God has good reason for everything He does, even when it doesn't make sense to us. Our reasons are often selfish, but His are about salvation, and sometimes, we need to just get on board and trust Him.
What happens when I try to be the hero? The results are rarely pretty and God's intentions are frequently ruined by my intervention. This devotion is a challenge to enablers and wannabe caped crusaders like me.
Do you need to have a "throw-down" with your thoughts? Don't let anxiety and fear rule your day. The struggle is real, but so is God, and HE is greater.t
There is no pain that Jesus has not felt. There is no rejection that He cannot relate to. And there is no soul and no situation that He cannot redeem. He is close to you in your pain, and He is pleading and working on your behalf.
Don't settle for a seat on the bench, or even in the pew, for that matter. And don't let the endless, and often pointless, battles of this world distract you from the all-important battle of winning souls to Christ.
Jesus called us to be lights in a dark world (Philippians 2:15), and wherever we go, we should infuse the environment with Jesus like a tea bag infuses a glass of water. But too often, we are sponges instead of tea bags and the world infects us
What does it take to please God? What does it take to see Him work in lives that aren't working? We learn from Moses' mother that it takes boatloads of faith, but God rewards those who trust in Him.
God never intends for His people to live in fear of the world around. He is greater and He is faithful. Our job is to see prayer requests (not just problems) and trust that He is over it all.