Dear Ones,
Hope your heart is filled with trust in the Lord for whatever the day holds. This morning, I plan to do food prep and go to my exercise class and this afternoon Al and I are going to Costco as I never got shopping yesterday.
Devotional from Judy’s heart
Do we trust the Lord? I know we say we do, but do we really trust Him with everything? I usually read each day from the O.T. and N.T, a few different translations, and a devotional book but in all the books recently it spoke of trusting God, and that’s a clue I need to pay special attention.
For example, when the Babylonians took over Jerusalem, they burned down the royal palace and took King Zedekiah and slaughtered his sons, and then put out his eyes before taking him into captivity. But the King of Babylon treated Jeremiah differently and very kindly and gave orders for him to be taken care of. The Lord spoke to Jeremiah and told him he would not die in the war but. ”You will escape with your life because you trusted me.” (Jer. 39:18)

When I read from Eph. 3, Paul was writing from prison and he tells the Ephesians that his life work is to help people to understand and respond to the message that all are welcome into God’s family, both Jew and Gentile. He tells them, “When we trust in Him, we’re free to say whatever needs to be said, bold to go wherever we need to go. So don’t let my present trouble on your behalf get you down. Be proud!” (Eph.3:10)

I also read from Genesis how Noah and his family were saved from the flood because they trusted God and did all that He commanded. And in Nehemiah, when threatened by the enemy to quit building the wall, they did not quit, but prayed and trusted God and set a watch against their enemy day and night.

We say we believe in the Lord, but do we really trust Him if we are filled with anxiety and worry? If we spend time dwelling on the “what-ifs” will happen, we are not resting in Him. Joyce Meyer shares from Heb. 4:3, “For we who have believe (adhered to and trusted in and relied on God) do enter that rest…” She gives ways of how to get our mind off of mauling over our problems and instead to choose to think of other things. Maybe we can simply do something like go for a walk, try a new recipe, or read a book. We get our focus on things other than our problem and trust God to work in our situation. Let us pray and give God our circumstance and wait in Trust.

Challenge for today: Don’t feed worry but trustingly give your situation to the Lord in prayer and rest in Him.
Blessings on your day and prayers and love, Judy