Quiet Time
"Christ arrives right on time to make this happen. He didn't, and doesn't, wait for us to get ready. He presented himself for this sacrificial death when we were far too weak and rebellious to do anything to get ourselves ready. And even if we hadn't been so weak, we wouldn't have known what to do anyway. We can understand someone dying for a person worth dying for, and we can understand how someone good and noble could inspire us to selfless sacrifice. But God put his love on the line for us by offering his Son in sacrificial death while were of no use whatever to him." Romans 5:6-8 The Message Remix
God sent His own son to DIE for us. He did it knowing we weren't worthy, knowing that some of us would never choose to love Him in return. Yet we still don't trust Him. We are still concerned that His will may not be the absolute best for our lives. As if the one who laid down His life for you, would not already have a perfect plan for you. Why then would He waste His time dying for you, if He was just going to leave you hanging in the end?
"Abraham was first named 'father' and then became a father because he dared to trust God to do what only God could do: raise the dead to life, with a word make something out of nothing. When everything was hopeless, Abraham believed anyway, deciding to live not on the basis of what he saw he couldn't do but on what God said he would do...He didn't tiptoe around God's promise asking cautiously skeptical questions. He plunged into the promise and came up strong, ready for God, sure that God would make good on what he had said." Romans 4:17-25 The Message Remix
Sometimes it seems hard to say, "God has a plan...If it's God's will the rest will work itself out." As humans, we want to fix it all. I'm one of those people that often struggles with trusting others and God. However, I'm finding myself more and more simply leaning on God because I realize there is no one else to turn to. People can exhaust all their resources. They may love you and try to do all they can for you, but in the end, they can only go so far. It is then that we must trust in God to carry us all the way to our promise. After all, He's the only friend that has gone ALL the way, the way to the cross, for me. Whom better to trust?
God sent His own son to DIE for us. He did it knowing we weren't worthy, knowing that some of us would never choose to love Him in return. Yet we still don't trust Him. We are still concerned that His will may not be the absolute best for our lives. As if the one who laid down His life for you, would not already have a perfect plan for you. Why then would He waste His time dying for you, if He was just going to leave you hanging in the end?
"Abraham was first named 'father' and then became a father because he dared to trust God to do what only God could do: raise the dead to life, with a word make something out of nothing. When everything was hopeless, Abraham believed anyway, deciding to live not on the basis of what he saw he couldn't do but on what God said he would do...He didn't tiptoe around God's promise asking cautiously skeptical questions. He plunged into the promise and came up strong, ready for God, sure that God would make good on what he had said." Romans 4:17-25 The Message Remix
Sometimes it seems hard to say, "God has a plan...If it's God's will the rest will work itself out." As humans, we want to fix it all. I'm one of those people that often struggles with trusting others and God. However, I'm finding myself more and more simply leaning on God because I realize there is no one else to turn to. People can exhaust all their resources. They may love you and try to do all they can for you, but in the end, they can only go so far. It is then that we must trust in God to carry us all the way to our promise. After all, He's the only friend that has gone ALL the way, the way to the cross, for me. Whom better to trust?
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