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Luke 9:24 - "For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for me will save it."
When we continually stress over problems instead of looking to God for solutions, the enemy will magnify your fears. If he can't get you to worry about the present - he'll remind you of everything that could go wrong in the future! Ralph Waldo Emerson said, "All I have seen, has taught me to trust God for all I haven't seen."
The last I checked, Wasn't God still bigger than any terrorist attack, financial disaster, illness, accusation, or mess you found yourself in? Well, this remains today! David said, He won't go to sleep... the Lord is at your right side. He will... keep you safe... wherever you go... and be confident that His angels are watching over you.
It all comes down to ME or HIM? Faith or Control? You can struggle to handle things on your own - or trust your Heavenly Father. That's the choice! It's not about 'blind faith,' it's about believing that God is who He says He is. And it's an issue we need to settle in our mind once and for all, because if you don't believe He wants only the best for you, you'll keep trying to take control. Control isn't responsibility. Responsibility is doing your part by praying, obeying, and trusting God. Control is manipulating the circumstances to engineer the outcome you want.
Jesus knows how we like holding on to things we're not wise enough to control. Let Him take the reigns today... Jesus said, If you want to save your life, you will destroy it. But if you give it up... for me, you will save it. At the end of the day - you either trust God or you don't! So what who will it be? Me or Him?
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perry meade
