Dear Ones,
Hope you wake to the beginning of a wonderful weekend! It continues to be warm and I hope to do my baking early. In answer to the question asked yesterday about “What is the biggest robber of your time”, for most it was their cell phones… the very thing that is supposed to save us time.
Devotions from Judy’s heart
Do we really know how much we need God and are dependent on Him? Sometimes when we have accomplished a lot and gotten accolades from others, we forget that we need God’s grace. We think we are doing just fine ourselves and that is not a good place to be for are not self-sufficient and always in need of His mercy and grace. We don’t rule, God does.  David said in Psalm 93, “Mighty God rules from High Heaven. What you say goes—it always has.” Though David was king he knew that God ruled.

Much of David’s life was spent in the wilderness running from Saul but after Saul’s death when he became King, he built a home but also wanted to do something for God. He had received so many blessings and answers to prayers as God spared his life time and time again and David wrote songs of gratitude and called him His refuge. He told the prophet Nathan that he wanted to build a home for God and Nathan was more than pleased. But during the night God spoke to Nathan and told him that David was not to do the building but that his son would do it. We may wonder why not? It seems like a perfect plan. But God thinks and plans in eternal terms, and we think in temporal ways.

After David was told he was not to build the Lord a house, he went in and sat before the Lord. (II Sam. 7:18) and listened to the Lord. He didn’t bulldoze his way through to do what plans he had in mind, but traded his plans for God’s plan. He listened and prayed and blessed the Lord.

When we get caught up in our own plans, we may have good intentions but forget God. We may receive applause from others but in the end, we are no longer aware of our dependency on the Lord. Let us always surrender our plans to His, just as David did. As David once prayed, “ But I trust in you, O Lord; I say, ‘You are my God.’ My times are in Your hand.” (Psalms 31:14-15)

Challenge for today: Surrender your agenda to the Lord each day and stick with His plan!
Blessings on your weekend and prayers and love, Judy