Thank the Lord for the lessons that you learn from the trials that He places in your path each day. These lessons help you grow in your faith in Him. These trials, and their accompanying circumstances, enable you to learn to entrust the Lord with your cares and troubles more and more each day.
Let the Lord take your cares, concerns, and aspirations and let Him arrange them according to His good plan for your life.
If you go your own direction, counter to to God’s plan, there will always be chaos, as your intentions will become an idol in your life.
1 Peter 5:5-10–“God opposes the proud, but shows favor to the humble. Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, that He may lift you up in due time. Cast all your anxiety on Him because He cares for you.”
As you turn your life and it’s circumstances over to the the Lord, be alert to notice how He is working in your life. Others in your life will notice also. These changes are all good things in your life.
As you notice these changes, be sure to thank the Lord for His handiwork; as well as for all the trials and circumstances that He used to bring about these changes. Your thanksgiving and praise to Him is His joy; which is a good trade for the joy that He has brought you.
1 Thessalonians 5:18– And Paul wrote: “Never stop praying. Be thankful in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you who belong to Christ Jesus.”
Paul was not teaching that we should thank God for everything that happens to us, but in everything. Evil does not come from God, so we should not thank Him for it. But, when evil strikes, we can still be thankful for God’s presence and for the good that He will accomplish through the distress.
My Prayer For This Day:
Lord, thank you for teaching me your ways through the trials that You set before me this day. Everyday with You brings new things in my life. Some things are joyful; some things are meant to test me; training me to see Your ways. Lord, I know that you make all things work together (both good and bad) according to Your will and perfect timing. Lord, I ask You to show me your ways for me this day. I will wait in the refuge of Your peace as You set the course for my life. Lord, thank You for keeping me safe and at peace, during the day ahead.