Tuesday, April 24, 2018

He Never Changes {Bible Art Journaling, HeartStrings}

Bible Art - Ps 117

Today’s Proverbs 31 Devotional, as is often the case, was for me.

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Tracie Miles shared this:

I’ve always heard that the only thing guaranteed in life is change, and we all know that to be true. But that doesn’t make dealing with unwanted or difficult changes or new seasons of life any less trying.

But instead of surrendering to pouting, I intentionally dedicated myself to praying and positive thinking, reminding myself daily that although life changes, God’s faithfulness never does.

Psalm 37:3 reminds us of this when the writer says, “Trust in the LORD, and do good; Dwell in the land, and feed on His faithfulness.”

When we dwell on God’s faithfulness and let it nourish our hearts, our faith and trust in Him grows. When we focus on doing good things, our thoughts won’t stay parked on the changes we don’t like.

Instead of allowing our minds to wish things were like they used to be or feeling discouraged or upset over a hard season of life, we can place our trust in Him and live with peace and joy, not stress and distress.

Psalm 37:4 then says, “Delight yourself also in the LORD, And He shall give you the desires of your heart.”

Being delighted with God means our hearts find peace and fulfillment in Him, regardless of our season of life or the changes we’re facing. When we look back to see how He has been faithful and trustworthy in the past, which delights us, we can better trust He will be faithful now and in the future, too.

God has divinely allowed every season of our life with His sovereign wisdom, and those seasons may include some type of hard change.

We can fight change, or we can trust God has a plan and purpose for it and allow our trust in His faithfulness to be the foundation for joyful living.

If you change the way you think about change, the way you’re looking at that change just might change.

Lord, change is hard. I don’t always ask for it, much less like it. Please help me focus on Your past faithfulness so I can strengthen my trust in You for future faithfulness and embrace whatever lies ahead — changes and all. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.

Hebrews 13:8, “Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.” (NLT)

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Bible Art - Ps 117

Psalm 117:2, “The truth of the Lord endures forever.” Hallelujah!

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1 comment:

Anita Houston The Artful Maven said...

Wonderful and profound post... Love the art too.