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Daily Encounter: A Week-day Devotional by a staff of ACTS International. |
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God is in Control
For God hath not given us the spirit of
fear, but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.1 The
headlines today have been shaking the world, as I imagine they have for
centuries whenever a new world event occurs. Extreme weather and government
shutdowns shake our world. Rumors of wars, pandemics, and hate crimes increase,
and our world is shaken. And while most of this is out of our control,
it is not out of God’s! If before reading the latest headlines we were to open the Bible, we would see that time and time again God has proven Himself
faithful. In fact, Scripture always seemed to be written to people living in
unstable times. Whether they were living under a hostile ruler or being
violently persecuted, God was there. He has walked next to His children during
the darkest of circumstances and seen them through. He has made a way where
there seemed to be no way. He has comforted the hurting, healed brokenness, and
given new life. What makes us think that He will not come through for us today? Jesus
said that He is the same yesterday, today, and forever. (Heb. 13:8) If
we can learn to rely on God for our next breath, then we can rely on Him for
anything that the day, the week, or the future might bring. Learning to live
each moment as it is given to us will bring us peace, but if we choose to live
in fear of what may come, we will live unsettled and unfulfilled. Nothing
happening in the world today is unnoticed by God, nothing is out of His
control. “Who has spoken
and it came to pass, unless the Lord has commanded it? Is it not from the mouth
of the Most High that good and bad come?” (Lam. 3:37-38 ESV) Take refuge in the presence of
the Almighty. Pray with confidence and be filled with hope. Because He lives, I can face tomorrow.
Because He lives, All fear is gone. Because I know He holds the future,
life is worth the living just because He lives.2 Suggested
prayer: Thank you, Heavenly Father, for your faithfulness. Help me to trust
that you are in control of everything that I may fear and rely on the promise
that nothing is unseen by you. In the name of Jesus I pray, Amen 1. 2 Timothy 1:7 (KJV). 2. “Because He Lives” by Bill
and Gloria Gaither. Today’s
Encounter was written by: Veronica B. |
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