Berry Patch Devotions in 2021 - Day 168
Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ... Please take the time to take in song and lyrics from John Waller singing … While I’m Waiting … poignantly singing of how we Christians often must wait faithfully and be obedient to the Lord while we wait.
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Highlight Passage [Context]: … Jeremiah 18:7-8a [NLT] …
7 “But blessed are those who trust in the Lord and have made the Lord their hope and confidence. 8 They are like trees planted along a riverbank, with roots that reach deep into the water. …
… God, thru Jeremiah, blesses those who are willing to trust in the Lord and wait on Him.
Highlight Passage [Context]: … Jeremiah 17:8 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… God tells His people to faithfully wait on him, not trusting in human solutions. ===============
Reference Passage: … Psalm 27:13-14 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… King david was content to wait on His Lord.
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 tells His faithful, thru Isaiah, that the Lord will bless those who’re willing to give new strength to those who’re willing to wait on Him.
Reference Passage: … Proverbs 3:5-6 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… God, thru Isaiah, promises that He will lead those who’re willing to trust Him.
Reference Passage: … Lamentations 3:25 [NLT] …
25 The Lord is good to those who depend on him, to those who search for Him.
… God, again thru Jeremiah, assures God’s faithful that the Lord will be good to those who seek to follow His ways.
My Devotional Journal: Today's Our Daily Bread author, Patricia Rayon … AT THIS LINK … uses a story of a lilac bush being cut down mistakenly by a yard worker and the owner patiently waiting for three years (see photo), with no blooms, until the bush finally bloomed out beautifully.
And so it is with our lives, quite often. We go thru periods of time, often lengthily, where we have to humbly and patiently wait for our Lord to work. We read of such faithfulness in the Old Testament (see Scriptures above), where God called on His faithful remnant of followers to trust and follow Him obediently, … rewarding those who wait on Him
Today’s ODB entry cited Caleb, waiting 40 years to enter the promised land, …Rebekah, waiting decades to have a child, … and Simeon waiting obediently to see the baby Jesus, his Messiah. And I’m sure there are some, maybe many reading here, who’re going thru a time of challenge, maybe even despair, where our faith is being challenged. But God’s promise to His faithful in the Old Testament holds true for any of us who are waiting on God to be there for us today.
Yes, our patience may be thin, but join me to wait on God thru today … and tomorrow … and as long as it takes; … because our God is faithful; and He knows what we need; and He’ll be there for us in His good timing [go to Romans 8:28 on your own].
My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh, Abba Father, thank You, King Jesus, … for being there for me even when I can’t feel Your presence.
My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I pray that all reading here will join me, … to wait on You, Lord, even when we don’t understand Your absence. … Amen
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Note: Everyday during this year, my daily devotional blogs are influenced by the reading and study of the online devotional blog entitled “Our Daily Bread,” distributed online via email by RBC Ministries. If you GO TO THIS LINK on the date of my blog, you can read/study the ODB blogs; or you can subscribe to the blog via email at that site.
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