And the peace of God,which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. – Philippians 4:7 (NIV)
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The Peace Of God
Praying For Yourself
Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. – Philippians 4:6 (NIV)
He Cares For You
Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you. – 1 Peter 5:7 (NIV)
Give God That One Thing
Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own. – Matthew 6:34 (NIV)
It Will Be Provided
Abraham took the wood for the burnt offering and placed it on his son Isaac, and he himself carried the fire and the knife. As the two of them went on together, Isaac spoke up and said to his father Abraham, “Father?”
“Yes, my son?” Abraham replied.
“The fire and wood are here,” Isaac said, “but where is the lamb for the burnt offering?”
Abraham answered, “God himself will provide the lamb for the burnt offering, my son.” — Genesis 22:6-8 (NIV)
One of the amazing things about the story of Abraham’s willingness to sacrifice Isaac is Abraham’s trust and confidence in God. He did not know how God would provide the lamb, he just knew that God would provide the lamb. Maybe a thousand different scenarios ran through his mind. Maybe he had it all planned out. “We are going to do this and then God is going to do that and then everything will be cool.” Or maybe Abraham truly trusted God. He didn’t keep a lookout for lambs on the way up the hill. He simply obeyed God and trusted that when the time was right, God would provide.
What about us? When things are tough and we are having a hard time trusting, how do we respond? Do we worry and fret? Jesus said not to because the Father knows what we need. If we will seek after the things of God, His kingdom and His righteousness, we’ll have everything we need. We need to simply trust that God will provide. Like Abraham, we don’t need to know the how, we just need to know the will. He will provide.
PRAYER: Help me to trust You today, O Lord. May worry be far from me as I seek Your kingdom first. You know what I need before I ever say it. Thank You for this amazing love You have for me that was expressed through Jesus on the cross. Amen.
Greed And Hoarding
The Parable of the Rich Fool
13 Someone in the crowd said to him, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me.”
14 Jesus replied, “Man, who appointed me a judge or an arbiter between you?” 15 Then he said to them, “Watch out! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; life does not consist in an abundance of possessions.”
16 And he told them this parable: “The ground of a certain rich man yielded an abundant harvest. 17 He thought to himself, ‘What shall I do? I have no place to store my crops.’
18 “Then he said, ‘This is what I’ll do. I will tear down my barns and build bigger ones, and there I will store my surplus grain. 19 And I’ll say to myself, “You have plenty of grain laid up for many years. Take life easy; eat, drink and be merry.”’
20 “But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life will be demanded from you. Then who will get what you have prepared for yourself?’
21 “This is how it will be with whoever stores up things for themselves but is not rich toward God.”
“Watch out! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; life does not consist in an abundance of possessions.” – Luke 12:15 (NIV)
For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs.
Know That God Is God
Psalm 46 (NIV)
For the director of music. Of the Sons of Korah. According to alamoth. A song.
1 God is our refuge and strength,
an ever-present help in trouble.
2 Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way
and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea,
3 though its waters roar and foam
and the mountains quake with their surging.4 There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God,
the holy place where the Most High dwells.
5 God is within her, she will not fall;
God will help her at break of day.
6 Nations are in uproar, kingdoms fall;
he lifts his voice, the earth melts.7 The Lord Almighty is with us;
the God of Jacob is our fortress.8 Come and see what the Lord has done,
the desolations he has brought on the earth.
9 He makes wars cease
to the ends of the earth.
He breaks the bow and shatters the spear;
he burns the shields with fire.
10 He says, “Be still, and know that I am God;
I will be exalted among the nations,
I will be exalted in the earth.”
11 The Lord Almighty is with us;
the God of Jacob is our fortress.
- The earth may give way (verse 2)
- The mountains crumble and fall into the sea (verse 2)
- The seas roar and foam (verse 3)
- The mountains quake (verse 3)
- Nations are in uproar (verse 6)
- Kingdoms fall (verse 6)
- War (verse 9)
Do any of these sound familiar? We hear of natural disasters throughout the earth. We hear of nations falling in political turmoil? There are wars everywhere. Terrorism abounds. Violence seems to be the order of the day. The Sons of Korah say it twice, though:
The Lord Almighty is with us;
the God of Jacob is our fortress. – Psalm 46:7, 11 (NIV)
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