My continual and ongoing hope and prayer for my relationship with God is to never forget him in the good and the bad. I find that in the good self-reliance is a huge challenge of mine. It has been heavy on my thoughts and prayers recently. Today I open My Jesus calling book again.
"Trust Me with every fiber of your being! What I can accomplish in and through you is proportional to how much you depend on Me. One aspect of this is the degree to which you trust Me in a crisis or major decision. Some people fail miserably here, while others are at their best in tough times (UMMM - this is me!) Another aspect is even more telling: the constancy of your trust me Me. People who rely on Me in the midst of adversity may forget about Me when life is flowing smoothly (UMMM - me again!). Difficult times can jolt you into awareness if your need for me whereas smooth sailing can lull you into the stupor of self-sufficiency (Me again!).
I care as much about your tiny trust-steps through daily life as about your dramatic leaps of faith. You may think that no one notices, but the One who is always beside you sees everything--and rejoices. Consistently trusting in Me is vital to flourishing in My Presence."
Psalms 40:4 "Blessed is the man who makes the LORD his trust who does not look to the proud, to those who turn aside to false gods."
Psalms 56:3-4 "When I am afraid I will trust in you. In God, whose word I praise, in God I trust; I will not be afraid. What can mortal man do to me?"
Isaiah 26:3-4 "You will keep in perfect peace him whose mind is steadfast because he trusts in you. Trust in the Lord forever, for the Lord, the Lord, is the Rock eternal!"
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