Disaster – MarinaMorrison(aka)EdenStillwater'sInspirations

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Today’s message from God Calling – A.J. Russell, reminds us that God has promised to provide all we need, every time we need, no matter what we need. (No, I’m not talking about that cold beer, the weed, speed, and what have you. He will provide a way for you to free yourself from the bondage of those things, because He loves you, though.

The Bible tells us that all God’s promises are yes and amen. The message tells us that Jesus, as our Lord, is sworn to protect and provide for us. It took me some time to learn this lesson. When we ask, it is promised that we will receive. However, God uses many channels, God knows what we need most (Father knows best, you know). God also has perfect timing. When I figured that out I realized that I was, either not ready to handle what I was asking for, being averted from a disappointment or disaster, or I was looking in the wrong places for it. Have you ever looked all over the house for your glasses, only to find them on your nose? Yeah, that would be me, if I had to wear them all the time.

The message tells us that we need only a grateful spirit and loving heart to unlock the vastness of God’s provision. I’m not just speaking of material needs. I’m also, and especially speaking of spiritual needs. I think those are even more critical to us, to our success in life. If you’re spirit is lacking in any way, that lack manifests itself in every part of your life. I’m not talking about religious things, here. I’m talking about your confidence, your knowledge, your peace within, your tenacity, your joy and love-of you, of your life, and of life in general.

Sometimes I make a little list of things I’m grateful for. I used to do that daily. Now, I do it when I’m needing a little lift, or when it’s something special that touches me. But, I do start my day with Thank you, Jesus. I have found that the prayers for this or for that, have become fewer, and the supply-especially in spirit, has become greater and greater. “And all these blessings shall come upon you and overtake you,
if you obey the voice of the LORD your God. … ” (Deuteronomy 28:22)

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Today’s message from God Calling – A.J. Russell, reminds us that we are always rescued and guided. We must cease the struggling, as it were, and let the Rescuer do His work.

“My hand is not shortened that it cannot save,” says the LORD. That truth is the rope we need to take hold of in the midst of the storm. That’s the rope we need to keep hold of all throughout the storm. Interestingly, the message tells us that not all storms and tempests are of life. “He lifted me out of the slimy pit, out of the mud and mire; he set my feet on a rock and gave me a firm place to stand.” (Psalm 40:2)

Those slimy pits represent some of the situations we get ourselves into. They send us slipping and sliding into disaster. The mud and miry clay represent the things that stick to our souls and, as clay does, harden around us. When I read that, I think of the facades, the airs we put on. One day you look in the mirror and don’t even recognize yourself anymore. You’ve spent so much time trying to be what everyone else will accept; their version of you. Am I right?

But God doesn’t just pull us out of the fire to let us burn. He sets our feet on solid ground and guides us from step to step; all the way. Let me tell you, I found out some time ago that truth is not one dimensional. First, there’s the truth of what the situation or circumstance is. Then there’s the truth of how you are in the situation; what’s going on inside. Finally, the truth that is the rope to take hold of; God will save you wherever you are. His hand is not shortened; He can reach you. Ecclesiastes 4:12 tells us that, “A cord of three strands is not quickly broken.” Those three truths are all at play in any situation-good or bad. But it is the truth of God’s Word that will dispel anything negative in the other two truths. That truth will also empower anything positive, and magnify it to give you the victory.

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