Good Morning All,
Genesis 50:20; “Even though you planned evil against me, God planned
good to come out of it.”
The
best laid plans of mice and men; they often go awry. How often has this been true in your
life? How often have you planned a day
out only to have the weather be perfect the day before or after but junky on
your day? Do days like this frustrate
you and drive you nuts? To many people,
they do. But do frustrations cause you
much distress and pain? These are some
of the devil’s favorite ploys to cause Christians to feel pain.
For example, do you feel
embarrassed often? The devil loves to
attack us with this because it strikes at our self-worth. He loves to needle away at your view of
yourself. The devil will never play
fair, he will always attack your weakest and sorest place. Most people have
some level of personal insecurity. Most
of the time, your friends and relatives don’t even see it, yet we often
struggle with it. The devil loves to
pick and poke at this sore point. The
thing we need to remember is that we don’t need to look at our self through the
world’s eye but should look at our self through God’s eye. Our worth is based on being God’s blessed
children that is the source of our worth.
We can also see what our
worries say about our sense of security.
While
God wants you to have a solid sense of security, worry damages your ability to
accept the security that God is offering you. Pay attention to worry’s
warning that you’re jeopardizing the peace God wants you to enjoy – peace that
comes from trusting Him. Realize that God actually is aware of the situation
you’ve been worrying about, He does care, and He is more than able to do
something about it when you place your trust in Him. Entrust every part of your
life (from your health and your relationships to your job and your finances) to
God and trust Him to intervene in every situation you face. See God’s grace and
mercy every day and rely on Him day by day to provide what you need.
The devil loves to take
these and any of a thousand other little struggles in our life and tries to
blow them up. The devil means nothing
but evil to us. His only designs are for
our torture and despair. Yet God takes
all these tortures and turns them around.
God takes our struggles and makes them our gain. When we look at our struggles, we see our own
weaknesses and we see the only source for our hope is in Jesus and his saving
grace and atoning sacrifice. Trust in
the Lord with all your heart.
Gracious Father, the world, and the devil battle us all day long to
pull us from you. Give us the strength
to hold onto your incredible love and mercy.
Keep us in your loving arms. Send
your Spirit to our brothers and sisters who feel the sting of the devil’s
attacks and give to them your comfort and hope.
Use us to bring it to them. May
we be your arms and shoulders. In Jesus’
precious name we pray. Amen
God’s Peace,
Pastor Bret
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