Good Morning Everyone,
Our theme for this month: “Trusting God”
Our Bible verse for today: “I will say to the Lord, “My refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.” Psalm 91:2 (HCSB)
Our thought for day: “We can trust God for the big stuff and for the little stuff.”
Writer Jerry Bridges accurately observes that we tend to call out to God for His protection, provision, and help when we’re faced with some major obstacle or a big crisis, but we tend to try to work through all the minor stuff by ourselves. Predisposed as we are to trust in ourselves and to rely on our own abilities, it often takes a major problem to turn us to the Lord. However God wants us to invite Him in all the issues of our lives, the big ones and the little ones.
I’m very grateful to the Lord that my own life usually doesn’t consist of a lot of big problems. Oh sure, every once in a while there’s a big issue, but not often. However just like in your life, mine is also filled with lots of minor stuff which, while they may not be big issues, they are problems none-the-less and taken together they can add up to a lot of stress and pressure.
Psalm 50:15 says, “Call on Me in a day of trouble; I will rescue you and you will honor Me.” (HCSB). Please note that in this verse the Lord doesn’t say “Call on Me if you’re faced with a crisis …” Nope. He said I can call on Him if I have trouble – any trouble. I can call on Him if I’ve been diagnosed with cancer, but I can also call on Him if my car won’t start. I can seek his help to find a job, and to find my cell phone. He’ll assist me with my hard-headed relative, and with my hard-headed self. God is interested in all of it. If I only call on the Lord when I’m faced with something big then I won’t be calling on Him very often at all because fortunately, the big stuff is rare.
Trust Him to be your refuge and your fortress. Invite Him into your big problems and into the little ones. We can trust Him with all of it.
God Bless,
Pastor Jim
Oak Hill Baptist Church 