Devotional Song: … GO TO THIS LINK … Please take the time to take in a YouTube video of song and lyrics from Jeremy Camp singing … The Answer … poignantly singing of how Jesus becomes the faith answer to all our fear questions.
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Highlight Verse[s]: Psalm 46:7 [NLT] … 7 The Lord of Heaven’s Armies is here among us; the God of Israel is our fortress.
… When we cringe with our “WHY” questions, … God is alway there to be our fortress.
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Highlight Passage [context]: Psalm 46 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… No matter what our doubts, trials, or storms … God is always there with the answers; and they’re found in knowing Him more intimately.
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Reference Passage : … Proverbs 3:5-6 [NLT] … 5 Trust in the Lord with all your heart; do not depend on your own understanding. 6 Seek His will in all you do, and He will show you which path to take.
… We’re always going to have WHY or WHERE questions; and we need to avoid trying to answer them on our own, going to a God who ALWAYS knows and cares.
Reference Passage : … 2 Corinthians 12:9 [NLT] … 9 Each time He [Jesus] said, “My grace is all you need. My power works best in weakness.” So now I am glad to boast about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ can work through me.
… Anytime we’re tempted to ask “WHY” questions, … as Jeremy Camp sings … “Jesus, … He is the answer!”
Reference Passage : … Hebrews 13:5-6 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
... No matter what our circumstances or trials, God will NEVER leave us or forsake us.
Reference Passage : … 1Peter 5:7 [NLT] … 7 Give all your worries and cares to God, for He cares about you.
… We must always take our WHY questions to a God Who SO cares for us!!
My Devotional Journal: Today's ODB author, Arthur Jackson, uses a personal reflection to ask an age-old question. And the ODB author wrote: Fire swept through the home of a family of six from our church. Although the father and son survived, the father was still hospitalized while his wife, mother, and two small children were laid to rest. Unfortunately, heartbreaking events like this continue to happen again and again. When they’re replayed, so is the age-old question: Why do bad things happen to good people? [see photo] And it doesn’t surprise us that this old question doesn’t have new answers.
Really, … it is my belief that when we’re in a quandary and either tempted to ask … or actually asking …“WHY” questions, it is FEAR that motivates those questions. Whereas, when we have questions, as Jeremy Camp sings in the linked song, and they are asked in our faith in a caring God (see 1Pet 5:7, trusting that God is always there as our answer (see Prov 3:5-6 and Heb. 13:5-6), we will likely be asking, “Lord, WHAT can I glean from these circumstances which helps me know You more? The former WHY question is generated by FEAR… and the latter WHAT question is generated by FAITH.
I’m praying that we turn our WHY questions into WHAT questions today.
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My THANKFULNESS: … Oh Abba Father, … thank You, Lord, … for the answers we have about life in our relationship with You.
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My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, … King Jesus, … I pray, Lord, that all reading here can, and will, join me in seeking to ask WHAT questions of faith to replace our WHY questions of fear.
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