Hello Faithful Readers,
How are you doing this week? I hope your heart is being blessed today and everyday as Jesus shows you His great love for you, in intricate ways. Keep your heart open to receive His little gifts of love for you today and every day to come.
There is no trial that we may face in this life that we cannot make it through when we stand with Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith. When we stand on the Rock, and rest in His presence all day every day, we walk in peace and security no matter the circumstance or situation.
If we truly desire to walk with Jesus every day, we must first learn to trust Him, by growing in our confidence in Him even in our most difficult situations. There is more we can learn from God during our trials than at any other time. In our weakness, He is strong. If we as God’s children allow our hearts to completely trust Him, then in any situation, especially the most difficult, we will turn to God and give Him all our fears and worries, so we can rest in Him. As God’s children we know that He desires the very best for us. While we wait to get through the difficult times, we can be learning God’s lessons for us that will teach us to be who He created us to be. When God’s children see that even in their difficulties, they are experiencing spiritual growth in various ways, their trust and confidence in Jesus as their God, will become perfected. This is God’s deep desire for all His children, to love Jesus with all our heart, mind, soul, and strength, more than anyone else.
As we read scripture we see that those who trusted God looked to Him for deliverance, or protection, or any number of things they needed help from God for. You have Abraham, Gideon, David, Esther, Daniel, among many others. When they asked God for help, they believed that He would help them as they were in need. That God would provide according to His will and purposes. Much of the time they had to wait, and wait they did. Sometimes they waited a day; sometimes they waited months or even years. But in their suffering, they learned to rest in God’s loving arms in humble submission to His will for them. This sounds easy, but in reality this is a very difficult virtue to acquire. It means one hundred percent trust in God and His perfect will for us as His beloved children. Even though the whole time Job didn’t understand God’s purposes behind his suffering, he still trusted God and held onto God’s truth in His heart.
All my Christian life I felt that I trusted God and I had confidence in His ability to provide for me. But in actuality I didn’t really trust Him and my confidence was not fully on Him. My confidence was still on me and my abilities to take care of myself and those in my life. Not until Jesus started healing my heart in many deep ways, did I start truly trusting Him and seeking Him for my needs and daily guidance. This is the act of faith that we do every time we speak to God and know He hears us. If we ask according to His will, He will do it. After all, Jesus is on our side and delights to bring us blessing and gifts, for us to use to bring Him glory.
As children of God we are called to trust fully in Jesus and let Him be the Lord of our life. He will do this when we trust Him fully with our lives, our finances, our families, our future, and the intricate details of our daily lives. By faith we must grow in our confidence in His ability to provide for us and we will be able to trust him in any situation this life throws at us.
“Trust in Him at all times, O people; pour out your hearts to Him, for God is our refuge.” Psalm 62:8
“Dear friends, if our hearts do not condemn us, we have confidence before God and receive from Him anything we ask, because we obey His commands and do what pleases Him.” 1John 3:21-22
“My soul finds rest in God alone; my salvation comes from Him. He alone is my rock and my salvation; He is my fortress, I will never be shaken.” Psalm 62: 1-2
Trust Jesus with all the cares that are in your heart. He desires to heal your heart and restore you to who He made you to be. This means we must let Jesus be in control.
We will now be reading Job 32-42 for two weeks.
Blessings,
Patricia
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