Dailies ~
in His Word
9/16/19
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| We are too blessed to be stressed! |
This song
helps me through times of doubt and frustration because it reminds me that I
can trust my God to fight for me to get rid of what would hinder me, or stress
me out. Because He loves me!
It is so easy to
pick up a stress bucket and dump in on our heads some days. We can choose to
worry and fret over and about the silliest things and really make them feel
big. Oh, we don’t always do it intentionally but sometimes it is easier to dump
the bucket of stress on our heads instead of tossing it in the trash where it
belongs.
After all there is
nothing in life that we cannot handle with the help of God our Lord and Savior.
We just have to decide to let Him deal with it and not freak out over whatever
the problem is.
Yes, I know it is
easier said than done, because, after all, I do not know what you go through
and you do not know what I go through; but God does.
And the
Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached
the gospel to Abraham beforehand, saying, “In you all the nations shall be blessed.” 9 So then those who are of
faith are blessed with believing Abraham.Galatians3:8-9
He gave us the Word of God, known as our Bible to show us
that He knows.
He had it written to encourage us. He spoke it into the
hearts and minds of the writers who penned and inked it to share with the
world. God wants us to know that He gave
us peace, abundant peace! He wants us to be blessed, not stressed!
Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord
Jesus Christ Blessed be the
God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every
spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in
Christ, just as He chose us in Him before the foundation
of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before Him in love,
Ephesians 1:2-4
It is our choice, once we believe that God
by His grace gave us peace, and love, and joy unspeakable then we can trust Him
to take care of the things that come into our lives to annoy, or hinder us in
our walk with Him.
He saved us from all those things that
would cause us stress, and He instead gives us reason to believe we are
blessed! He took our stress buckets and dumped them out on the cross!
For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all
men,…teaching us that, denying ungodliness
and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly in the
present age, looking for the blessed hope
and glorious appearing of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ, who gave Himself for us, that He might redeem us from
every lawless deed and purify for Himself His own
special people, zealous for good works. Titus 2:11-14
It is a matter of choice, it is a matter
of observance and it is a matter of telling ourselves and God that we will
trust Him who redeemed us from those stressful things and gave us peace. So to
be blessed we must accept the peace that passes understanding that calms our
hearts, and calms the sea, that brings hope to the sick and the healthy as
well!
We hold it in our own heart and mind to be
blessed! So dump out the bucket in the trash and fill it up with peace!
Now maybe I am odd, but to me peace feels
like empty air space. It’s as if there
is nothing there to damage, hinder, or annoy me, just peace. It feels clean,
clear and cool.
Today let’s choose peace, and drop the
stress. Let’s choose to be blessed and not stressed. Then tomorrow let’s do it
again!
Heavenly Father, thank you or taking our
reasons to stress and dumping them out on the cross, thank you for healing our
hearts and minds today and for giving us peace that will not be shaken but that
will stay eternally. Remind us each day that we are too blessed to be stressed!
In Jesus’ name, amen.
Suggested reading: Titus 2: 1-15, James
1:1-27, and James 5:1-20
Teresa M.
Wilson