We each have to learn to trust God’s timing and His plan for our life…
God told Jeremiah…
“I knew you before I formed you in your mother’s womb. Before you were born I set you apart and appointed you as my prophet to the nations.” (Jer 1:5)
Then David says in Psalms 139, verses 15 and 16 (speaking of God our Creator, who is the Author of our lives):
15 “You watched me as I was being formed in utter seclusion,
as I was woven together in the dark of the womb.
16 You saw me before I was born.
Every day of my life was recorded in your book.
Every moment was laid out
before a single day had passed.”
In the New Testament, we read in Paul’s letter to the church at Ephesus:
9 “God has now revealed to us His mysterious will regarding Christ—which is to fulfill His own good plan.
10 And this is the plan: At the right time He will bring everything together under the authority of Christ—everything in heaven and on earth.
11 Furthermore, because we are united with Christ, we have received an inheritance from God, for HE CHOSE US in advance, and He makes EVERYTHING work out according to His plan. (Eph 1:9-11 NLT)
Note that in the New King James Bible it says, in verse 11:
“… (that we having) been predestined according to the purpose of Him who works all things according to the counsel of His will.
And again Paul writes in Romans 8:28–30:
28 “And we know that God causes EVERYTHING to work together for the good of those who love God and are called according to His purpose for them.
29 For God knew His people in advance, and He chose them to become like His Son, so that His Son would be the firstborn among many brothers and sisters.
30 And having chosen them, He called them to come to Him. And having called them, He gave them right standing with Himself. And having given them right standing, He gave them His glory.”
This life that we ALL, who are BORN-AGAIN IN CHRIST, are called to live is called LIVING BY FAITH AND NOT BY Sight (2 Cor 5:7)!
This means that God expects EACH OF US to cast the whole of our life and our life’s circumstances on the reliability and trustworthiness of God and His Word
So what does that look like and how do we do that in real life?
The answer to that question is given in Proverbs:
Proverbs 3:5-6
New Living Translation
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.
SELAH (let us pause and calmly think about these things)
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Monday, May 01
Worthy Brief
DO YOU HAVE A SAFE PLACE?
“The LORD is on my side; I will not fear: what can man do unto me?”
— Psalm 118:6
As some of you may know, a bomb exploded in a bus within blocks of our Jerusalem apartment when we first moved to Israel.
That morning, my wife and I, along with our newborn baby, were heading to the city center to run a few errands when suddenly we heard the explosion.
Within minutes, the sirens were screaming from every part of the city as officials quickly made their way to the scene.
Later that month, the bus I was supposed to be on drove away as I watched it carry away the 50 or so people who would be critically injured and the 8 who would be dead seconds later, when that bus exploded before my very eyes.
So, to put it mildly, we have seen firsthand how terrorism works and how it affects people.
People ask us all the time — “Aren’t you afraid to be living in Israel these days?”
Truth be told, there aren’t too many safe places in this world anymore, are there?
However, there is one very safe place we have found, and it’s the very safest place there is.
You may have heard of it — it’s called “God’s perfect will”.
We should all be striving to make our home there for the rest of our earthly days.
We may be afraid to go to those places or do those things that God may be calling us today.
It could be to share your God-given talents in some far away land, and it could be across the street to help a neighbor.
Whatever the case may be, it’s easy to get wrapped up in other people’s fear, anxiety and criticism.
But we have a choice. We can either give in to those fears or stand for the Lord and choose what he called us to do.
Let’s submit all our fears to the Lord today and choose the latter.
I want to live in the will of God, don’t you?
He will not leave our side when we step forward to do great things for Him!
Your family in the Lord with much agape love,
George, Baht Rivka, Obadiah and Elianna (Going to Christian College in Dallas, Texas)
Arad, Israel
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