Lord, You are a beast. You always come in and save the day! I know you will save the day for me at the appointed time, so I will hide myself in you, and wait for you to act. I will do what I know to do, I will pray, I will seek you face, I will fight the good fight, and I will watch you come in and rescue me. May I be found so lost in you, may I be so consumed by you that there's nothing that could take your place. Keep me focused. I am moving forward, not backwards, going over, not under!
Today some things really came to light for me. We had a guest speaker and he was ON FIRE. Hallelujah! He spoke so much truth that related to me. He as talking about trials, go figure.
A few things he said that hit me 1.) The devil will try to come in and attack what you have already learned. This is so true for me. In previous posts I was saying how I must need to receive God's love and forgiveness more, and how I need more of a reality of the cross. I SHOULD and WANT to always grow in these areas (always needing to grow), BUT now I realize that these very areas were where the Lord has taught me a lot in this past year, and these were the very areas the devil was attacking. Now I see that the devil was trying to attack what I have learned. So I will become stronger in these areas, because the devil looses in his attacks, he is defeated. 2.) Those whose roots are planted may bend when a trial comes, but they always bounce back. I have been a bit shaken up,crying out to God, worrying too much, BUT I'm always bouncing back, because I won't give up and I will depend on Him forever. 3.) He said your best days are just ahead of you, so when the trials come, God wants to prepare you for increase in Him, so keep chugging along -Jer 29:11,-Jer 31:17, -Ez 36:11. He wants to make you stronger than before.
I trust my Lord, you are my sheperd, help me to not want anything but all of you and to be found completely at rest, peace, and contentment in you. Again and Again, you are a GOOD GOOD God!! You always save the day! I trust you are always saving mine, even when I don't see it now, I see it with my eyes of faith! May the words of my heart and the meditations of my heart be pleasing to you, O Lord, my rock and my redeemer!
Jenna!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for this post!
The imagery of the one whose roots are planted, and how that person may bend, but will always come back just HIT me SO stinkin' hard girl! That's such an encouraging image to think of, to know that we do sometimes bend, cry out, doubt, but we DO have our roots planted deep and we need not fret, for though many trials are facing us, better days truly are ahead!
HE'S COMING BACK IN A LITTLE WHILE!!! REJOICE!!!
When evil thoughts, Satan, presents itself then think or say aloud good thoughts such as in The Holy Bible in ‘Exodus 19:5: Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine:’ which is implicit monotheism, that is, there is only one God. ‘St. Luke 4:8: And Jesus answered and said unto him, Get thee behind me, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.’ is also our strength in times of adversity. I so love the bible passage ‘St. John 16:33: These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.’ (Romans 5:1-5.) Laus Deo, Amen.
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