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Confidence IN God, Ephesians 6:13, God Is Faithful To Care, Humbly Trusting our God!, Matthew 6:24-26, Psalm 118:24, Psalm 37:7-8, Trusting God In The Waiting Room
Bible Ballistics: BBs #764 Paying Attention! Really???
“Wherefore take unto you
the whole armour of God,
that ye may be able to withstand
in the evil day,
and having done all,
to stand.” Ephesians 6:13
We are called to take the armor of God, to put it on, to be gird about, having its parts in/on our heart, mind and soul for every day’s challenges. The problem is that we often get so distracted that we forget, or get busy, or just plain don’t pay attention. I pray on this armor most every morning, yet sometimes we have those emergencies that interrupt our regular set of tasks and dash off without “suiting up”—it happens to me and I’m sure it happens to you; and there are those times we simply are so accustomed to something that we truly don’t pay attention. This happened to me just recently, when my son sent a text, and since he sends the same text most every day when we get to visit, I just read the first “good morning” and called him. He answered and laughed and said, “You didn’t read the whole message, did you?” And of course, I had to say no, so he advised me to read it for it said “don’t call” this morning……ha ha ha ha.
We both had a good laugh and talked later in the day, but the point I want to make is that we must pay attention to what’s going on, even when (in fact especially when) we think we know what is going on! We need to be ready for whatever the day may bring by putting on “the whole armour of God”! Don’t get caught as I did, by presuming you know what you may not know! Be in God’s Word, praying “without ceasing”, and trusting to HIS care. We can’t be obsessed with being in control when that, my friends, is GOD’s job, and HE always does it perfectly! So here are some scriptures that I pray will encourage your heart and mind to “look up” rather than “around” at all the chaos surrounding us!
“Rest in the LORD,
and wait patiently for him:
fret not thyself
because of him who prospereth
in his way,
because of the man who bringeth wicked devices
to pass.
8 Cease from anger,
and forsake wrath:
fret not thyself in any wise
to do evil.” Psalm 37:7-8
“No man can serve
two masters:
for either he will hate the one,
and love the other;
or else he will hold to the one,
and despise the other.
Ye cannot serve God
and mammon.
25 Therefore I say unto you,
Take no thought for your life,
what ye shall eat,
or what ye shall drink;
nor yet for your body,
what ye shall put on.
Is not the life
more than meat,
and the body
than raiment?
26 Behold the fowls of the air:
for they sow not,
neither do they reap,
nor gather into barns;
yet your heavenly Father
feedeth them.
Are ye not much better than they?” Matthew 6:24-26
“This is the day
which the LORD hath made;
we will rejoice
and be glad in it.” Psalm 118:24
So, what will you rejoice in? Choose Jesus! He truly is that friend who “sticketh closer than a brother” and speaking for myself—I sure am glad….! Keep your eyes on JESUS!
Amen and Amen!!!