Happy Thursday! Have you ever been afraid that you were going to run out of something? I can remember worrying about running out of money before the end of the month. People are afraid they are running out of time, joy, money, food, etc.
This has been a productive week at work, but I feel tired. I spend too much time worrying that I am not good enough or I am not doing enough. All my worrying is wearing me out. Does this sound familiar?
I listened to two sermons this week on this passage in John.“On the third day a wedding took place at Cana in Galilee. Jesus’ mother was there, and Jesus and his disciples had also been invited to the wedding. When the wine was gone, Jesus’ mother said to him, “They have no more wine.” Woman, why do you involve me?” Jesus replied. “My hour has not yet come.” His mother said to the servants, “Do whatever he tells you.” (John 2:1-5). Wow, this hit me right between the eyes.
Maybe you are afraid of running out of something today. We already know what to do but we just don’t want to do it. Some of us have things that we need God to do now. Instead of running to the phone, go to the throne!
God is already making a way where there seems to be no way. God already has a plan, but we must seek Him.
Friends have a blessed weekend!
Kam
Are you giving power to fear and anxiety? Do you have a plan when the negative thoughts fill your mind?
Thoughts of negativity come our way no matter how hard we try to stop them. We experience storms of life no matter how much we pray. Fear’s greatest trick is “what if.”
I like the statement by Joyce Meyers, “worry is a down payment on a problem you may never have.” Wow, that really hit me hard.
In Acts 27 and 28, Paul went through many storms. Paul was arrested and handed over to a centurion named Julius. They boarded a ship and before long a storm came up with “a wind of hurricane force.” After being battered by the storm for three days, they all gave up hope. However, in verses 23 and 24 of Acts 27, the angel of the Lord appeared to Paul and said, “Do not be afraid, Paul. You must stand trial before Caesar; and God has graciously given you the lives of all that sail with you.”
God was with Paul!
Friends are you going through a storm today? Have you given up hope? I believe God wants you to know that no matter what you are going through He is there with you.
Don’t give in to worry and fear. God will be with you. He is the God of the valleys too!
Blessings to you!
Kam
Are you given power to fear and anxiety? Do you have a plan when the negative thoughts come? Are you going through a storm today? Are you on a ship today and your ship is going down? Do you worry that you are going to drown?
There are so many “what if’s” in life. When the enemy has a plan to take us out, God has another plan to keep us in.
Do you know how many times in your life when the enemy wanted to kill you, but God stepped in? Do you know how many times you would have been in a car wreck if you hadn’t of went back to the house to pick up that one thing that you forgot?
In the Bible we read how Paul went through so many valleys. However, he never focused on the problem, he focused on the purpose. In Acts 27, after Paul was arrested, he and some others boarded a ship and sailed for Rome. First, they went through a terrible storm. Miraculously he and all the people on the ship survived the storm. On the fourteenth day they worried they wouldn’t make it to land. In verse 43 and 44, “But the centurion wanted to spare Paul’s life and kept them from carrying out their plan. He ordered those who could swim to jump overboard first and get to land. The rest were to get there on planks or on other pieces of the ship. In this way everyone reached land safely.”
Wow, I think about how Paul made it to land hanging on a piece of a ship and how this could not have been the way he thought it would go. Even when the ship went down, he still had faith he would make it to the shore.
Friends, you are going to make it. It might not be the way you planned on it, but you are going to make it through whatever you are going through. Don’t put your faith is not in the how, but in the God that says you will!
