God
created us and knit us together in our mother's womb with all of our flaws, talents,
personality quirks, gifts, and idiosyncrasies. We are awesome and wonderfully
made, and God knows us better than we know our self.
Our
Daddy God is involved in our life before we are ever born. He planned each day
of our life before we lived even one of them (Psalm 139:13-16), and He stays
with us until the day that we pass into eternity.
The
Lord puts a protective hedge around us to keep us safely in the center of His
perfect plans (Psalm 139:1-6). Of course, in our pride and rebellion, we often
go outside of that hedge; and we suffer the consequences of all of our
decisions.
We
often blame God for our circumstances, when we are simply reaping what we
choose to sow (Galatians 6:7). God searches our heart, and He knows everything
about us: when we go to sleep and when we wake up, our thoughts and words, our
goals and plans and activities, our motives and attitudes, etc.
As
we come of age, we often attempt to escape what we consider as the confines of
God's ways, little realizing that they are there to protect us. However, there
is no place that we can actually escape from His Spirit's presence.
God
knows our success, our disappointments, our highs, our lows, our fleshly
depravity and our spiritual pursuits (Psalm 139:7-9). He loves us even in our
rebellion against Him, and provides for us because of the faithfulness of our
ancestors (Exodus 20:6).
Our
eternal destination is determined by our belief or disbelief of the Good News
about Jesus and His place in our life (John 3:16-18). If we totally surrender
to His will, our Heavenly Father guides us with His hand, and He keeps us as
safely under His wings (Psalm 91).
Even
our worse trials are not devastating, because His light shines in our darkest
hours (Psalm 139:10-12). His presence is our constant help in times of trouble
(Psalm 46:1-3). He is the only God of all people, and Lord of us all.
Prayer:
Father
God, thank You for directing our thoughts, words and actions every time that we
consult You for Your will for each moment of our life. We trust You with our
whole heart to provide for and to protect us in every issue of life. We promise
to cease from consulting our human wisdom, and to rely on Your wisdom instead
(Proverbs 3:5-6).
We
love You with every fiber of our being, and we are thankful for all of Your
blessings on each moment of our day. You are our all in all. As You work through
all of us, and abide in us all, You teach us that we start this adventure with
You by walking away from willful sins, and by inviting You to dwell within our
spirit (Ephesians 4:6). We rely on You to remind us, that before we do or say
anything, to consult Your will for us.
Thought
for the Day:
When
we trust in, rely on and obey God during each moment of our day, He keeps us on
track for success, gives us the best of everything, and fills our resources
with abundance for every good work that He calls us to allow Christ to preform
through us.
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Proverbs 3:5-8; 2 Corinthians 9:8; Ephesians 2:10
