~Daily Devotion 17th~

God Is Always Waiting

God is always waiting for us to believe and rely on Him. When we know that God is our help in the time of trouble and He is there in our times of joy, then we will know without a doubt that we have a personal relationship with God. That He is our friend and we have a intimate relationship with Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior, and we can say that "Jesus is Lord" of our lives.

We need to have a personal relationship with Jesus. Satan comes to steal, kill, and destroy. One of his main things is to put fear in our hearts. When he can accomplish this, then our faith is weakened.

Read the following and help build your faith up this week.

1.God Is...The Almighty, Genesis 35:11, "Nobody and nothing is mightier than God!"

2. God Is... Our Redeemer, Psalm 19:14,

"We belong to God. He has redeemed us and we are now God's property!"

3. God Is...Our Deliverer, Psalm 40:17,

"God comes to deliver us from everything the devil tries to put on us, or put in us, or take out of us, or take off us!"

4.God Is...Our Fortress, Psalm 91:2,

"God is our refuge in times of life's storms."

5. God Is... Our Healer, Exodus 15:26,

"God wants to heal our whole being, spirit, mind, body, relationships, finances, our entire self."

6. God Is... A Banner Over Us, Solomon 2:4,

"God's love is a protective covering for our lives."

7. God Is... Our Savior, I John 4:14,

"Jesus came to save us from the penalty of our sins."

8. God Is... Counselor and Comforter...John 14:16-18,

"God will guide us in the way we should go, and we can take great comfort in knowing He will never leave us nor forsake us."

Commit the Word of God to your memory. Commit all the names that the His word calls Him. It will help strengthen your faith.

We all need our faith strengthen. When faith abounds fear is gone. Committing His word to your heart will help you in trouble. Fear will have to flee.

Someone once said, "When fear knocked at the door, faith answered and said, "There is no one home."

If you are gripped by fear today, or any day say this aloud.

I am going put myself into the flow of God where the Word of God and the power of God are merged together. Praise God!

Have a wonderful week. See ya tomorrow for another cup of coffee in the Lord.

What a beautiful day we had today. The Sun shining so wonderfully warm. But you also know that winter is right around the corner at anytime.

Today's spring like weather remind me of God. In the coldest winter God gives us a little touch of Spring to warm our hearts. And in times of trouble God gives us His son to brighten our day. (Haggai 2:23) says, " In that day, says the Lord of hosts, I will take you, Zerubbabel, My servant the son of Shealtiel, says the Lord and will make you like a signet ring, for I have chosen you, says the Lord of Hosts."

Zerubbabel was precious to God. God gave the example of a signet ring, because a signet ring represented an article of special value to its owner. Zerubbabel's name remains recorded for all to see as a sign of the special place granted him by God, for he is listed in the genealogies of our Lord Jesus. Zerubbabel let the Holy Spirit bring Faith's works alive in him. He sought God and trusted God to provide for all his needs. He made God a priority in his life.

We need to do the same. The challenge to faith is the same in every generation; seek first the things of God and trust Him to provide the daily necessities of life. The glorification of any work we pursue comes by the presence of God in it. God calls us to commit what we are, what we have and all that we do to Him. Make the work of God a priority, both with your time and with your money. Understand that it is the presence of Jesus that produces glory.

Choose to believe and reckon as true that we turn from selfish ambition and personal agenda to focus on advancing God's kingdom, He will bless us toward that end.