It seems
strange to post a devotional talking about not hesitating to receive joy from
God when I am racing to get a bunch of stuff accomplished. But even in the rush
it could have been a highly frustrated one or one with relative peace. I am so
thankful that today's rush was a peaceful one, one where I was working to equip
others for tasks that I once did and rejoicing in their excitement to step into
new positions.
I can think
of other "foolish" days when I have snapped back with words to the
effect that I did not have time to enjoy what God was doing. It is such an easy
trap to fall into if you are a detail kind of person. I guess it can even be an
easy one to fall into if you are a disorganized person chasing your tail.
Either way, it is easy to let our circumstance cloud our relationship with our
God. It is so important that we don't do this and the benefits are so unquestionably
good.
Today in
“Jesus Calling” by Sarah Young (3/14)
Do not
hesitate to receive joy from Me, for I bestow it on you abundantly. The more
you rest in My Presence, the more freely My blessings flow into you. In the
Light of My Love, you are gradually transformed from glory to glory. It is
through spending time with Me that you realize how wide and long and high and
deep is My Love for you.
Sometimes
the relationship I offer you seems too good to be true. I pour My very Life
into you, and all you have to do is receive Me. In a world characterized by
working and taking, the admonition to rest and receive seems too easy. There is
an intricate connection between receiving and believing: as you trust Me more
and more, you are able to receive Me and My blessings abundantly. Be still, and
know that I am God.
But we all,
was unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being
transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as by the spirit of
the Lord. 2 Corinthians 3:18 (NK JV)
… So that
Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being
rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the saints,
to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love in Christ, and to know
this love that surpasses knowledge-that you may be filled to the measure of all
the fullness of God. Ephesians 3:17-19
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