Seeing everything in life as an opportunity to worship God!
Song of the Day “Resurrecting” by Elevation Worship Scripture to reflect upon (Please hover, or click onto, the Scriptures to read the specified text!) Isa 53:5-6, Rom 8:11, John 11:25, Ephesians 2:4-5, Titus 3:5-6, Matt 28:5-6, Devotional thought In order for something to experience a resurrection it first has to die. The Bible says that … Read more
Song of the Day “Tremble” by I Am They Scripture to reflect upon (Please hover, or click onto, the Scriptures to read the specified text!) Phil 4:7, Ps 107:29, Mark 3:11, James 2:19, 1 John 1:5, Devotional thought “God is light and there is no darkness in Him.” That is what the Bible says in … Read more
If you are having trouble finding joy and peace in your life, instead of overly focusing on those things maybe all you need is to refresh yourself in the God who gives us a Living Hope in His Son, through the power of His Spirit!
The key to our amazement is to recognize the peace that comes with just the slightest breath from the mouth of our Creator to make the chaos tremble and flee our lives (Matt 8:27)! It only takes a command from the Lord to calm the tempest, and I believe that until He does so He is using it to refine and strengthen our lack of faith in His ability to do so! Jesus is interested in our trust in His ability to bring a sense of peace to our heart and mind as we stay focused on who He is and rely on Him to fulfill His mission for us!
I am not sure what sort of storm you have in your spirit right now, but did you know that if you choose right now to trust in the Name of Jesus He will still that storm for you? The discipline of calling to the Lord in our moments of trial and darkness is what will help us overcome in this life! No darkness can ever overcome the light! He drives out the darkness as long as we stay near the light of His glorious face.
The Advent, or arrival, of Peace truly became accessible to humanity when Jesus arrived in this world! He is our peace!
Peace is equivalent to wholeness, oneness, rest, and stillness. It is interesting to think about the word peace in that way, because for me when I think of peace I usually think of it in terms of the absence of war, or chaos. Well, although that is true, it goes far beyond the absence of something by giving us the presence of something else instead – wholeness!
The plan that included a Babe in a manger, resulted in all of humanity having access to forgiveness and reconciliation to the very God we offend and reject daily! God is not holding the worlds sins against them, but pleading with us all to be reconciled to Him through Jesus! That means that He removed the very thing that was blocking all of us from experiencing Him – sin. Christ became that sin for us, so that we can finally stand righteous before Him!
It is so important to keep our eyes fixed upon the Savior of our souls in these times. Maybe you can’t see Him anymore in your situation, my encouragement to you is to quiet yourself enough you to listen for and hear His voice leading you out of your storm!
In the night moments of your life, are you able to call upon the Lord and trust that He will protect and uphold you through it?
Are you able to choose faith over fear when things get difficult?
Do you believe that God is able to deliver, and that He is still good even if you don’t get the deliverance you thought you needed?
In the song for today, we sing lyrics that come right out of this prophecy (Lyrics like; “You’re the Prince of peace, You are mighty (Mighty God).”), and when we know that to be true in our heart, it will result in us praising and worshiping our Savior for that peace we feel now that we know Him! Our lives will be dedicated to holiness (which also promotes peace for us) as we follow the Lord out of the love we have for Him and for all that He has provided for us.