"Those who know your name trust in you, for you, O Lord, do not abandon those who search for you." [Psalm 9:10 (NLT)]
"Come, let’s worship and bow down! Let’s kneel before the LORD, our maker! He is our God, and we are the people of his pasture, the sheep in his hands. If only you would listen to his voice right now!" (Psalm 95:6-7)
"Cast your burden on the Lord, and he will sustain you; he will never permit the righteous to be moved" (Psalm 55:22)
"So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal." (2 Corinthians 4:18)
This reminds me of Hebrews 11:1 -- "Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen."
"Come, let’s worship and bow down! Let’s kneel before the LORD, our maker! He is our God, and we are the people of his pasture, the sheep in his hands. If only you would listen to his voice right now!" (Psalm 95:6-7)
"Cast your burden on the Lord, and he will sustain you; he will never permit the righteous to be moved" (Psalm 55:22)
"So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal." (2 Corinthians 4:18)
This reminds me of Hebrews 11:1 -- "Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen."
When we focus on the Lord and trust in Him, we can be sure that all our needs will be met and that God has good plans for us. We don't have to manipulate people or circumstances to get our needs met. We can rest inthe Lord and trust Him, confident that as we move forward in faith, all that we need will be provided.
I don't mean that we just sit around and wait for things to happen. I mean that we move ahead in the way we think best and pray for discernment of God's will as we keep trying to do what we believe God is lovingly leading us to do.
The passage from 2 Corinthians 4:18 also reminds me of the unseen, but real "host of witnesses" -- "Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us." (Hebrews 12:1)
Even though it may seem like it sometimes, we are never alone.
God has given his angels charge over us to guard us in all our ways (Psalm 91:11) -- and the "host of witnesses" are those who have loved us and encouraged us in our faith journey, but have gone on to Glory. These include people we have known in person and people we have read about or heard about who have been faithful to the Lord and blessed.
I hope you been encouraged by someone today -- and that also you have had the opportunity to encourage someone else and to put love into action in some way for the Glory of God.
May the Lord continue to bless and keep you and everyone you love, today and always.
I don't mean that we just sit around and wait for things to happen. I mean that we move ahead in the way we think best and pray for discernment of God's will as we keep trying to do what we believe God is lovingly leading us to do.
The passage from 2 Corinthians 4:18 also reminds me of the unseen, but real "host of witnesses" -- "Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us." (Hebrews 12:1)
Even though it may seem like it sometimes, we are never alone.
God has given his angels charge over us to guard us in all our ways (Psalm 91:11) -- and the "host of witnesses" are those who have loved us and encouraged us in our faith journey, but have gone on to Glory. These include people we have known in person and people we have read about or heard about who have been faithful to the Lord and blessed.
I hope you been encouraged by someone today -- and that also you have had the opportunity to encourage someone else and to put love into action in some way for the Glory of God.
May the Lord continue to bless and keep you and everyone you love, today and always.
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