The Bible – Good News Translation
10 I
kept on believing, even when I said,
“I am completely crushed,”
11 even
when I was afraid and said,
“No one can be trusted.”
My Thoughts:
Friends, I believe
that we often mistakenly void many of our commitments because of unrelated
causes. Let me offer one or two ideas to explain my point: (1) You may work out
at a gym, and after a few months you may not have lost any weight, so you quit
going to the gym. Truth is, the volume of food that you have been eating has
increased, but definitely not decreased, so although you are spending more
calories, you are still taking in more. Nothing to do with the gym! (2) You are
having an argument with an employee at work, so you quit your job of 10 years
that paid you handsomely and gave you health benefits. Now consider the
biblical application. In our Christian life, we must be in a personal
relationship with the Lord Jesus, and therefore enjoy a daily walk and talk
with Him. When this is in place, we mature in our relationship with Him and can
easily handle a 'no' response to a prayer request that we may have asked of
Him; or in another case, a friend relationship that went sour; or in another
case, your faith may be restored in a friend that you thought you couldn't
trust. Throughout our relationships and worldly activities our faith in Jesus should
stay intact, if we remain strong in our relationship with Him. Think about it,
nothing has changed in what He did for us at Calvary, or in what He continues
to do for you and I. So we should be able to rejoice like the Psalmist did!
Even throughout our trials and temptations, our faith should remain strong, and
if we ask Jesus to help us in all aspects of our life, we should respond to
situations like He would. Are you struggling in your faith because of issues
other than your walk with Jesus? Be comforted today in knowing that our God
never changes and will always love His kids! He is our God when we are on the mountaintop and also our Comforter and God when we feel like we are in the deepest
valley of our life. He’s still God, friend! Trust Him!
My Prayer:
Lord Jesus, I pray
that my readers and I might be reminded that: You are the One that we adore!
You are the One that we raise our hands and our hearts in praise to when life
is rocking along without any known challenges! And You are especially the One
that we must look to at those times when we feel like we are ‘at
the end of our rope’, or feeling like we are in a deep valley. I firmly
believe that You are still God, regardless of the circumstances that may occur
in our lives. Please give us strength and humility to depend on You during
those times that we feel so low, so alone, so useless and so far away from You.
In fact, it is those times in particular that we really need You by our side
and Your outpouring of grace, mercy and loving-kindness. Even as a child of the
King, as long as we are here on this earth, we will still be challenged with
issues that we feel so incapable of handling. Praise God we know You, our King,
and we can depend on You to help us through every circumstance in life! In the name of Your son, Jesus my
Savior, I ask that You hear my prayer today and that Your continue to bless
Your children who need You so desperately today and every day, AMEN!
**If you have been challenged to
make a decision today after reading this devotional, please speak with a local
Bible Teaching pastor, or contact me at NuggetsFromGodsWord@outlook.com so that we can pray with you and give you help and or
encouragement as you begin, or continue your walk with Jesus. Any words
underlined above will indicate a link to a song that came to mind as I wrote
the devotional. Feel free to click on the link and listen as you continue to
read or pray.
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