Believe and Rest

Believe and Rest TODAY'S SCRIPTURE: For we who have believed do enter that rest… Hebrews 4:3, NKJV. TODAY'S WORD: God promises that there are set times in our future, but He doesn’t tell us when they will be. Your set time may be tomorrow morning at 9:47. You’ll get the phone call you’ve been waiting for. Your set time may be two years from now. You’ll get a good break that will thrust you to a new level. My question is, “Do you trust God enough to believe that your set times are coming?” Are you willing to wait with a good attitude? Are you willing to get a new perspective? Remember, that set time is already in your future. Don’t let the negative thoughts talk you out of it. The way you know that you’re really believing is when you have rest on the inside. You’re at peace. You know the answer is on the way. You trust that God is working things out. Today put your faith and trust in Him and enter into rest. Know that He is good and He is for you! Your set time of favor is on the way! PRAYER FOR TODAY: Father, today I choose to enter into rest. I choose to trust You. I choose to put my faith and hope in You knowing that You are good, and You have good things in store for my future in Jesus’ name! Amen. PS...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uc1smOOs7A

God Will Wait on You Before the Miracle

BY RICK WARREN — JULY 6, 2014

“By this time it was late in the day, so his disciples came to him. ‘This is a remote place,’ they said, ‘and it’s already very late. Send the people away so that they can go to the surrounding countryside and villages and buy themselves something to eat.’ But he answered, ‘You give them something to eat.’ They said to him, ‘That would take more than half a year’s wages! Are we to go and spend that much on bread and give it to them to eat?’” (Mark 6:35-37 NIV)

In Mark 6, Jesus waited until the disciples got concerned about the situation before he did anything to address it.

Maybe you’re having a problem in your marriage or your finances. God sees the problem, and he recognizes it. But he waits on you to get concerned and accept responsibility for it before he does anything about it.

Like the disciples, there are three common reactions that people have toward problems.

We procrastinate. “By this time it was late in the day” (verse 35). The disciples put off the problem until the end of the day. They did nothing, and Jesus waited on them.

We pass the buck. “Send the people away” (verse 36). Basically the disciples were saying, “It’s not our problem. If they’re hungry, let them go find their own food.”

We worry about it. “That would take more than half a year’s wages! Are we to go and spend that much on bread and give it to them to eat?” (verse 37) The disciples’ anxiety went into overdrive, and they started worrying.

Worrying is the opposite of faith. It never solves anything. It only makes problems worse. God wants you to show him that you accept responsibility and want him to provide the miracle you need.

Talk It Over

• What responsibility do you need to accept for the problem that you want God to address?
• What have you put off doing that could contribute to God’s miracle in your life?