When
we pursue God, He gives us His abundant and eternal life both now and forever.
We seek first His Kingdom, and trust that He will continually supply all of our
needs (Matthew 6:33; Proverbs 3:9-10).
When
we surrender our soul - our thoughts, emotions and choices - to God, we
gradually learn to depend on Him, not only in emergencies, but each moment of
our day.
When we consult Him first, He levels our path, brings mountains low,
and abundantly blesses us (Psalm 5:8, 25:4, 25:9, 27:11, 86:11).
We
know that He is sovereign, wise and powerful; but for some reason, we live like
He is our safety net, rather than our Lord and King (Romans 11:33). We often
fear that we will not like His plans for us, and we are afraid that we cannot
trust Him to keep us happy.
Trauma
and disappointments encourage us to attempt to control life. We want to keep
our self safe, so we try to direct people, places, and events. When we make our
own plans, and trust in our self, we end up frustrated and side-tracked most of
the time
In
order to trust God, we have to realize that His ways and plans are infinite,
and so much higher than our finite goals. Next, we hand Him the reigns of our
life and follow His directions in each moment of time.
His
Spirit is our counselor and teaches us all things (John 14:26). His Word
encourages us to trust in the Lord with our whole heart, and not to lean on our
human understanding (Proverbs 3:5-8).
Living
in the will of God teaches us to disregard our human plans and resources and to
totally trust God instead. We enter God's rest (Hebrews 4:10) and view life's
challenges through the eyes of Christ in us (Galatians 2:20).
Prayer:
Father
God, the stresses of this life muddle up our relationship with You. Remind us
to submit to and to trust in Your leadership over our day. Transform the
desires of our flesh, the lusts of our eyes, and the pride of our life (1 John
2:16) with the fruit of Your Spirit (Galatians 5:22-23). Help us to lay aside
our goals, cease from our works, and accomplish Your perfect plans for us
instead (Ephesians 2:8-10).
Teach
us to hide Your Word in our heart, so we do not sin against You (Psalm 119:11).
Help us to remember that we do not earn Your blessings, because they are Your
free gift to Your authentic Believers. We do not want to consider our self as
wise, but we want to avoid sin and honor You with our thoughts, words and
actions (Proverbs 3:7-8).
Thought
for the Day:
God
gives us His loving kindness with each new morning. As we lift up each moment
to Him, He teaches us His ways, and shows us how and where to walk (Psalm
143:8); therefore, we leave our suffering, problems and thoughts in His capable
hands. -
Psalm 55:17
