Trust God and keep moving into the future

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Good morning everyone,

Our theme for this month: “Selfcare”

Our Bible verse for today: “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight.” Proverbs 3:5-6 (NIV)

Our thought for today: “Trust God and keep moving into the future”

One of the most troublesome and even challenging scenarios in life is when we are faced with uncertainty regarding the future. That’s especially true when we’re dealing with difficult situations which are stress-producing and painful, and which may turn out badly.

Almost thirty-five years ago I adopted Proverbs 3:5-6 as my primary life-verse. When it comes to living the Christian life on a daily and moment-by-moment basis, in the big details of life as well as the little ones, Proverbs 3:5-6 provides us with a failsafe way of dealing with life and walking forward into the future.

Trust in the Lord with all your heart because you know that He loves you. You know He has a good plan for your life and that He will direct you if you want Him to. Therefore, rather than relying on your own understanding, seek to know His will because you know that being in the center of His will is always the best and safest place to be. Then, go forward trusting that He is guiding your steps. You may not have all the answers, you may not have things all figured out, but that’s okay because He does and He is the one directing your steps. God is more interested in your life than you are and He wants you to live a good life even more than you want it. So, He will guide you if you will let Him.  

Just do your best to make sure your heart is right and you truly are seeking to know His will so you can be obedient to it. Then just trust Him to lead you. This too is selfcare. Doing this relieves us of the constant stress and strain of always feeling like we must have it all figured out.  

Author John Eldredge once offered up this prayer, “Jesus, I don’t need to know everything. I just need to know what you want me to do next. What are you saying to me about the next step in my life, Lord?”

An important element in good selfcare is to learn to trust God as you keep moving into the future.

God bless,
Pastor Jim   

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