IT IS TRUE!

GOD IS IN EVERYTHING!


You can trust Him!  Now you have heard that a million times, haven't you?  When I started reading Jesus Calling, I was mildly interested in this new devotional.  It came so highly recommended that I had to see what all the fuss was about.  So, I have been a Christian for 42 years and I certainly know and have heard about TRUST often, everyday sometimes.  But you do have to get tested on that one to actually GET it!  Yet, I asked myself a couple years ago, do you really believe He will bring all things together for good, no matter what it is.  We have had lots of family trauma over the last 6 years and it was just one crisis phone call after another.

PSALM 112: 7

He shall not be afraid of evil tidings;  his heart is firmly fixed, trusting (leaning on and being confident) in the Lord.

When I really got into the Jesus Calling book I started realizing that, yes, I had gotten lots of evil tidings and I had usually panicked.  Maybe melt downs would be a better word.  My whole emphasis today is, we all get those phone calls, emails, or visits.  Once again in the last two weeks we have had an abundance of surprises with John's brother and pancreatic cancer, just to name a few.  I was pleasantly surprised at myself for having remained calm and just started making calls for prayer.  Why?  Because over the past two years I have seen myself surrender and trust God to bring all things together for His good and ours.  The answers to prayer in the last while have been amazing.  It is really true then, He picks it up when you put it down.  He fixes it so you can see the outcome and either raise the white flag or manage what has come your way.  Manage it with obedience, peace, and trust.  Maybe that order should be, trust - obedience - peace.

If you are experiencing that moment of "sucking air", remember He is the God of all miracles, He does have it, you don't.  Let Go, Let God.  That is an old saying.  I have so much less stress and anxiety.  If I do find I am sucking air, I slap my face, remember Deut 31: 8, Psalm 112:7 and I John 4:4/7.  There so many verses to quote.  Shed light on that dark panic.  I can do all things through Him who strengthens me -  Phil 4.