Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ... Please take the time to take in a YouTube video of song and lyrics from Ryan Stevenson singing … Eye of the Storm ... poignantly singing of how God will remain in control no matter what storm of difficulty we face in life.
Hurricane "Florence" approaching Wilmington, Delaware
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Highlight Verse[s]: Psalm 46:1 [NKJV] ... 1 God is our refuge, … a very resent help in times of trouble.
… Resting in our relationship with the Lord is the safest, … most peaceful …, place we can be.
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Highlight Passage [context]: Psalm 46:1-11 [NKJV] ... USE THIS LINK ...
… God, thru the Psalmist, sings of our best - and safest - place of refuge from the storms of life … finding peace in our relationship with the Living God.
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Reference Passage : … Proverbs 3:5-6 [NKJV] ... USE THIS LINK ...
… If we can - and will - trust in Christ, especially in the “eye of the storm,” as the linked song sings, He will show us the way, with His peace.
Reference Passage : … Isaiah 26:3 [NKJV] … 3 You will keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on You, because he trusts in You.
… The believer who can focus on God’s promises is the one who will hold onto peace.
Reference Passage : … John 16:33 [NKJV] … 33 These things I have spoken to you, that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world.”
… We can always rest in the eternal peace we have promised from our Lord, King Jesus, … no matter what storms we face in life.
Reference Passage : … Philippians 4:6-7 [NKJV] ... USE THIS LINK ...
… God’s prescription for His amazing grace and peace and the antidote for worry … i.e., thankful prayer and a trusting relationship with Christ.
My Devotional Journal: Today's ODB author, James Banks, uses a crisis situation to illustrate how, when we face the storms of trouble in life, we must rest in our relationship with Christ. … The ODB author wrote: As Hurricane Florence was bearing down on Wilmington, North Carolina, with devastating force, [see photo] my daughter prepared to leave her home. She’d waited until the last moment, hoping the storm would veer away. But now she was hurriedly sorting through important papers, pictures, and belongings, trying to decide what to take with her. “I didn’t expect it would be so hard to leave,” she told me later, “but in that moment I didn’t know if anything would be there when I got back.”
Life’s storms come in many forms: hurricanes, tornadoes, earthquakes, floods, unexpected problems in marriage or with children, the sudden loss of health or finances. So much we value can be swept away in a moment.
I think we all know that we’re going to face storms of trouble or trial in life. But as in the ODB story above, how do we handle those storms? And if we truly have a close and abiding relationship with the LORD, He answers that question soundly with the scriptures provided above. In fact thru several OT and NT authors, … like Solomon, Isaiah, Paul, and no less than Jesus Himself ,… God gives us His prescription for peace.
And that, of course, is to focus on Him (Is. 26:3), … to trust in Him (Prov. 3:5-6), … to believe that He has overcome the world (John 16:33, … and to simply pray to Him, with a thankful heart [Phil. 4:6-7].
But the question is … WILL WE?
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My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh Abba Father, ... thank You, Lord, ... for being our refuge.
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My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... I pray, Lord, that all reading here will join me, to trust that You can - and will - give us Your peace when we rest and trust in You. … Amen
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