God is our Savior in the valley, as well as on the
mountaintop. When we feel overwhelmed by life’s issues, spending time alone
with God is the perfect place to find rest for our weary soul.
Rather than to allow the cares of the world to
weigh us down and to give us a negative attitude, we can rest in the love, peace
and joy of the Lord in every circumstance.
God plants opportunities for joy in every situation
He allows. It is all a matter of our focus. Even death, ill health, a bad
marriage and any other negative event has a positive side if we change our
focus about it.
They say that “every dark cloud has a silver lining”;
and God is eager to reveal it to us. I love to abide in the “quiet place” of my
inner spirit, where the Spirit of my Lord and Savior dwells.
God’s wants us to walk in His Spirit, but that
takes courage. He wants us to learn to forgive our shortcomings and to use our God
given talents and abilities to their fullest measure for His service.
God has a perfect plan for our lives. As we walk in
it, He blesses us abundantly above all that we can ever ask or think (Ephesians
2:10, 3:20-21). While we use the gifts He gave us for His glory, we enjoy His unique
calling for our life (1 Corinthians 10:31).
Prayer:
Father God, as You open doors for us that no one
can close, help us to be all that You made us to be. Help us to willingly
follow the direction of Your Holy Spirit in our thoughts, words and deeds.
Remind us that, like the mountains, You created us to rise into the heavens.
You have a wonderful plan for our life; a plan
filled with love, joy and peace through our Rock, Jesus Christ (Jeremiah 29:11).
Remind us that our salvation does not come through human effort, but through
accepting Jesus as our Savior and our Lord. Thank You for sending Jesus to pay
the debt we owe for our sins.
Thought for the Day:
As long as we navigate life by God’s Spirit, we
will succeed in every area where He leads us.
