
Face
Everything
And
Rise
2 Timothy 1:7 Amplified Version
1 John 4:18 AMP version
There is no fear in love [dread does not exist]. But perfect (complete, full-grown) love drives out fear, because fear involves [the expectation of divine] punishment, so the one who is afraid [of God’s judgment] is not perfected in love [has not grown into a sufficient understanding of God’s love].
“No Thing Can Separate Us!”
“….nothing in the whole created world—
will ever be able to separate us from the love God has shown
us in Christ Jesus our Lord.”
Our lives are full of things. We purpose to set time aside to eat, sleep, work and play. Let us be ever so diligent to carve out moments during the day and dedicate them to sit in His presence and acknowledge Him. Talk with Him about how you feel and what you fear. Ask Him about everything that concerns you. He is bound to you by His love! Do not go by feelings and do not go by what you see. He is ALWAYS with you and nothing can separate you from Him. Praise Him because of His inseparable love for you!!
“Pressing In, Doing His Will”
His grace is sufficient,
His joy is our strength,
His love keeps our hearts,
His patience promises us a heart of longsuffering,
Our youth is renewed as the eagles as we wait upon Him,
He promises to never leave us,
and in His presence is abounding joy.
From the windows of Heaven comes an abundance
so big that we cannot even begin to contain it.
Any sin, no matter how big or small is forgiven
when we take it to Him with a repentant heart.
Philippians 1:6 (JUB)
“…being confident of this very thing, that he who has begun
a good work in you will perfect it until the day of Jesus Christ.”
God is not a God that starts things and leaves them unfinished. He is NOT a procrastinator, He is the one with diligent and mighty hands that are well able to continue the great work He began in you. All we have to do is keep our hearts and eyes on Him, and trust Him with all of our being. Today, let us be confident that He is at work in us, and He can do above and beyond all you dare ask or think!
“Submit To the Living God”
Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor [perpetual animosity, resentment, strife, fault-finding] and slander be put away from you, along with every kind of malice [all spitefulness, verbal abuse, malevolence].
So submit to [the authority of] God. Resist the devil
“Our Need For Depth In the Spirit”
Anonymous
May we stay aware that the roots of our heart must continue to grow deep in Him. This is a continual process of feeding on the Word of God, and maintaining our strength through Him and all the good things that He has provided us. This does not happen just by going to church once a week, it is a lifestyle of living and drawing upon His grace, His wisdom, and the guidance we receive from His Word. We have a vital part in the process of our growth in Him. Yes, we live by grace but we must do our part of staying spiritually strong and staying obedient to Him. If it is your heart’s desire to be used greatly by Him then the roots of your heart must go deeper and deeper. If this is your heart’s desire, God is ready to take you there as you apply your heart to His commands!
Jeremiah 17:7-9
Amplified Bible (AMP)
“[Most] blessed is the man who believes in, trusts in, and relies
on the Lord, and whose hope and confidence the Lord is.
out its roots by the river; and it shall not see and fear when
heat comes; but its leaf shall be green. It shall not be anxious
and full of care in the year of drought, nor shall it cease yielding fruit.”
This tree that Jeremiah speaks of is the man who has totally trusted on the Lord God above. This tree thrives on the waters it is planted by. Notice the scripture does say that the heat WILL come and so WILL the drought. In our lives we too will face times where the heat is on yet we can know that because our roots of faith are strong, we need not fear nor grow weary. In the year of drought we can be free from care for we will NOT stop yielding fruit. Praise the living God that has promised to sustain us!
Proverbs 12:3
“…but the roots of the righteous can’t be disturbed.”
“The Reward of the Lord…”
Let us look closely today at verse 11 in this Psalm. The psalmist proclaims that God’s Word helps warn us, and because it helps warn us there is great reward. I think a very good analogy to share with this would be when there are severe storm or hurricane warnings. Many times our meteorologists can foresee extreme danger many days in advance. Many times there will be warning to evacuate an area, and some ignore the warning, and sadly lose their lives. It is always so sad to me to think of one losing their life simply because they thought they knew better than one that understood the severity of such a thing. So today we are looking at how our Lord has blessed us with the Word, and it is able to keep our souls from error and danger. When the Holy Spirit warns us of impending danger, or He keeps us from a dreadful mistake…I count that as a great reward don’t you?
I thank God for the many times as I have read His Word, and it has set my thinking straight, and caused me to see things as He sees them. In verse 12 the Psalmist says “…but who can discern his own errors? Forgive my hidden faults.” Many times we can be doing something wrong, and we do not even realize that it is wrong, we may NOT pick up on the fact that what we are doing could cause a great problem for ourselves or those around us. I thank God that His Word can bring discernment to our hearts, and keep us on the right track for Him. He goes on to say “Keep your servant from willful sins, may they not rule over me.” May we be reminded and admonished how dangerous it is to do something willfully that we know is wrong. Such a thing can hurt us, and lead us down the wrong path. The psalmist proclaims here that a willful sin can harm our souls, and could eventually rule us. This writer ends by saying if his sins do not rule over him then he would be blameless, innocent of great transgression.
“Let the Lord Work In You!”
Psalm 8:3-9 (Amplified)
The moon and the stars, which You have established,
What is man that You are mindful of him,
And the son of [earthborn] man that You care for him?
Yet You have made him a little lower than God,
And You have crowned him with glory and honor.
You made him to have dominion over the works of Your hands;
You have put all things under his feet,
All sheep and oxen,
And also the beasts of the field,
The birds of the air, and the fish of the sea,
Whatever passes through the paths of the seas.
How majestic and glorious and excellent is Your name in all the earth!”
“…and he gives us the power to live, to move, and to be who we are.”
He enables us to live this life by His power. He helps us to be the person He desires us to be. Today I want to encourage your heart to just let Him do things through you today. I found one of the definitions for the word ~let~ to be interesting in light of the scripture I am going to share with you.
Let: to grant the occupancy or use of
Now let us read this scripture from the Psalms..
“…And ~let~ the beauty and delightfulness and favor of the Lord our God be upon us; confirm and establish the work of our hands—yes, the work of our hands, confirm and establish it.” Psalm 90:17 Amplified Version
May we LET or grant the occupancy of our total being to the Lord today, may we give Him total use of us of however He wishes to use us. May we LET His beauty, delightfulness, and favor rest upon our lives that people would see Him and not us. I believe that as we do this that all that we put our hand to will indeed prosper and He we be able to confirm and establish the work of our hands.
“Looking To Him To Maintain a Humble Heart”
“O Lord, my heart is not lifted up;
my eyes are not raised too high;
I do not occupy myself with things
too great and too marvelous for me.”
Psalm 131:1 (GW)
My eyes do not look down on others.
I am not involved in things too big or too difficult for me.”
“Are Our Words and Meditations Acceptable To Him?
“Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart
be acceptable in Your sight, O Lord, my
[firm, impenetrable] Rock and my Redeemer.”
capable or worthy of being accepted,
pleasing to the receiver; satisfactory; agreeable; welcome
This is a good way of teaching the kids to forgive each other(Matt. 5:7). I like the power of this gentle scripture and lesson… Thanks!!
thank you Lisa for sharing. I am blessed that this was a blessing to you!
Ralph &I are really enjoying your devotional together.
So glad this is blessing you both!
Oh, what a wonderful reminder! I want to break the magnifing glass of worry and trust God for each step I take.
It is interesting Selena how the more we worry the bigger and more magnified things get in our minds. Oh how important it is to trust our God for the smallest of things! Thank you for sharing!