Dear Ones,
Hope you are keeping warm during this cold weather. Today I plan to bake cookies on a stick and go to Exercise class, Crafts and Bible Study tonight.
Devotions from Judy’s heart
Which one of us can predict how the Lord will act? How often does He surprise us by acting in a completely different way than we imagined He would? We may have certain expectations and then see things happen that aren’t anything like we visualized. Perhaps it is because the Lord sees deep into the heart of the matter and does what He knows is best. It must have been shocking to the people around Jesus that knew his parents and saw Him grow up; then later they saw Him do miracles even on the Sabbath. He also preached and taught with great wisdom, ate with sinners like Zacchaeus, and told the Pharisees what was really going on in their hearts which differed from their outward pretended behavior.

None of us can put Jesus into a box and think we know what He will do next. Our part is to trust, pray and ask, but as we all know, the answers don’t necessarily come as we hoped. Neither do they necessarily come quickly. We may even wonder if He heard us and is concerned over what is happening. But in the waiting, He also does a work in our heart, and it may cause our roots to go deeper into Him as we wait and wait.

Jesus is not predictable, which means we can’t be sure if He will answer our prayers in a certain way. So we need to hold things loosely and let Him surprise us rather than grumbling that He didn’t answer the way we wanted. Let us be as David who said, “I will keep my eyes on the Lord. With Him at my right hand I will not be shaken.” Psalm 16:11.

Challenge for today: Keep an open mind and heart to whatever way the Lord chooses to answer your prayers and meet your needs.
Blessings on your day and prayers and love, Judy