The greatest joy in life isn’t when it all works out like we hoped it would. It’s when we experience the God of the universe pausing to reach us and remind us we aren’t alone.
How are you doing with what’s troubling you today? Find a way to lay aside those worries, because God will sustain you when you release them to Him. “Father, thank You that You’re bigger than all these troubles. I’m giving them to You.”
Even if God doesn't answer our prayers the way we want...
Even if we don't feel like giving thanks...
Even if it all seems incredibly unfair...
We can praise Him.
“One thing have I asked of the Lord, that will I seek after: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to gaze upon the beauty of the Lord and to inquire in his temple.” —Psalm 27:4
“The cloud settled on it, and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle. . . . Whenever the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle, the people of Israel would set out.” Exodus 40:35–36
Follow the glory of the Lord.
You are not facing darkness with your own strength.
Jesus Christ is in you.
Start there.
Not in your cleverness.
Not in your spiritual maturity.
In His presence.
The enemy is not impressed by you.
He is terrified of Jesus.
So take your ground. Breathe.
Remember who lives in you.