What can I say? I've been meaning to write but do not seem to find it in my schedule to do so. Yes, retired life can be very busy. So may be a little bit tonight is better than nothing. It is raining hard outside and we just returned from a Bible Study Fellowship group summer picnic. Thankfully got the picnic done before the rain came.
These words from the pen of Oswald Chambers in My Utmost for His Highest.
Jesus urges us to keep our minds filled with the notion of God's control behind everything, which means that the disciple must maintain an attitude of perfect trust and an eagerness to ask and seek.
Notion your mind with the idea that God is there. If once the mind is notioned along that line, then when you are in difficulties, it is as easy as breathing to remember -- Why my Father knows all about it! It is not an effort, it comes naturally when perplexities press...now the notion of the Divine control is forming so powerfully in you that you go to God about it. Jesus lays down the rules of conduct for those who have His Spirit, and it works on this principle -- God is my Father, He loves me, I shall never think of anything God will forget, why should I worry.
There are times, says Jesus, when God cannot lift the darkness from you, but trust Him. God will appear like an unkind friend, but God is not; He will appear like an unnatural Father, but He is not. God will appear like an unjust judge, but He is not. Keep the notion of the mind of God behind all things strong and growing. Nothing happens in any particular unless God's will is behind it, therefore you can rest in perfect confidence in Him.
May God's Spirit give you wisdom in discerning the application of the above to your life. The Prophet Isaiah teaches that God will keep in perfect peace one whose mind is fixed on God because they trust in God. May your soul work be fruitful.
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