Even when we doubt Him, even when we fail to see Him, even when we won’t trust Him, God is here for us. This is His promise!
Lord, help us give up the false belief that we’re the ones in control of tomorrow and that we’re the only ones who can solve its problems. Remind us of your love and that your ways are infinitely higher and better than ours so that we will truly trust that the future is safely in your loving (and capable) hands.
How easy it is to limit ourselves by thinking “I can’t” when, with God’s power, we can! We act as if we are on a bicycle, limited by our own strength and endurance when, instead, we’re in a highly-tuned God-powered race car, capable of winning the Indy 500!
Forgiveness: that’s not a suggestion, but an order! And while we’re at it, let’s remember to forgive ourselves. Forgiveness frees us from the past and gives us hope for the future!
Did you ever play “Red Rover” as a child? We had to break through the clasped hands of the members of the opposing team. Sometimes life is a bit like that. Try as hard as we will, it seems like someone or something is opposing us all the way. Who and what are the soldiers blocking your way? Are there people or things in your life that might be keeping you from achieving your goals? What are the barricades restraining you from accomplishing the tasks you want to complete?
Keep in mind, if what we are doing is God’s task, with His blessing and by His power, we can, indeed, defeat any enemy and break through every barricade in our way!
O Lord, light my lamp and lead the way through the barricades in our lives.
You, Oh Lord, know what we need; we know what we want. Much of what we want, we don’t need and, often, much of what we need is precisely what we don’t want. Please align our wants to our true needs. We trust you, God; you will indeed provide everything we need.
Devotions of the Heart 