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Today's Reading
God’s question to us is: Do You Trust ME When My Answer Is WAIT? The Voice of God will never contradict the Word of God. The Lord asks us to trust Him with all our heart. When we Wait on Him, God strengthens our heart. Can it be that simple? Yes, because there is no second guessing in Christ Jesus! God is greater than our weakness. In fact, our weakness reveals how great God is. When God say Wait or Don't do a thing, it is not a suggestion. Trust God, even when it does not make sense to us.
Jesus encourages us to step back from worries and fears. Step back and Pray. Consider His Word. Remember His power, provision, and plan. Sometimes it best to react with no reaction. Move beyond self-led reactions to Spirit-led responses. Our perspective changes in God's presence. We gain clarity and peace when we adapt God's perspective instead of our own. His sight is pure, full of grace and eternal-while our sight is often imperfect, narrowed, and worried about the now. David stepped back in awe of God's love. "When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place, what is mankind that you are mindful of them, human beings that you care for them?" (Psalm 8: 3-4) When we consider the ways that God has provided in the past, it helps us to trust Him in the present. Step back today and position yourself in His grace. What we see of God's provisions teaches us to trust Him for what we cannot see of His purposes.
When troubles call on you, call on God. The best way to escape temptation is to run to God, because God's faithfulness dispels all our fearfulness. We battle Satan by staying strong in God. We are defenseless otherwise. Do not expect God to make things crystal clear for you. If you know that God is for you, it does not matter who is against you. Do not worry that you do not know all the right moves. God Does. You simply need to follow His lead. If the circumstances of your life feel unstable, remember that God has a firm place for you to stand. Read Psalm 40:2. What does the bible say about tests & trials? It says to rejoice in them, not stress out about them. Use today's stress to GROW.
The Discipleship process begins with the believer desiring to be a disciple of Christ. We cannot be a disciple without Discipline. God’s hand of discipline is a hand of love. He will not give us authority if we cannot get under His authority, because without His authority we are helpless. God is aware of where we are in every step that He is asking us to take. We do not take a step in our life that God is not overseeing. God is behind the scenes; He orchestrates and controls the scenes He stands behind.
The impression of a fingerprint is a form of identification, a trait revealing the original. We are an original of God. The Father DNA is all over us. His fingerprint is all over us. Every time we put our hands on something, we leave a fingerprint. We should act, talk, and look just like our Father. Authority is in our hands and mouth, what we touch and say should be in the likeness of Christ because we are an original of God.
Want to worry less? Then pray more. Rather than look forward in fear, look upward in faith. Rather than worry about anything, pray about everything. Yes everything. Business meetings, broken bathtubs, or lost car keys. Jesus taught people that "it was necessary for them to pray consistently and never quit". (Luke 18:1). It is good to learn of our weakness if it drives us to lean on God's strength. Sometime our frustrations are the result of Un-offered prayer, not unanswered prayer. Prayer is the place where burdens change shoulders.
When God has you in a waiting period, do not put your life on hold. Instead, imitate the habits that grow strong faith.
The Bible says there are five things you should keep on doing even in the waiting period.
- Keep on praying. The Bible says, “Keep on asking, and you will receive what you ask for. Keep on seeking, and you will find. Keep on knocking, and the door will be opened to you” (Matthew 7:7 NLT, second edition). Keep on praying, and you will get your answer.
- Keep on serving. Romans 12:11 says, “Never be lazy, but work hard and serve the Lord enthusiastically.” Do not worry about having a significant ministry. Just make your ministry significant.
- Keep on going to small group. The Bible says in Hebrews 10:25, “Let us not give up the habit of meeting together …. Instead, let us encourage one another even more, since you see that the Day of the Lord is coming nearer” (TEV).
- Keep on sowing. Ecclesiastes 11:6 says, “Keep on sowing your seed, for you never know which will grow —perhaps it all will” (TLB).
- Keep on believing. The Bible says, “You must keep on believing the things you have been taught. You know they are true” (2 Timothy 3:14).
The point is this: Stay active. Do not be passive. God cannot steer a parked car! Do not tell God you are waiting on him. Turn on the ignition, and just start driving. Where? Anywhere! Get involved in a ministry. Get involved in service. Get involved with small group. Do the things you know you could be doing to develop your skills and habits and become more like Jesus.
Blessings
J.P. Olson
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