Guest Post by Author Lauri Lemke Thompson “You will keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on You, because he trusts in You.” Isaiah 26:3 (NKJV) I had decided to read through Isaiah. One day this well-known Scripture gempopped out at me.Perfect peace – what an astounding promise.Six days passed. I had become …
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Yet Will I Rejoice
Habakkuk discovered he needed much more than mere optimism. Instead, he recalled God’s promises. He knew that though his circumstances were beyond his control, they were not beyond God’s. Though his plans should fail and his world be shaken to the core, Habakkuk could still find reason to rejoice in the Lord; because his trust in God was unshakeable.
Is There a God?
God did not call us to judge people or clean them up before bringing them to Jesus. He calls us to love people – just as they are – and pray them into Christ’s Kingdom. If Jesus was comfortable meeting with people just as they were, you and I have ample reason to do the same.
Words of Life
You’ve heard it said, “Not just a hearer, but a doer be.” When God provided His word to the Israelites, He urged them to take them to heart – to heed them and obey them – for they were “your very life.” Their future depended fully on their observation of God’s commandments.
Faithful Obedience
God calls us to trust and obey. Though far from glamorous, our role is not necessarily to wield a sword but to trudge around those daunting walls day after day in faithful obedience.
The God of Grace
God’s kingdom isn’t about fairness. It’s about God’s goodness. It’s about more than economic justice – it’s about grace. And the grace God bestows on us depends not on our merit or worthiness but on His love for us.
Irrevocable
Fortunately, God’s gifts will never be recalled or revoked. He doesn’t bless us one day, then snatch it back the next. He doesn’t say, “Oops! I did a poor job on that. Send it back.”
Our God is Greater
How often I forget that God is the one who is leading and I’m simply called to follow. I get all worked up when I see a hurdle looming up ahead, wondering how I’m going to cope with it instead of quietly taking God’s hand knowing He won’t lead me where He hasn’t preceded me.
Guarding My Heart and Mind
I must make sure my meditations are pleasing to God, and the pleasing words will follow.
Out of the Goodness of His Love
Our God is a loving God. He is merciful and good to those who call on His name. Though our circumstances are troubling, we can always run to God and pour out our pain, our grief, and our worries. Out of the goodness of His love, He opens His arms wide and says, “Come here, my child. This one’s too much for you to bear alone. Let me carry your load awhile.”