January 29, 2023 … Waiting Patiently …

Berry Patch Devotions in 2023 - Day 29 

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ...  Please take the time to take in song and lyrics from Lincoln Brewster singing  … While I Wait … poignantly singing about how sometimes we have to wait for answers from God when we pray for Him to move to lift us up.  

NASA Rover - "Perseverance" - landed on Mars ... 

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Highlight Passage: … John 11:39-40 [NLT] … 

39 “Roll the stone aside,” Jesus told them. But Martha, the dead man’s sister, protested, “Lord, he has been dead for four days. The smell will be terrible.”  40 Jesus responded, “Didn’t I tell you that you would see God’s glory if you believe?”   

… Jesus rebukes the weak faith of those grieving the death of Lazarus.   

                                                                                 

Highlight Passage (Context): … John 11:1-44 [NLT] …  USE THIS LINK … 

…  Jesus raises Lazarus from the dead.  

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Reference Passage: … Psalm 37:7, 62:1-2 [NLT] …  USE THIS LINK …  

…  King David sings of faithfully waiting on God in David’s times of trouble. 

Reference Passage: … Proverbs 3:5-6 [NLT] …  USE THIS LINK … 

… God, turn Solomon, commands that God’s children have faith and trust that He hears and lead us in HIs will and His ways.               

Reference Passage: … Isaiah 40:31 [NLT] … 

31 But those who trust in the Lord will find new strength. They will soar high on wings like eagles.  They will run and not grow weary. They will walk and not faint.

… God’s promise, thru Isaiah, that God’s faithful will ultimately be lifted up if we wait on His strength in our times of weakness or need.              

Reference Passage: … Philippians 4:6-7  [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… Paul exhorts fellow Christians to set aside our worries and faithfully take them in prayer to the LORD to find His peace.  

Reference Passage: … Hebrews 4:16 [NLT] … 

16 So let us come boldly to the throne of our gracious God. There we will receive His mercy, and we will find grace to help us when we need it most.   

… God’s assurance that we can come CONFIDENTLY to Him for His grace in our times of trial.                                                                            

My Devotional Journal: Today's Our Daily Bread author, Dave Brandon … AT THIS LINK …   tells of the NASA staff having “7 minutes of terror,” not being able to get a signal from the Mars Rover Perseverance as it landed on Mars.  But the staff had faith and the rover landed as planned, quelling the fears of the staff for those seven minutes       

It’s certainly not uncommon for us to doubt ourselves, or even God, in times where we are feeling weak or out of control or troubled by lack of understanding of our circumstances.  But if my readers have taken in the linked song and God’s word above, I’m praying that we can muster the faith to trust in God in those times of trouble, waiting on Him with faithful prayer, … KNOWING that our God hears and cares for our needs.  … He does, you know!!      

My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh, Abba Father, thank You, King Jesus, … for ALWAYS hearing and caring for my needs.            

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I pray that all reading here will join me, … to faithfully wait on You, Lord, holding on to the reality that You care, Lord, and You ALWAYS hear our prayers.       Amen

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