Devotional Song: … GO TO THIS LINK … Please take the time to take in a YouTube video of song and lyrics from Steven Curtis Chapman … Be Still and Know … poignantly singing of how we need trust and know that God always had our needs in His plan for His heavenly Father.
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Highlight Verse[s]: Luke 19:5 [NLT] … 5 When Jesus came by, he looked up at Zacchaeus and called him by name. “Zacchaeus!” He said. “Quick, come down! I must be a guest in your home today.”
… Jesus points to the urgency of Zacchaeus (like anyone who is lost) needing salvation; and that day was the appointed day for the little man up a tree.
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Highlight Passage [context]: Luke 19:1-10[NLT] …USE THIS LINK …
… Jesus encounters Zacchaeus up a tree.
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Reference Passage : … Ecclesiastes 3:1 [NLT] … 1 For everything there is a season, a time for every activity under heaven.
…God’s timing is ALWAYS perfect.
Reference Passage : … John 11:1-15 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… Jesus shows his followers that His timing is perfect for God to be glorified as he first delays traveling to heal Lazarus, but then brings him back from death to life.
My Devotional Journal: Today's ODB author, Anne Cetas, used a story about a woman and her family desiring some attention … The ODB author wrote: Rima, a Syrian woman who had recently moved to the United States, tried to explain to her tutor with hand motions and limited English why she was upset. Tears trickled down her cheeks as she held up a beautifully arranged platter of fatayer (meat, cheese, and spinach pies) that she had made. Then she said, “One man,” and made a swishing sound as she pointed from the door to the living room and then back to the door. The tutor pieced together that several people from a nearby church were supposed to visit Rima and her family and bring some gifts. But only one man had shown up. He had hurried in, dropped off a box of items, and rushed out. He was busy taking care of a responsibility, while she and her family were lonely and longed for community and to share their fatayer with new friends.
Have you ever wondered why Jesus was so insistent on hurrying to be with Zacchaeus (see highlight passage); and yet he delayed traveling to His close friend Lazarus who was dying. Well, a key to answer that seeming paradox can be found in the writing from Solomon in Ecclesiastes 3:1. Truly there is a time for everything; and so often what we think is a time for something to happen does not agree with God’s timing.
So, today, … let’s realize that God’s timing is ALWAYS right; … and in whatever we think say and do, we should trust in His timing.
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My THANKFULNESS: … Oh Lord, Jesus, thank You for always being on time - Your time.
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My Prayer Today: Abba Father, … King Jesus, … Precious Spirit … Lord, help me to trust your perfect timing. … Amen
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