July 4, 2021 … In God We Trust …

Berry Patch Devotions in 2021 - Day 185 

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ...   Please take the time to take in song and lyrics from the group Hillsong, leading in worship and singing  … In God We Trust … poignantly singing about how we, as Christians, need to place ALL our trust and faith in our God. 

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Highlight Passage:   Isaiah 30:15 [NLT] …  

15 This is what the Sovereign Lord, the Holy One of Israel, says:  “Only in returning to me and resting in me will you be save.  In quietness and confidence is your strength. But you would have none of it.  

… God’s people chose to trust in an alliance with Egypt rather than in their God.   

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Highlight Passage [Context]: … Isaiah 30:1-5, 15-18 [NLT] …  USE THIS LINK … 

… God, thru Isaiah, shows His people that only in trusting in Him, their LORD, will they find rest and peace.    

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Reference Passage: … Psalm 118:6, … 8 [NLT] … 

6 The Lord is for me, so I will have no fear. What can mere people do to me? … 8 It is better to take refuge in the Lord than to trust in people. 

… God makes it clear thru His Psalmist in whom we should trust.  

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

… Our God wants us to trust in Him <u>with ALL our hearts</u>, … not in ourselves or the world. 

Reference Passage: … Romans 15:13 [NLT] … 

13 I pray that God, the source of hope, will fill you completely with joy and peace because you trust in Him. Then you will overflow with confident hope through the power of the Holy Spirit. 

… Paul’s prayer for his fellow Christians … that they find joy/peace/strength by trusting in God.   

Reference Passage: …James 4:7  [NLT] … 

7 Submit yourselves therefore to God.  Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.   

… It’s when we trust and submit ourselves to God that our enemies will flee from us.  

My Devotional Journal: Today's Our Daily Bread author, James Banks, AT THIS LINK  … uses a reference story about Revolutionary War history to show how the American soldiers trusted in superstition rather than God and the result was defeat in one battle on Canadian soil.    

Similarly in the times of Isaiah, God’s people put their trust in an alliance with Egypt [see highlight passage] rather than trust in their God when the Assyrians were threatening Judah.  The result was a disastrous defeat.  And these stories raise the question of whom we trust today when we do battle against our spiritual enemies … Satan, the world, and our own flesh. 

If we look at the USA currency [see photo], we see the American motto: ”In God We Trust!” … BUT … DO WE? … Or do we place our trust in idols or worldly values … like money, power, politics, science, or other human pursuits?  And I pray we’re doing a self inventory right now to decide in Whom we place our trust today?  

My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh, Abba Father, thank You, King Jesus, … for calling me and helping me to trust You, LORD, … and You alone … today and tomorrow.        

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I pray that all reading here will join me, … to put all our trust in You, Lord, today.    … Amen

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