Dear Ones,

Happy Weekend to you! Today is Birthday party day here so we will be busy going to Costco to get the cake and getting set up and serving. Two others help so makes for fun as we work together.

Devotions from Judy’s heart

Is it our desire to seek the Lord daily and to do His will? We are told in I John2:15-17, “Don’t love the world’s ways. Don’t love the world’s goods. Love of the world squeezes out love for the Father. Practically everything that goes on in the world—wanting your own way, wanting everything for yourself, isolates you from Him. The world and all its wanting, wanting, wanting is on the way out—but whoever does what God wants is set for eternity.”

Maybe today we are not so hung up on wanting more worldly treasures, but we want the applause of others. We want to be well thought of and we can end up doing what we feel pressured by others to do, rather than what God is directing us to carry out. We can see this desire to please others carried out to extreme in people who are worn to a frazzle as they keep saying yes to the expectations of what others want. They don’t want to disappoint so they rarely say no, and what God has for them is set aside. They may get to feel resentful, for they are trying always to make others happy, and they aren’t left with time to do what they feel God wants.

But if we want peace with the Lord, we need to put His will first. That may mean saying no to others at times and letting people get over their disappointment. I respect people who say they don’t feel God is calling them to do something; although it may be something good, they feel it is not in His will or not in His timing. We don’t always have to give them a reason but simply say No. There are some things I don’t take time to participate in here where we live, or I wouldn’t have time left to write.  You may have family issues that need attention and adding more to your schedule would not be wise and so you say no. Let us be led by the Spirit and not by the dictates of others.
Challenge for today: Seek God’s will first and say NO when necessary to others and be at peace.

Blessings on your weekend and prayers and love, Judy