February 20, 2024 … When God Seems AWOL
Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ... Please take the time to take in this song with lyrics from Matt Maher singing … Lord I Need You … Powerfully singing of how we Christians are constantly and desperately in need of God’s grace.
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Highlight Passage: … Psalm 13:1 [NLT] …
1 O LORD, how long will you forget me? Forever? … How long will You look the other way?
… David feels like God has left David’s presence.
Highlight Passage (in context): … Psalm 13 … USE THIS LINK …
…King David sings of this desperate need for God’s presence and His saving power.
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Reference Passage: … Deuteronomy 4:29 [NLT] …
29 But from there you will search again for the Lord your God. And if you search for Him with all your heart and soul, you will find Him.
… Moses assures believers that God will be found for those who desperately seek Him.
Reference Passage: … Psalms 9:10, 34:18 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… King David assures believers in song of God’s faithful presence to rescue those who desperately seek the Lord.
Reference Passage: … Proverbs 3:5-6 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… Solomon assures believers of God’s guidance when we trust in following His will and His ways. .
Reference Passage: … Matthew 11:28-30 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… Jesus invites any/all to yoke our weakness to HIs strength and find rest.
Reference Passage: … Hebrews 13:5 [NLT] …
5 Don’t love money; be satisfied with what you have. For God has said, “I will never fail you. I will never abandon you.”
… The Author of Hebrews quotes Moses from <b><u>Deuteronomy 31:6, 8</b></u> to assure believers in the Messiah that God will NEVER abandon them (us); … and teaching Christians not to rely on money, but to trust in God.
Reference Passage: … James 4:8 [NLT] …
8 Come close to God, and God will come close to you. Wash your hands, you sinners; purify your hearts, for your loyalty is divided between God and the world.
… James, Jesus’ brother, charges fellow Christians to trust in God’s closeness and avoid trusting in worldly ways.
My Devotional Journal: Today’s Our Daily Bread Author, Bill Crowder - AT THIS LINK - relates how visitors to the UK will find plaques all over the country honoring the British history; and one such plaque found in a B&B, mocking those history plaques, reads, “On this site, Sept. 5, 1782, nothing happened.”
But that plaque might be on display in the hearts of Christians who pray to God but feel that the Lord has abandoned them (see photo). Every been there? I sure have, … BUT … and there’s always a “but,” isn’t there? … ”BUT,”… if you’ve joined me to take in the linked song and the Scriptures above, … God’s word clearly gives us assurance that our God will NEVER leave or forsake those who wait on Him faithfully. And Jesus (see Matt 11:28-30) even promises to give His strength to any/all who’re feeling weak and alone today.
And I needed that assurance of God’s truth today; … how about you?
My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh, Abba Father, thank You, King Jesus, … for giving me Your enabling grace of assurance of Your presence and power today … JUST FOR ME!
My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I pray. again today, that all reading here will join me, … to trust in Your assurance of Your presence/power today, Lord. Amen
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1 comment:
Amen!
Kjetil
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