"Leave the Choice to God"
Joyce Meyer's "Trusting God Day By Day" devotional
October 10
"But instantly He spoke to them, saying, Take courage! I AM! Stop being afraid!" Matthew 14:27
God will do one of two things if you have a problem: He will either remove the problem (which is always our first choice!) or He will give you the strength, the grace, the ability to go through the problem. I know we don't like the going through part, but if that is what God chooses, we need to trust Him.
If God lets us go through something, then He's got a purpose in mind; there's something we are going to get out of it that we need. If we don't trust God, we're going to be miserable. The only choices we have are trust and be happy, or don't trust and be miserable!
Trusting God is very peaceful. It is so wonderful to be able to say, "I don't understand this, but I believe God's going to work it out." When you are in a difficult situation, believe God is with you and that He will give you direction at the right time. Believe you are growing spiritually even though you might be hurting right now.
I went through many years when I tried to have enough faith to prevent myself from having problems, or when I did have problems, I wanted enough faith to resist the devil and believe God would make my problem go away. To be honest, I was under so much pressure and stress that it began to adversely affect my health. Finally I decided, "Oh! I'm supposed to trust God! And if God doesn't get rid of my problem, then I trust God to take me through it." By believing in God, I entered His rest!
We trust God's timing, we trust His wisdom, we trust His ways, and by doing that, we can enjoy every single day of the journey. We don't have to just be happy when we have no problems; we can also enough life while we are "going through."
Trust in Him: If you can say, "God, I know you'll do one of two things: You'll either remove this or You're going to give me the grace to deal with it," and trust God enough to leave that choice up to Him, you'll reap the reward.
Joyce Meyer's "Trusting God Day By Day" devotional
October 10
"But instantly He spoke to them, saying, Take courage! I AM! Stop being afraid!" Matthew 14:27
God will do one of two things if you have a problem: He will either remove the problem (which is always our first choice!) or He will give you the strength, the grace, the ability to go through the problem. I know we don't like the going through part, but if that is what God chooses, we need to trust Him.
If God lets us go through something, then He's got a purpose in mind; there's something we are going to get out of it that we need. If we don't trust God, we're going to be miserable. The only choices we have are trust and be happy, or don't trust and be miserable!
Trusting God is very peaceful. It is so wonderful to be able to say, "I don't understand this, but I believe God's going to work it out." When you are in a difficult situation, believe God is with you and that He will give you direction at the right time. Believe you are growing spiritually even though you might be hurting right now.
I went through many years when I tried to have enough faith to prevent myself from having problems, or when I did have problems, I wanted enough faith to resist the devil and believe God would make my problem go away. To be honest, I was under so much pressure and stress that it began to adversely affect my health. Finally I decided, "Oh! I'm supposed to trust God! And if God doesn't get rid of my problem, then I trust God to take me through it." By believing in God, I entered His rest!
We trust God's timing, we trust His wisdom, we trust His ways, and by doing that, we can enjoy every single day of the journey. We don't have to just be happy when we have no problems; we can also enough life while we are "going through."
Trust in Him: If you can say, "God, I know you'll do one of two things: You'll either remove this or You're going to give me the grace to deal with it," and trust God enough to leave that choice up to Him, you'll reap the reward.
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