I got some not so good news earlier
today that has affected my summer plans dramatically. I was pretty upset about
it and I hadn’t done my devotional for the day so I reached for my Jesus Calling
book and read it. At the bottom of each devotional, it gives a few Bible verses
for you to look up. One of today’s verses was Psalm 112:7.
“He
will have no fear of bad news; his heart is steadfast, trusting in the Lord.”
The moment I read it, I just looked
up and said “God, you sure do have a funny way of reminding just how much you
love and care for me and how much I need to constantly rely on You.” I mean there
could not have been a more perfect verse for me to read today.
As I reread it a few more times, I realized
that although I have a reason to be upset, I should be trusting the Lord to get
me through the summer. I have this idea that I have to have all these plans
made up and they all have to be perfect, but really the only plan is God’s and
obviously He wasn’t too keen on my plans.
It is hard, so very hard, to
constantly remember to trust in the Lord with everything in my life. But the
more I do it, the easier it will become and soon it will just be a natural
thing. I have been worrying about my summer plans for a while now, but as I look
back I realized that I only really prayed about them once or twice. Now that is
definitely not trusting the Lord. I want my heart to be steadfast and trust the
Lord, and now I realize that I am the only one that is holding me back from
doing just that.
One of the other verses at the
bottom of the page was John 16:33
“I
have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you
will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome this world.”
God has overcome this world. That
is so powerful to think about. We constantly worry about such trivial things,
yet even the smallest thing on this Earth, God has overcome, so why do we worry
about it?
I hope you all have a blessed
weekend!
God Bless!
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