From my devotion this morning:
You must trust Me wholly. This lesson has to be learnt. You shall be helped, you shall be led, guided, continually. The children of Israel would long before have entered the Promised Land — only their doubts and fears continually drove them back into the wilderness. Remember always, doubts delay. Are you trusting all to Me or not?
I have told you how to live and you must do it. My children, I love you. Trust My tender Love. It will never fail you, but you must learn not to fail it.
Oh! could you see, you would understand. You have much to learn in turning out fear and being at peace. All your doubts arrest My work. You must not doubt. I died to save you from sin and doubt and worry. You must believe in Me absolutely. ~from “God Calling”
1 O Lord, my heart is not lifted up;
my eyes are not raised too high;
I do not occupy myself with things
too great and too marvelous for me.
2 But I have calmed and quieted my soul,
like a weaned child with its mother;
like a weaned child is my soul within me.
3 O Israel, hope in the Lord
from this time forth and forevermore.
Here it is in the Message version…
1God, I’m not trying to rule the roost, I don’t want to be king of the mountain.
I haven’t meddled where I have no business
or fantasized grandiose plans.
2 I’ve kept my feet on the ground,
I’ve cultivated a quiet heart.
Like a baby content in its mother’s arms,
my soul is a baby content.
3 Wait, Israel, for God. Wait with hope.
Hope now; hope always!
Last night I felt like the disciples in the boat when the storm rose on the sea. Tossed about, taken by surprise and wondering if I was going to die while the Savior slept. Okay…that’s a bit melodramatic, but you get the idea.
You know the story of Chicken Little, I presume. Maybe that’s just a retelling of the story from the Bible with barnyard animals? Okay, probably not, but the reaction is the same.
When you are following God in obedience, the sky is not falling. The earth is not spinning off of its axis into deep space. Alarm bells never ring in heaven. Ever.
It sometimes takes some time to catch your breath (kind of like when you fall hard and you get the breath knocked out of you). But when “surprises” come, it’s just another opportunity to trust in the One Who has called you. Simple as that.
Thanking God for faith-building exercises and instruction.