Today's Devotional: What you fear reveals what you value the most. What you fear reveals where you trust God the least.
Response by: Morgan Coil
Well I was definitely meant to write the blog post for today! It couldn't have been more spot on with my life. I am in fear of the future and what I will be doing with my life. This reveals I value my life, my hopes and my dreams but it also reveals the area where I lack trust in The Lord. It's not that I don't want to trust him-- I know he has it all figured out it's just I'm so nervous and that fact that I don't have a perfectly laid out plan that I could physically hold drives me crazy. Every part in me wants to trust God but it's like I just want to know what I will be doing with my life... Right now!! This struggle has been ongoing for awhile now and I don't think I'm alone at all but it is definitely frustrating. I know that what I need to do is hand over the power to God. Hand over all of my worries and fears to him and let him take the reigns (which the controlling side of me will struggle with).
But one thing that has made this easier is reading the word!!! There are countless bible verses relating to my fears. I strongly encourage you to read the passage that went along with day 18. It was my first time reading those verses and they are now some of my favorite verses! I especially loved these two verses ..Psalms 91: 4-5 He will spread his wings over you and keep you secure. His faithfulness is like a shield. You won't need to worry about dangers at night or arrows during the day.
My goal for the week is to keep reading verses like this to encourage me! And continue to pray and talk to God about my fears and worries.
Something to talk about: What things are you not trusting God with that you need to?
Morg: I don't mean to be a downer but I'm 48 and still wrestling with this so don't sweat it. You do get more patient as you get older (or maybe that's just old age creeping up).
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