God has our best interest at heart; although according to human reasoning, it does not always appear so. We often unwittingly pray against the will of God in our life, and He will not answer those prayers (1 John 5:14).
We fight life’s negative
circumstances and cry out for God to correct them; when all along, He is
actually using them to correct our course in life (James 1:2).
God's desire is for us to
fully surrender to Him in trials, so that He can use them to do His perfect
work in and through us in the exact timing and location in which He chooses to
put us (James 1:2-12).
The comfort we seek often
first depends upon our repentance of our current sins (2 Corinthians 7:10). The
lust of the eye, the lust of the flesh and the pride of life often fuel our
prayers and our activities in life (1 John 2:16).
We even want the bragging
rights for our hard earned achievements, rather than realizing they are the
result of God’s Spirit working in and through our life.
We want worldly gain, when
God’s will is for us to walk in holiness (Isaiah 35:8). We find both serenity
and maturity in the words and example of Jesus Christ (John 6:63).
When we suffer from stress, abandonment, grief,
anxiety, failure or illness and we feel overwhelmed and defeated by life, God
hides us in the cleft of the Rock of Christ and reveals Himself to us by His
Spirit and His Word (Exodus 33:22).
We can dwell with the most disappointing mate,
rebellious children, horrible work experience, devastating illness or the
driest church life and still live in the fullness of God through Christ in us
(Galatians 2:20).
As we seek first His Kingdom,
He provides us with everything we need to flourish in this life (Matthew 6:33).
The flesh is worthless, but God’s Spirit gives us what we need to succeed (Romans
7:18).
Prayer:
Lord Jesus, overflowing with Your divine fullness,
we find that nothing is impossible for us to achieve according to Your will
(Philippians 2:12-13). You brought us up out of the miry pit of
self-centeredness and set our feet upon the Rock of Christ (Psalm 27:5, 40:2; 1
Corinthians 10:4). In troubling times, You hide us in Your Tabernacle.
There is nothing to fear, because nothing can
separate us from your love: not the trials of life, spiritual powers, the past
or the future, no mountain top or deep valley of circumstances, no created
thing and not even death (Jeremiah 42:11; Romans 8:38-39). Thank You for continually
hiding us in the depth of Your love (Acts 17:11).
Thought for the Day:
When the comforts of this life fail us, yet Jesus
Christ actually dwells within us, we find our refuge in the love of Christ in
us (Psalm 46:1); He reassures us as no one else can, because He lives inside of
us and knows our every conscious and unconscious thought. - Colossians 1:27; 2
Corinthians 13:5
