Corona Devo 250

Wait patiently for the Lord.  Be brave and courageous.  Yes, wait patiently for the Lord. ~Psalm 27:14

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What are we supposed to be doing today? It's very difficult to discern, and easy to feel as if what we do or think, or vote doesn't matter.

We talk (and pray!) about our current confusion all the time--in our homes, over text, and online. To family, friends, and perfect strangers. But someone else wants to chat with us about our life and direction.

We may be crying out, but are we crying out to the right One?

7  Hear me as I pray, O Lord.  Be merciful and answer me!

8  My heart has heard you say, “Come and talk with me.”   And my heart responds, Lord, I am coming.” ~Psalm 27:7-8

Has your heart heard God say “Come and talk with me”? If not, slow down and listen more carefully. He is calling each of us.

This is a quote directly from scripture, and the Lord speaks it to us today. We incorrectly seek counsel from every source except The One True Source. God calls to our heart: "“Come and talk with me” and like the Psalmist, I pray that today our hearts respond: "Lord, I am coming.” Why would we not answer God's call to talk with Him? He holds every answer that we seek, and many that we don't even know we are seeking.

Today, allow your heart to respond, "Lord, I am coming.”


9  Do not turn your back on me.  Do not reject your servant in anger.  You have always been my helper.  Don’t leave me now; don’t abandon me, O God of my salvation!

10  Even if my father and mother abandon me, the Lord will hold me close.

11  Teach me how to live, O Lord.  Lead me along the right path, for my enemies are waiting for me.

12  Do not let me fall into their hands.  For they accuse me of things I’ve never done; with every breath they threaten me with violence. ~Psalm 27:9-12

I relate to the Psalmist as they teeter-totter up and down in their pleadings with the Lord, because I do too. I know the love and protection God provides for us, but when overwhelmed, scared, or worried, my brain reverts to survival and freak-out mode. In one breath the Psalmist is begging God not to turn your back on me, or to reject your servant in anger, Don’t leave me now; don’t abandon me, and Do not let me fall into their hands. And yet, the writer also knows the depth of God's care for them, and expresses it in terms like O God of my salvation, and in remembering that even if others forsake us, the Lord will hold me close. And He will.

Today, if we will Come and talk with Him, He will Teach (us) how to live...and Lead (us) along the right path. God's word in the Bible teaches us this, and He wants to be in conversation with us about how this will look in our lives today.

I don't know about you, but I am looking for answers and direction and outcomes today. Actually, yesterday would have been better. In a word, I want it now. Big Christian Newsflash--God doesn't (usually) work that way, however. Much to my dismay, and regardless of how many different times over my life I request for things to occur faster than they are: God does His own thing.

But the funny (ironic, sometimes painful, always-on-time) thing is: God is working. He is always at work in our hearts and our lives. Just not always in the ways we are demanding.

While I impatiently think I am looking for the BIG answers: like for the truth-to-be-revealed in current political situations or for the future of the U.S.A. to be in a God-fearing man (or woman's) hands, instead God is working on His own stuff in my heart and life (and yours).

The current political/National situation has led my husband to lead our family in nightly devotions, which has allowed The Real Truth-to-be-revealed as we read and discuss Scripture as a family and pray together for the Nation.

While I continue in personal prayer for the future of the U.S.A. to be in a God-fearing man (or woman's) hands (now), I cannot miss that my children, who are part of the future of the U.S.A. are praying more than they ever have, are seeing parallels between Scripture and their lives, and are maturing in their faith at a more rapid pace than ever before.

I am praying BIG things in our Nation (we need it!), and I will continue too (I pray you do too), but God is answering those exact prayers daily, just in different ways than I was thinking.

I truly believe that more men and women and families are on their knees lately than have been in a long time. I know that I am. Maybe that is the outcome God is seeking, instead of a post-election audit (but I am still praying for it!).

13  Yet I am confident I will see the Lord’s goodness while I am here in the land of the living.

14  Wait patiently for the Lord.  Be brave and courageous.  Yes, wait patiently for the Lord. ~Psalm 27:13-14

These last verses are hopeful and pregnant with possibility. We will see the Lord’s goodness while I am here in the land of the living. I claim that for today and now, in both our BIG prayer requests and small. I also acknowledge that God is revealing His goodness right in front of our eyes, if we will choose to recognize it.

How will the next few years go? God doesn't say. But He is clear: Wait patiently for the Lord.  Be brave and courageous.  Yes, wait patiently for the Lord. (Psalm 27:14).

I will. How about you?

Blessings,

sarah

https://sarahsundy04.blogspot.com 

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