There are so
many things we can worry about. Having sent off a new packet yesterday I can
now start to worry about whether or not they want to talk with me any further.
Or I can worry about, what if they do want me will I be able to do the task.
And of course, what if I don't hear back, I can worry about if they have made a
decision and where else I should be looking. I don't think it hard for any of
us to find things that can occupy our minds with worry. In fact, I bet we don't
even have to go looking for them most of the time.
In advance of the worries, start your day looking to God and reflecting on His hand in your life and how He is the one who encloses us before and behind, He is the one who sets our paths straight, who leads us through those times of fog, and He is the one who makes us adequate for that which He sets before us. And when the heaviness starts in during the day, turn your heart and your mind back to Him. Today Sarah writes about the Peace we receive from God in the midst of these things.
In advance of the worries, start your day looking to God and reflecting on His hand in your life and how He is the one who encloses us before and behind, He is the one who sets our paths straight, who leads us through those times of fog, and He is the one who makes us adequate for that which He sets before us. And when the heaviness starts in during the day, turn your heart and your mind back to Him. Today Sarah writes about the Peace we receive from God in the midst of these things.
Today in
“Jesus Calling” by Sarah Young
Seek My
Face, and you will find not only My Presence but also My Peace. To receive My
Peace, you must change your grasping, controlling stance to one of openness and
trust. The only thing you can grasp without damaging your soul is My hand. Ask
My Spirit within you to order your day and control your thoughts, for the mind
controlled by the Spirit is Life and Peace.
You can have
as much of Me and My Peace as you want, through thousands of correct choices
each day. The most persistent choice you face is to trust Me or to worry. You
will never run out of things to worry about, but you can choose to trust Me no
matter what. I am an ever-present help in trouble. Trust Me, though the earth
give way and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea.
The mind of
sinful man is death, but the mind controlled by the Spirit is life and peace.
Romans 8:6
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