😎🐫🎤 Christ’s peace and presence be with you. I think we could all pretty much agree that being in a relationship with the Lord is not a guarantee of a perfect life. Jesus was a perfect man, but He didn’t have a perfect life. In His adulthood, people, demons, and the devil himself tempted, attacked, and tried their best to discredit and take Christ down. They would not stop until they beat Him, whipped Him, nailed Him to a cross, died and was buried, never to be seen or hear from again. Or so they thought.
Why did they do this? Because they feared Him.
I’m sure many of you can attest to the fact that, the stronger and more active your relationship with the Lord is, the more the devil and his band of demons will tempt, attack, and try their best to discredit you and take you down. It can be very challenging, frustrating, and confusing living a relationship with the Lord, but I couldn’t imagine living this life without Him.
In my youth and young adulthood, I would say that the majority of my decisions were made based on a whim, without a whole lot of consideration as to what God desired of me. That thought process has SLOWLY changed in my adulthood. Recently I’ve been struggling with some choices in my life. I know for a fact that when we keep God in our situation, even if it’s a challenging situation, God will always bless us. It may not always be obvious in the moment, but you will be blessed by Him. He gives us the gift of free will, in hopes that we will make wise choices. As I’m experiencing in this most recent set of choices in my life, I don’t want to just make a choice, I want to make the choice that God wants me to make. The choice in which I can best serve God. I am very blessed as things are right now. So, is this where God desires me to stay? Or, should I pursue this other opportunity that has been presented to me. God does not want us to be slaves to Him, which is why He gifted us free will. At this point, I feel like I keep going back and forth with this choice. I really would like Him to say, “Shell, this is what I want you to do…” As much as that would help me to stop questioning the choices before me, I know that He loves me too much to do that.
Lord, please give me your wisdom to understand and discern the choices you have placed before me. I pray that I will have the courage, strength, and humility to make choices that will best serve You and the purpose You had in mind for me when You created me. Amen!
I also make this prayer for you, as you find yourself at a crossroad, that you too will have the courage, strength, and humility to make choices that will best serve our Lord and the purpose He had in mind for you when He created you. Amen!
Bless others and be blessed.
Shelly :0)
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Third Day Devotions 