Think about the things of heaven, not the things of earth. FOR DEEPER STUDYĬolossians 3:1-4, “Since you have been raised to new life with Christ, set your sights on the realities of heaven, where Christ sits in the place of honor at God’s right hand. Click here to download now!Ĭonnect with today’s devotion writer, Stacy Lowe, on Facebook or Instagram. This resource will help you get more comfortable talking about what Jesus has done in your life personally we've provided conversation starters to bypass the awkwardness and alleviate the pressure. That’s why we put together "A Guide to Sharing the Gospel: How To Talk About Your Faith When You Feel Uncertain, Unprepared and Uncomfortable" to help you overcome these obstacles and make talking about Jesus feel simple and exciting again. Have you ever wanted to talk about Jesus but felt overwhelmed by all the hurdles involved? We understand. Help me see the proof of Your presence all around me. When nothing looks the way I imagined it would, remind me You’re still there. I may not have gotten the picture-perfect sunrise I had hoped for, but the lesson God tucked in my heart was infinitely better.įather, You have a plan for me this day and every day. I smiled as I left the beach that morning. It reminds me that my daily purpose is not to satisfy my own agenda but to play my carefully orchestrated part in accomplishing His.Īs I remember this, my heart is flooded with that perfect peace Isaiah speaks of, and my eyes are opened to search for God in each and every moment, whether that moment looks anything like I imagined it or not. Keeping my thoughts fixed on God broadens my perspective beyond what’s right in front of me. “You will keep in perfect peace all who trust in you, all whose thoughts are fixed on you!” ( Isaiah 26:3) How, then, can I better see Him? The prophet Isaiah offers us a clue in today’s key verse: He is right there with me, just like He’s always been. More often than not, my plans are interrupted as my day is rearranged, and my head is left spinning, trying to keep up with it all.īut those moments don’t slip by the God of the universe. You see, it’s easy for me to take note of God’s presence when life goes exactly the way I think it should I thank Him for His blessing and move on with my day. How many times have I missed seeing God for that very same reason? I couldn’t see it, of course - it was obscured by clouds - but if the sun wasn’t there, how could I have seen anything else? I was surrounded by sunlight and almost missed it simply because it didn’t show up the way I wanted it to. That’s when it suddenly hit me: The sun still came up. That day was set to be the start of a yearlong photography project, and now my plan for the perfect “Day 1” photo had come to nothing. It soon became painfully obvious I wasn’t going to see the sun.ĭisappointment flooded my heart. The bright, colorful hues I had been hoping for were nowhere to be found. Shivering in the cold, I waited for the sun to peek over the horizon, but as the minutes ticked by, all I could see was a thick blanket of gray. It was January 1 - the start of a new year - and I planned to mark it with a picture of the sunrise over the ocean. I crawled out of bed in the wee hours of the morning, grabbed my camera and drove to the beach. “You will keep in perfect peace all who trust in you, all whose thoughts are fixed on you!” Isaiah 26:3 (NLT)
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