We are challenged to take a leap of faith and put our trust in the Lord!
Today's Scripture:
Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding.
Proverbs 3:5
If you are going to lean on something, the first thing you want to do is to make certain it can hold you up. The greater the risk, the more certain you want to be. You may not test the strength of every chair you're considering sitting on, but it's fairly certain that you would want to test the integrity of a bungee cord before attaching it to your feet and leaping off a bridge. Your trust in the strength and reliability of the bungee cord allows you to lean on its ability to save you. It still may take a lot of courage to go ahead and jump, however.
Believing in God is all about risk and trust. It tells you to turn away from what you're accustomed to relying on - your own strategies for making life work - and instead to trust God implicitly, even when what he's asking you to do may not make sense from a human perspective. Think about what God asked of Moses at the Red Sea or of Daniel in the lion's den. Moses and Daniel were able to rely on God instead of on their own understanding because past experience had shown them he was wholly trustworthy.
In our Christian Men's Fellowship meeting John Tart shared our program and reminded us of the need when we face sins in our life or focus on negative things. We must turn away from sin and turn on our mind to something positive like helping someone else, a verse of scripture or turn to God each time we lose focus on where we are going and who is watching and learning from us.
Every past experience was once a present choice.
God challenges you to choose wisely today. You can lean on your own limited understanding and abilities or on a God of unlimited power and love. Only one choice can take you where you really want to go.
Selah people' and friends put what you've learned into practice. List why you believe God is trustworthy, focusing on his promises and past faithfulness. Reread the list anytime you need the courage to lean on him instead of on yourself.
"Peace be with you as you let go of the trust you have in your strength and instead turn your eyes upon Jesus and his word when you take the wrong turn and head in the wrong direction or get discouraged."
Your pastor,
Rev Muston (PreacherPatrick)
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