Word By Mail

Whatever your circumstances are today, whatever you are going through, God has a prescription for you. And at whatever level of response that you can embrace this prescription today – you must. Whether forcing a response to this prescription or having it easily flow out of you, these verses must be a part of whatever God is carrying you through today.

This is a follow-up to our previous devotion episode titled, “Be Still and Know.” If you haven’t listened to that one yet, you may want to do that before listening to this one. Today, I’m just going to read verses that support the truth we dug into in the previous devotion. The goal today is to continue embracing the truth that we can truly “Be still, and know that our God - IS GOD!”

If you feel like your world is shaking, your foundations are crumbling, and your oceans are roaring, then grab your Bible, turn it to Psalm 46, and If possible, BE STILL for a few minutes, while we focus on BEING STILL and KNOWING that the God of Heaven – is OUR God.

God is not a heavenly MapQuest. God shows you which path to take in life, AS you Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and AS you do not depend on your own understanding, and AS you Seek his will in all you do. AS you do these things, God will set your path before you. He will make your way straight and smooth.

Sometimes, it seems like things are just not going right. But we don’t have the big picture. In fact, we can’t have the big picture. What do we do when we don’t know what to do? What do we focus on when there are so many concerns? How can we ‘keep it together.' when it all seems to be unraveling? One of God's answers is in Romans 12:12.

Pastor Dave talks about resetting the focus of the podcast on meaningful interaction time with God. We want to help you meet God in every episode, in his living Word, and by His Holy Spirit, in a short but real, interactive time with God.

Have you ever wondered why Jesus Christ came to earth to live a perfect life and die on the cross? This is God’s mysterious will; that through the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ, God's own plan would be fulfilled - making us his children.

If possible, just sit still for a few minutes with God right now. And maybe just say a prayer to ask God to be with you, and to speak to you from his Word.

Take 8 minutes to meditate on and pray through Rom 8:14-17.

Romans 8:14–17 (NLT)
14 For all who are led by the Spirit of God are children of God.
15 So you have not received a spirit that makes you fearful slaves. Instead, you received God’s Spirit when he adopted you as his own children. Now we call him, “Abba, Father.”
16 For his Spirit joins with our spirit to affirm that we are God’s children.
17 And since we are his children, we are his heirs. In fact, together with Christ we are heirs of God’s glory. But if we are to share his glory, we must also share his suffering.