Devotional Song: … GO TO THIS LINK … Please take the time to take in a YouTube video with lyrics and song from Kristyn and Keith singing their song… By Faith … poignantly singing of the reality of our need as Christians to walk by faith, patiently trusting that our Lord will lead us.
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Highlight Verse[s]: Genesis 45:7 [NLT] … 7 And God sent me before you to preserve a posterity for you in the earth, and to save your lives by a great deliverance.
… Joseph knew that it is God Who is ALWAYS in control of our destiny.
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Highlight Passage [context]: Genesis 45:1-8 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… Joseph knew that it was God who had sent him to Egypt in slavery and delivered him from prison at just the right time to save his family and be restored with them.
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Reference Passage : … Proverbs 3:5-6 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
…We walk by faith, trusting that God will lead us on His way and in His timing.
Reference Passage : … Romans 8:28 [NKJV] … 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.
… But when we’re challenged by delays, we need to believe this and then live by it, realizing - by faith - that God is ALWAYS in control.
Reference Passage : … 2 Corinthians 5:6-8 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… Paul shows us that, as Christians, we walk by faith and NOT by sight.
My Devotional Journal: Today's ODB author, David C McCasland, related a scenario with which we can all identify to illustrate that our our walk is by faith and not by sight. The ODB author wrote: A global computer system outage causes widespread flight cancellations, stranding hundreds of thousands of passengers at airports [see photo]. During a winter storm, multiple auto accidents close major highways. The person who promised to send a reply “right away” has failed to do so. Delays can often produce anger and frustration, but as followers of Jesus, we have the privilege of looking to Him for help.
So often in life our patience and faith is tested by delays, such as the ones described above [again, see photo]. And I must admit, I’m not a very good example of Christlikeness when it comes to the fruit of the Spirit, … PATIENCE. It’s when we can’t get what we want, especially when our desires are blocked for a long time, that we find our faith being tested.
In the OT, Joseph (in the highlight passage) is a great example of a believer who learned to, as Paul put it (in 2Cor. 5:7), … “walk by faith and not by sight.” Time after time Joseph was severely delayed and tested by life’s circumstances going against him. But his faith that God was in it all pulled him thru and he was able, in God’s perfect timing and providence, to be reunited with his family and save them from possible starvation.
How often, in our walk of faith, as sung by the Gettys, are we challenged in life when our path is thwarted and we don’t get what we’d like to have? All too often, I think. Perhaps today, if we’re being delayed in some frustrating way, we need to take heart, believing and living by the truth that God gave us, thru Paul, in Romans 8:28.
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My THANKFULNESS: … Oh Lord, Jesus, thank You for Your perfect timing.
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My Prayer Today: Abba Father, … King Jesus, … Precious Spirit … Help me to really trust You … at ALL times, in ALL circumstances so that I can walk by faith and not by sight. … Amen
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