Berry Patch Devotions in 2021 - Day 224
Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ... Please take the time to take in song and lyrics from Lauren Daigle singing … I Will Trust In You … poignantly singing of trusting and turning to God no matter what befalls us in this life.
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Highlight Passage: … Joel 1:19a [NLT] …
19 Lord help us!
… God’s people wake up and cry out to God after the Lord sends locusts to wake them up.
Highlight Passage (Context): … Joel 1:1-7, 19-20 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… God sends a hoard of locusts to devour the land and wake up His people to repent of their sins and turn to Him.
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Reference Passage: … Proverbs 3:5-6 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… Solomon shows that we must trust and follow God to lead us rather than doing life our own way.
Reference Passage: … Isaiah 45;7 [NLT] …
7 I create the light and make the darkness. I send good times and bad times. I, The LORD, am the One Who does these things.
… God, thru Isaiah shows that God is sovereign over ALL THINGS … good and bad in our lives.
Reference Passage: … Isaiah 55:8-9 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… God, thru Isaiah, shows that His ways are so hight that we have trouble understanding them, especially when disaster strikes in our lives.
Reference Passage: … Mark 13 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… Jesus warns of the darkness which lies ahead for born-again believers; but shows that these things are to take place to keep us alert to His coming again.
Reference Passage: … Romans 8:28 [NLT] …
28 And we know that God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love God and are called according to his purpose for them.
… Paul showing fellow Christians that ALL THINGS in the life of a Christian are for our good and His glory.
My Devotional Journal: Today's Our Daily Bread author, Tom Felton … AT THIS LINK … writes about a horrible flood, which caused disaster to much of western Europe in 1717, leading government leaders gathering in a church in Groningen, in the Netherlands, to pray to God for deliverance.
Often in the history of mankind it has taken disaster to wake up God’s people to the sovereignty of God. In today’s highlight passage, God showed His people, thru the Prophet Joel, their need for God by sending a hoard of locusts (see photo) to consume the land. And taking in the linked song and meditating on the Scriptures above, I - for one - realize what God has said over and over in His word … that He is our sovereign LORD … and as Paul taught fellow Christians in Romans 8;28, … that no matter what befalls us in life; … yes, even disaster, … it is for our good and His glory.
And Jesus, Himself, warns us, (in Mark, Chapter 13), that things will turn very dark with wars and natural disasters just before He will come again for His bride. And we see it beginning right now, don’t we? So, let’s all be alert and stand strong to await, … with faith, … our Lord coming again for us.
My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh, Abba Father, thank You, King Jesus, … for reminding that, no matter what may befall us in this life, You, Lord, are in control.
My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I pray that all reading here will join me, … to stay alert with faith and stand strong today, Lord, because You ALWAYS in control !! … Amen
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Blogger Note: Everyday during this year, my daily devotional blogs are influenced by the reading and study of the online devotional blog entitled “Our Daily Bread,” distributed online via email by RBC Ministries. If you GO TO THIS LINK on the date of my blog, you can read/study the ODB blogs; or you can subscribe to the blog via email at that site.
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