That day, by the well, was my lowest point. Fearful, humiliated, doubting my own self-worth, I questioned God’s anointing on my life. Though my birth parents told me I was brought into this world for a special purpose, I’d failed to include God in that equation. I thought I could use my position, my influence, and my strength to make a difference – but God had a different plan. He would fulfill His promise to free the Israelites through HIS power – not mine.
Category Archives: Devotion
Well Encounters, Part two: Hagar
How quickly I forgot that promise! In the midst of my sorrow, I saw nothing but desert and death. I overlooked God’s pledge to me and to Ishmael. Had I remembered it, I would have clung to hope. Had I recalled God’s faithfulness when I wandered into the desert that first time, perhaps my outlook and my response would have been entirely different.
Well Encounters, Part One: The Samaritan Woman
Encounters at the Well, part one: The Samaritan Woman.
As soon as the words spilled out, I realized the truth in my words. This man was not just any Jew. He was the one person who knew everything I’d done yet accepted me. He knew my past and my present yet failed to condemn me. He knew my questions and my doubts and provided the answers for which I’d been searching. He’d known I needed more than just a drink of water. I needed forgiveness. I needed acceptance. I needed a fresh start. I needed Him.
GOD’S PROTECTION
Each day, I have to make a decision to travel toward or away from God’s protection. If I am careless or make a wrong or unsafe choice, with His guidance, I am able to resist the world’s evils and find guidance in this changing world.
How Will You Be Remembered?
“Now Joshua son of Nun was full of the spirit of wisdom, for Moses had placed his hands on him; and the Israelites listened to him and did just what the Lord had commanded Moses. No prophet ever again arose in Israel like Moses, who knew the Lord face to face. He did all the signs and wonders the Lord had sent him to do …
A Different Perspective
Your God is far greater than any circumstance you might be facing. Like Caleb and Joshua, ask God to give you eyes of faith to look beyond the black and white of your current situation to God who is able to do exceedingly, abundantly, above all we ask or think (Ephesians 3:20). As a child of God, there is so much more in store for you than what the bare eye can see (Hebrews 11:1).
When God Directs My Steps
Guest Post by Author C.A. Simonson “A man’s heart plans his way, but the Lord directs His steps.” (Proverbs 16:9) “The highway of the upright avoids evil; those who guard their ways preserve their lives.” (Proverbs 16:17) Galatians 5:25 states, “Since we live in the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit.” It …
Pebbles in My Soul
“I, even I, am he who blots out your transgressions, for my own sake, and remembers your sins no more …” Isaiah 43:25
How to Handle Porcupines
Jesus calls us to be of the same mind in the Lord. To follow his example of humility, self-control, and selfless love. Being of the same mind doesn’t mean that our opinion doesn’t matter – it means that God’s honor and glory matter more.
God in the Everyday
The LORD says, “I will guide you along the best pathway for your life. I will advise you and watch over you.” Psalm 32:8 (NLT) There are moments in our lives when God clearly speaks or intervenes amidst our daily routines. I call them God Moments. The Israelites experienced God Moments over and over, from …