Father, our plates are full to overflowing! Help us to accomplish what needs to be done and to not worry about the rest and to know the difference between the two according to Your will and wisdom. Amen.
1 John 4:4-6 (<<click here to read the passage)
“…the Spirit who lives in you is greater than the spirit who lives in the world.” v4b NLT
Lord, if we sit and think too long about the rampant evil and wickedness that surrounds us, it is way too easy to become fearful. And if we are not careful, we become immobilized. Like turtles, we withdraw into our shells thinking we can just hide from it all.
Now I admit evil, and wickedness are way stronger than I am…but I am no longer a child of evil and wickedness. I am a child of the Lion of Judah, and Your Spirit, oh Lord, lives in me. Evil and wickedness may be stronger than me, but You “are greater than the spirit who lives in the world.”
So, Lord, as I look around me, yes, it’s scary – it’s overwhelming. But I am not a turtle. I am a LION for I am Yours! And that means, in You, I am brave. In You I am powerful. No matter how much evil may shake the rafters…and may want to shake me, as well, I will stand firm in the fact that I have peace in You.
You proclaimed in John 16:33,
“I have told you these things, so that in Me you may have [perfect] peace. In the world you have tribulation and distress and suffering, but be courageous [be confident, be undaunted, be filled with joy]; I have overcome the world.” [My conquest is accomplished, My victory abiding.]” AMP
Amen – so be it!
(May 8th, 2017, Mon, 6:33 am)
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