Instructions and Promises!
Please note my correction of this page in a later post - here!
As I was leafing through my journaling Bible, I came across the page on the right above. I had already done the bread illustration and written some of the words on that page. As I re-read Psalm 37 though, I found it was FULL of instructions and promises that seemed targeted for this very time we find ourselves in, as we face the uncertainties engendered by the covid-19 virus that is spreading across the planet. Then as I searched my blog to see what materials I had used so I could repeat them on the facing page, I realized that this was a page I had never posted, even though the illustration was done in 2017! It seemed clear to me that it was being saved "for such a time as this," and that it had been incomplete. So, I completed it.
As I was leafing through my journaling Bible, I came across the page on the right above. I had already done the bread illustration and written some of the words on that page. As I re-read Psalm 37 though, I found it was FULL of instructions and promises that seemed targeted for this very time we find ourselves in, as we face the uncertainties engendered by the covid-19 virus that is spreading across the planet. Then as I searched my blog to see what materials I had used so I could repeat them on the facing page, I realized that this was a page I had never posted, even though the illustration was done in 2017! It seemed clear to me that it was being saved "for such a time as this," and that it had been incomplete. So, I completed it.
There are powerful promises here:
- being given the desires of your heart
- having abundance in the face of famine
- when you fall you will not be hurled headlong - God holds your hand
- descendants not begging bread
- strength in time of trouble
- deliverance
- salvation
But they come with clear direction too:
- trust in the Lord
- do good
- cultivate faithfulness
- delight yourself in the Lord
- commit your way to the Lord
- rest in the Lord
- wait patiently for Him
- do not fret it leads only to evildoing
- be gracious and give
- be a person of peace
- take refuge in Him
Father, thank you for such clear guidance!!! Thank you for your promises!!! Please fill me with faith and trust in you, with your peace that passes all understanding. Please remove any vestiges of selfishness from my life. May I give freely as directed. May I wait patiently for you and take refuge in you - no matter what comes my way. Thank you, Father.
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