Dailies ~in His Word
11-4-2019
For we wrestle not against flesh and blood…. so let's be safe and put on the armor of God.
Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand
against the wiles of the devil. For we do not wrestle
against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers,
against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of
wickedness in the heavenly places. Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that
you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to
stand.
Ephesians 6:11-13
If God is for us… nothing can stand
against us! We know that our God is more powerful than any other being so why
do we doubt How come we often doubt He will come through for us? Is it doubt in
God or doubt in ourselves to understand and do what He shows us?
This can be a daunting task, this trusting
God with our whole heart, and then not trying to understand in our own way of
understanding but just trusting and knowing that God is in control.
As I shared a bit of my testimony this
weekend, I realized that God has done a lot for me, I have been blessed with complete
lifesaving feats at least three times involving vehicles, and once or twice in
my life during surgeries. Who knows how
many other times, but it does not matter what really matters is that God saved me?
In my personal life journey, I have been
through a few trials no one even knew about. On a smaller scale I have been
without food, no money for the week and had God bring a bag of ‘extra groceries’
to my doorstep.
I have been without heat in the
middle of the winter and God sent someone with a wood stove that I could burn
anything in to stay warm! Those are small things in comparison to some of the
things God has done that I have not always realized it was God working for me
until I grew to have ‘eyes to see’ what He has done for me. Sometimes life is like that; we do not
realize what all God is doing in times of hardship, sorrow, or ill health.
Often it is because we are suffering through it doing what we can to keep going
forward but our God has a purpose in all that He brings us through in our
lives.
We do not usually see what God is
doing as we go through it, but wouldn’t it be nice I we could say we did? Wouldn’t it be nice if we were so open to the
concept of being close to God that we never doubted, never wondered, just knew via
the Holy Spirit that God was in each day?
When you think about it, the work is
just in accepting the truth as it is; in His Word.
Dear Heavenly Father, thank you for
the truth in Your Word, help us to glean from it daily and as often as we can
to grow stronger both in our faith in You to keep your promises to us personal as
well as in Your word, help us to study to show ourselves approved by You, that
we can rightly divide the word in Truth for Your Glory , in Jesus’ name, amen.
Joy comes in the morning…
His anger lasts for the night…
For with God all things are possible…
Jesus was tempted by the devil… then
big things happened ,
Jesus prayed in Gethsemane… then He
saved us all
But the hour is
coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth; for the
Father is seeking such to worship Him. God is Spirit, and those who worship Him
must worship in spirit and truth.” John 4:22-24
1 Peter 4:11-13
Suggested Reading 1 Peter 4:1-19, John 4: 1-54, Ephesians 6:1-24