I think we’d all agree that this quarantine is lasting longer than expected. People are getting more and more anxious. Frustrated. Impatient. How are you doing today?
Peter said, “Cast all your anxiety on Him because He cares for you.”
However, when resolution is delayed or not going the way you want it to go, your emotions will prompt you to take back your burdens & your fears.
Know why that’s a really bad idea?
Because YOUR solutions are always filtered through your SHAME!
Whereas His plans for you are so much greater than you can imagine.
Yes, even in an extended quarantine!
Instead of your former shame
you will receive a double portion,
& instead of your past humiliation
you will rejoice in your inheritance.
Because He fully intends to give you
a double portion of His goodness right where you are,
& everlasting joy really can be yours.
ISAIAH 61:7
[Dr. Debi’s “amplified” version]
Yes, it is time we lay all of our burdens & our pain at Jesus’ feet.
Leave everything that concerns you in His hands. Let go.
He has promised you & He will do it!
Because God always fulfills His promises.
God is not human.
He does not lie or
change His mind.
Does He speak & then not act?
Does He promise & not fulfill?
Yes.
Hope deferred
makes the heart sick.
But a longing fulfilled
is a tree of life!