It is Monday and the beginning of a new week. We are beginning to fall into our new routine with the girls. They are both loving school, their new teachers, and seeing their friends.
Zeke is still recovering well from his surgery. This week the scabs will finish their healing and begin to come off. Yuck. That will be our next hurdle but so far....so good.
Yesterday morning my devotion was rich in substance. Not that they all aren't good but sometimes the devotion almost makes you catch your breath because you so desperately needed to hear the message. That was me. I wanted to share it....
"Understanding will never bring you Peace. That's why I have instructed you to trust in Me, not in your understanding. Human beings have a voracious appetite for trying to figure things out, in order to gain a sense of mastery over their lives. But the world presents you with an endless series of problems. As soon as you master one set, another pops up to challenge you. The relief you had anticipated is short-lived. Soon your mind is gearing up again: searching for understanding (mastery), instead of seeking Me (your Master).
From "Jesus Calling" by Sarah Young
Everyone I know wants to understand their life.....including me. We want to know the whys, whats, and when of each bump in the road. But the understanding of those things will never bring us peace. That is a lie we buy into from our enemy. He gets our focus off of trusting our Master and onto mastering our lives. Then we become the most important thing and we begin down the road to idolatry and pride and who knows where else.
Isaiah 26:3-4 "You will keep in perfect peace all who trust in You. All whose thoughts are fixed on You. Trust in the Lord always for the Lord God is the eternal rock."
2 comments:
SO excited to see you post that devotional! I read the same one, and felt like it was directly to me.
Thank you for sharing that...I really needed that right now!
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