Wednesday, March 19, 2008
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Relax - Trust God!Cast your cares on the LORD and he will sustain you; he will never let the righteous fall. Psalm 55:22
You either carry the burden, or let God carry it. The choice is yours! How does God sustain us? One day at a time! Remember the Israelites in the wilderness? Each day God fed them by sending manna from heaven. But like us, some of them wanted to make sure they’d have enough for tomorrow. (Just in case God forgot.) But God would allow them to collect only enough for each day. If they collected more, it rotted. Think: worrying over the future is like trying to store up manna for tomorrow; before you know it you feel rotten (no pun intended). Your heavenly Father wants you to give tomorrow to Him because it’s too big for you! Are you being tormented by the ‘What If’s’? What if the money doesn’t come? What if I get hurt, or seriously ill, or lose my job? What if I’m lonely all my life? What if I’m not really hearing from God and make a mistake? The Bible calls these ‘imaginations’ (2 Corinthians10:5). You’re imagining the worst. Paul says, ‘cast them down’ [paraphrased], for if you don’t, you’ll live in dread concerning things that haven’t happened, and probably never will, unless you create them through fear (Job 3:25). What if you reason and reason and figure it all out, then God surprises you and does something different? All that time would be wasted! Haven’t you wasted enough time worrying? Here’s an idea: what if you just relax, and let God be God?
Prayer
Heavenly Father, Help me trust you in and through all things. Worry is simply wasted energy and lack of trust in you. Forgive me when I do that, help me not to. In Jesus, Name, Amen
Heavenly Father, Help me trust you in and through all things. Worry is simply wasted energy and lack of trust in you. Forgive me when I do that, help me not to. In Jesus, Name, Amen


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