 |
| Trust the immensity of God |
Linda Rondeau shares with us: "Sometimes God puts want in our lives to propel us toward fulfillment...
Limited by time, finances, and opportunities, Selena feared she would not find what she wanted.
She asked for God’s help.
The store clerk brought five gowns to look at. She tried the first one on.
Everything she ever thought she wanted in a wedding dress, and it fit perfectly, not a single alteration required.
She gave credit to God who heard a bride’s fanciful request, a God who prepared for the desire of her heart even before she knew she had a need.
Like beauty and power, we tend to see our lack rather than our abundance. With our vision askew, we fail to recognize God’s intervention transcends our physical appearance as well as our possessions.
He knows what we need even before we realize our inadequacy and has already made arrangements to supply in ways and means we could never imagine.
Sometimes God puts want in our lives to propel us toward fulfillment. Like hunger, if we do not want, we do not seek supply. Deprivation is not the lack but the misalignment of what we perceive as lacking with God’s perfect will for our lives.
Sometimes our perceived want is the result of unrealistic expectations. How do we expect to become a brain surgeon if we can’t even tie a shoe? True, God can and sometimes does reshape us for impossible tasks.
However, sometimes we simply need to ask God if our wants are in alignment with His design? This includes our finances.
Our want can be a result of envy. We want the same gifts he lavishes upon others.
Why does she get to have the Lincoln Town Car when I have to drive a five-year old Focus? We stand with our assortment of desserts, begging God for the green lollipop too.
We forget that He gives to everyone according to His great abundance.We can choose to let our wants trap us in dissatisfaction, or we can turn our wants over to The Great Supplier, who will chisel and shape our wants to align with His plan.
Stop and see the gift Paul prayed for every believer – the immenseness of God."
"And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God." (Ephesians 3:17b-19 NIV)
The Journey Begins with Want – Linda Rondeau
Winner of the 2012 Selah Award for best first novel, LINDA RONDEAU writes for the reader who enjoys a little bit of everything.
Her stories of redemption and God’s mercies include romance, suspense, the ethereal, and a little bit of history into the mix, always served with a slice of humor.
After a long career in human services, mother of three, and wife of one very patient man, Linda now resides in Florida where she is active in her church and community.
Readers may visit her web site at www.lindarondeau.com. Her second book, written under L.W. Rondeau, America II: The Reformation, is available in ebook on Amazon.com and Barnes and Noble.
Read Linda’s devotions.
Used by permission www.christiandevotions.us
Tomorrow morning’s
post: Who's Behind It? Our Daily Bread
Tomorrow afternoon's post: Reasons to Love Conviction Elaine Price
Sunday's post: Does the Holy Spirit Have You? Pocket Devotions
Tomorrow afternoon's post: Reasons to Love Conviction Elaine Price
Sunday's post: Does the Holy Spirit Have You? Pocket Devotions
Today’s
treasure truth #30: If you are “born again”, you are daily overcoming the devil. (1 John 4:4)
Our
thought for today: We need singleness of heart to live out our convictions.
Samples of Jean's crafts
http://twitter.com/jeanoathout
http://facebook.com/jean.oathout
No comments:
Post a Comment