WAITING ARE WE PATIENT

Psalm 37:7   Rest in the Lord and wait patiently for Him.

 Martin Luther wrote, "Rest in the Lord, wait patiently for him. In Hebrew, "Be silent to God, and let Him mould thee." Keep still and He will mould thee to the right shape.

Some times we have no answers, we have to just rest in the Lord and wait on him to give guidance.

Prayer:  Lord, today, help me to be patient and wait on you. Help me to quit stewing and to be quiet. Amen.

YESTERDAY AND TOMORROW

Psalm 90:1  "Lord thou hast been our dwelling-place in all generations."

Philip Doddridge wrote, "With grateful hearts the past we own, the future all to us unknown. We to thy guardian care commit, and peaceful leave before they feet."

We know our past, and it cannot be changed. But we can leave it in God's hands. The future we don't know but fortunately for us we can also leave that in God's hands. He knows both.

Prayer:  Lord, we give you our past and ask that you forgive us of our mistakes, take the mistakes and turn them around for our good. We surrender to you our future asking you to go before us making the pathway known to us. Amen

NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE

Mark 9:23  "If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth."

  Thomas Carlyle said, "Know that "Impossible", where truth and mercy and the everlasting voice of nature order, has no place in the brave man's dictionary. That when all men have said "Impossible" and tumbled noisily elsewhither, and thou alone are left, then first thy time and possibility have come. It is for thee now: do thou that, and ask no man's counsel, but thy own only and God's. Brother, thou hast possiblity in the for much, the possibility of writing on the eternal skies the record of a heroic life."

God made us to soar with the eagles not crawl on the ground. We should never believe that anything worth doing is impossible for us. Pray about it, ask God's counsel and if the two of you are in agreement that you should do a particular thing, then do it. Trusting Him to help you succeed.

Prayer:  Lord God, thank you that you are my counsel. Help me to believe in myself and to trust in you. Amen

Whatever Storm May Come

Deuteronomy 33:12  The beloved of the Lord shall dwell in safety by Him; and the Lord shall cover him all the day long.

  H. F. Lyte wrote: " Whate'er events betide, Thy will they all perform, Safe in thy breast my head I hide, nor fear the coming storm."

There are many storms in life and one of the lessons I think God would like for me to learn is to cast my cares upon Him. To remember that He is in ultimate control and because of that I am not to fear the storms that come my way.

Prayer:  Lord God, I know not what storms will come today, but I do know you care for me. Help me to remember that you are in control and you will work things out for your glory and for my good.
Amen.

CHOOSE GO OR STAY

Psalm 84:7  They go from strength to strength.

  Oliver Wendel Holmes wrote:

Build thee more stately mansions, O my soul,
As the swift seasons roll
Leave they low-vaulted past
Let each new temple, nobler than the last
Shut thee from heaven with a dome more vast,
Till thou at length art free,
Leaving thine outgrown shell by life's unresting sea.

Some of us do not rest very long before we hear new calls for us to move forward, perhaps to build bigger buildings or write another novel or climb another mountain. And many of us will heed that call and go forward knowing we have a new challenge. This feeds us inside just as food feeds the body.
To those of us who do this, we prefer this way of life to one where you sit, on a chair and watch a box all day we prefer to live our life not watch someone else live theirs.

Prayer:  Lord God help us this day to hear your call to send us forth to climb the mountains, write the novels, build the buildings that you have for us to do. Let us never just give up and sit down and quit living this precious life you gave us. Amen

JUST OR UNJUST, WHICH?

John 13:17  If ye know these things, happy are ye if ye do them.

  Marcus Antoninus said,  "He often acts unjustly who does not do a certain thing: not only he who does a certain thing."

We can only speculate whether or not Mark Antony was referring to what happened to Caesar or the battle between he and Octavian, but which ever it is people do act unjustly. We like to think in our world there is justice, and in a perfect world there is, unfortunately right now we do not live in a perfect world.

What we can do is make sure we act justly in all our endeavors, after all, changing the world starts with one person. Let that one person be you.

Prayer:  Lord God, thank you for the day you have given us. You have laid on our hearts to do the right things You said if we do we will be happy. Keep that in the front of our minds and in our hearts as we go throughout the day helping us to be just in all things. Amen.