| Good morning everyone, Our theme for this month: “Selfcare” Our Bible verse for today: “But you, Lord, are a shield around me, my glory, and the one who lifts up my head. I cry aloud to the Lord, and he answers me from his holy mountain. I lie down to sleep; I wake again because the Lord sustains me. I will not be afraid of thousands of people who have taken their stand against me on every side.” Psalm 3:3-4 (CSB) Our thought for today: “The Lord will be your shelter in the storm” I read a cute story the other day which beautifully illustrates how God wants to be our shelter in the storms of life. “It was early in the morning, and the little boy awoke to the flash of lightening and the clap of thunder. He felt the house rumble and heard the rain splattering on the rooftop. The tin roof created a rhythmic sound that lulled him back to sleep. Snuggled under his warm blanket, he slept the storm away and then awakened a second time to his mother’s voice calling him for breakfast.” In the middle of our storms in life, as the threatening events are unfolding and with lightening flashing and thunder rumbling, the Lord will be for us like that warm bed was for that little boy – a place of comfort and security. This is the provision of God for those who have learned to trust the circumstances of life to Him. And this is the objective of lifelong discipleship. Our goal is to learn to surrender everything to God and then to trust in His watch-care over us. The greatest act of selfcare is to learn to embrace God-care, and then to surrender everything to Him. This is the goal of Christian maturity. In Psalm 3:3-4 King David was writing about the time when he was forced to flee for his life from the armies of Absolom. He was in real danger of being murdered, but as we read there, he trusted the situation to God and discovered a great sense of peace and security for having done so. It’s our human nature to be anxiously preoccupied with working out the details of our own problems. But it’s our spiritual maturity that leads us to surrender it all to the Lord and then to trust Him to shelter and protect us. As pastor Chuck Swindoll once wrote, “I am finally learning that surrendering to my sovereign Lord, leaving the details of my future in His hands, is the most responsible act of obedience I can do.” May that be true for us too. Surrender your situation to the Lord and trust Him to be your shelter in the storms of life. God bless, Pastor Jim (If you like what you’re reading in these daily devotionals, and if you would like more content from Oak Hill Baptist Church, join us on Sundays at 10:00 – in-person if you are nearby or, if you are geographically distant or if you just can’t make it, online at www.YouTube.com/@oakhillbaptistcrossville |
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