Look Up & Be Nourished!
Thursday, October 17, 2013 at 8:16AM 
Happy Thursday, Friends!
Here's today's blessing from my Facebook page:
Start a Day Blessing: May you learn to rest in the goodness of God. May your capacity to know His love grow increasingly in the days to come. When you're tempted to worry about your loved ones may you instead rejoice that your Savior runs after them with an earnest love, deep compassion, and profound wisdom. He longs to be gracious to them and show them His lovingkindness. May you feel free to exhale your worries and breathe in His promises because they are true and they're for you. It's time to cease striving and KNOW that He is God, He is good, and He cares about every detail of your life. Walk blessed today because you are!
The other day I read a passage of scripture that stood out to me. Here it is:
Hell and destruction ARE before the Lord; so how much more the hearts of the sons of men (Proverbs 15:11).
Now at first glance you may wonder what that passage has to do with resting in the goodness of God but let's pause and take a deeper look here. The Day of the Lord is coming; it's nearer today than it's been before. God sees the day fast approaching. And what's on His mind? We are! And at the deepest level, what does He care about? Our hearts. Scripture says that He delights in every detail of our hearts and He cares about what concerns us. He cares so much about our hearts that His Spirit within us convicts us when we're about to go on a path that might derail our faith or distract us from Him. Wisdom's path is always peace. Guarding our hearts and fixing our eyes are essential if we hope to rest in the goodness of God.
It's so easy to fix our eyes on our problems. And when one of our problems is loved ones who've wandered away from the faith, it's easy to fix our eyes on them and worry about what is going on in their hearts. But if you look again at this passage, God is deeply aware of their hearts.
When we focus on our worries, it drains the life right out of us. When we focus on the Lord and all that we possess in Him, we're strengthened, nourished, and revived.
Remember the beautiful passage? Those who fix their eyes on HIM are radiant, and their faces are never covered with shame (Psalm 34:5).
Your heart is what matters most to God.
Want to experience a personal revival that forever marks the way you walk with God? Worship Him, right here, right now, in this place. Build an altar and declare that no matter what your eyes see, your heart knows that God is for you and is working even now on your behalf. May you live ready for His soon return. And when He comes, may He find faith and expectancy in you!
And your loved ones? Entrust them to God. Fix your eyes on Him and know today that His heart is already set on them.
Have a blessed day today!
Reader Comments (2)
Wow just what I needed to hear today hubby may lose job he has had many years really scared trying to be there for him. But I just need to let God work. It so hard when you know how much God will help you and love in you when times are hard if you let him. To whach some one so worried I just want him to know Gods there but he has not gotten that peace that God loves him and will work it out . I have to leave it in Gods hands. No matter what God will take care of us and we will be strong for it. So cool to feel Gods peace when all around you is crazy. Have a great day.
So true Susie, so important to keep an eternal perspective. In the meantime, as we wait patiently for His glorious appearing, to remain in Him, redeeming our time wisely extending whenever and wherever possible, the hope and love, of Jesus.
Bless you,
Nancy