Lord help me to live out the reality that I am chosen, called and strengthened by You; that you are with me, are actively helping me and I don’t need to fear; that I am not rejected, forsaken or alone…but I am pursued and protected by the very hand of God!
Why is Gods timing so much different than what I desire? Isaiah suggests that He wants us to act on His strength not our own…He wants us to trust His plan, not be fixated with our own controlling efforts…He wants us to have a Birds Eye perspective rather than be stuck in the trees…He wants us to have Faith in Him.
Lord, help me to trust your timing, plan and ability! We both know my plans are weak and failing…
Walking with God is not a part time deal, it is a whole time pursuit toward delighted obedience.
What a privilege to be loved by the God who is able to defend us, protect us and save us!!!
This may have been the biggest mistake of the Assyrians to mock the LORD God. To believe that God was the same as the gods of other nations…they pay for that in just another couple chapters when God send an angel to kill 185,000 of them in one night.
Lord, help me to trust, see and be confident in Your god-ness … that you are so far beyond what I know, and understand You to be. Not only is nothing impossible for You, but there is no imaginable scenario where You are not sovereign. All of the trial and temptations that I face, are as nothing in contrast to Your power! Lord, help me to live as if that were true!!!
Even as God is meting out destruction, He is sovereignly and purposefully guiding the aftermath. He has planned the beginning and the end of every trial to accomplish His will and transform His people.
Lord, help me to trust you in every stage of trial that You know and orchestrate all things for Your glory and our good growth.
