GodMakesMyDreamsComeTrue.....: devotion and some updates!! : )

GodMakesMyDreamsComeTrue.....

Wednesday, November 17, 2004

devotion and some updates!! : )

1) Isaiah28:23-29: "God has a purpose in our heartaches.The Savior always knows what's best;We learn so many precious lessonsIn every sorrow, trial, and test. —Jarvis
When you trust in God, pain is an opportunity for progress."
2) Read Psalm 125:1-5
"As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so the Lord surrounds His people from this time forth and forever" (v. 2). We don't have to know much about geography to understand what the psalmist is saying. It's a declaration we can believe and put to work in our own lives today. God is compared to many things in the Bible. For example, "our God is a consuming fire" (Heb. 12:29). Or, "God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble" (Ps. 46:1). Here the psalmist says God is like the mountains surrounding Jerusalem. That was the most special city to God and the Jewish people, and it still is. And when the psalmist looked at the mountains surrounding the city, he said, "That's the way God is."
How is God like a mountain?
First, a mountain has stability. When the psalmist was a little boy, he saw the mountains surrounding Jerusalem. When he became a young man, those mountains were still there. When he grew older, the mountains were there, and the mountains are still there today. Likewise with God. He is stable, dependable. He doesn't change. God is the same yesterday, today and forever (Heb. 13:8).
Second, a mountain offers security. God surrounds and guards us. He is like Mount Zion to us. Verse 1 says, "Those who trust in the Lord are like Mount Zion." In other words, God can make you to be like a mountain also--stable and secure because He is your Refuge and Strength.
Therefore, we should trust Him. Those who trust in the Lord have stability and security. They have all they ever will need. "Do good, O Lord, to those who are good, and to those who are upright in their hearts" (v. 4).
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The next time you need a refuge, remember that God has a special way of caring for His people. The strength and security God gives His people is solid and unchanging. Trust Him

MY thoughts:
Looking at the Love Passage, it says that Love is trust, i often identified this as the part that i struggle most with... yes, trust. I find it hard to trust in pple i am close with, at times, i think, will this reflect and affect my trust in God. What is trust... from my both devotion above.. i feel that the Lord is really asking me to trust in Him and His pple. Trust is believing that GOd has plans to welfare you, regardless of all present circumstance, trust is being vulnerable and real, not being afraid of being betrayed.Trust is letting down all guards. Trust.

I can trust in God as he is stable and gives me security. God is the same yesterday, today and forever. ALso he loves me and will protect me.

God, show me how to trust in pple, esp those closest to me, so that i can trust u fully too..
Help me be someone whom pple can trust in too. A person who is stable and gives security. You say in your word that as i trust in you, i will be like Mount ZIon. SO the equation is simple:
Trust in YOu/pple=ME becomes like MOunt Zion=pple can trust in me.

:)

Today, went out with VOnnie.... Hmm... guess the both of us make a good combi for destressing(note that i dun call it slacking). Yep... we got a premium seat, in JE library, though we din really do much work, the chatting and walking ard, makes the studying path much less lonely. Yeah!!

Maybe the fearful part about studying is whether we are studying enough and correctly. God help me to be confident in the things i have read, no matter how much or how little. Help me to be contented not complacent with what i have studied, help me to give thanks, help me to look to You. TO trust in you Lord even in this area of studies. Sometimes pple ard seem to have more confidence than even myself that u will provide for me in my studies, Lord, help me to have that faith in you.

posted by raethelamb @ 8:21 AM

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