Never Disappointed
TODAY’S SCRIPTURE
…those
who hope in me will not be disappointed.
Isaiah
49:23, NIV.
TODAY’S WORD
What
a powerful promise we have from Almighty God! When we put our hope in Him, we
will never be disappointed. Of course, that doesn’t mean that things will
always go our way. There may be temporary disappointments, but we will never be
permanently disappointed. Somewhere down the road, God will cause it to all
work out for our good. With God on your side, you will always end in victory!
Are
you carrying frustration, worry or aggravation about something? That’s usually
a clear sign that your hope is in the wrong place. If you hope in
circumstances, it will deplete you of joy and peace. But when you turn those
circumstances over to God, when you refuse to worry, when you refuse to allow
the temporary things of this world to dictate your happiness, that’s when God
can do a work in your life. When you trust in Him, He will make your crooked
places straight; He will cause you to mount up with wings like the eagle.
Today,
choose to put your hope in the Father; you won’t be disappointed. Trust Him
because He is faithful. Find rest for your soul in knowing that He is good, and
He has good things in store for your future!
PRAYER FOR TODAY
Father,
today I give You every frustration, every aggravation, every difficulty. I
release total control into Your loving and able hands. Speak to my heart and
give me Your peace. Show me Your love as I place my hope in You in Jesus’ Name.
Amen.
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"Then Joshua issued instructions to the leaders of Israel to tell the people to get ready to cross the Jordan River." (Joshua 1:10-11 LB)
There comes a point in time where you have to make the critical decision to go for it. And in this situation Joshua had to do it. He had to take the plunge — literally! For the children of Israel to go into the Promised Land, a million or so of them first had to cross the Jordan River. You may not think that was a big deal, but there weren't bridges in those days.
The Jordan River is usually about 100 feet wide and 20 feet deep. But in the springtime, when the Israelites happened to be there, it often floods and becomes a rushing, raging river. There seemed to be no way they were going to cross it. So God said, "I'm going to do a miracle. Remember 40 years ago when I opened up the Red Sea? I'm going to do something like that again, only this time it's going to be a little different. At the Red Sea, I opened it up and then you walked through. This time, I want you to start walking through it first.”
The Bible tells us in Joshua 3 that God dammed the river up, 17 miles upstream, so 17 miles of water had to go through before the water receded. The spiritual leaders went first. They stepped in up to their ankles, and nothing happened. They walked further, up to their knees, then their hips, and then their chests. But God's timing is perfect. The waters did recede, and they were able to walk across the Jordan River and capture the Promised Land.
What do you do when you know what you ought to do and you know what's right, but you're afraid to do it? You do it anyway. What do you do when you know God wants you to do something, but you don't have the faith to do it? You do it anyway. You move against your fears. You do the very thing you fear the most. The very situation you think is going to swallow you up will become your greatest victory when you trust God and step out in faith.
Ecclesiastes 11:4 says, " If you wait until the wind and the weather are just right, you will never plant anything and never harvest anything” (GNT). There's never a better time to start doing what God meant for you to do than right now.
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