A lot of things happened yesterday that were not planned and put a serious crimp in not only the events of the day, but altered what we thought would be the agenda for today. In an instant, or rather a series of instants, life changed. Scripture is replete with verses which speak to making plans, looking too far ahead, worrying about the future, bemoaning the unexpected, getting ahead of God, relying too much on our own strength, not trusting God. In every such verse, the lesson is the same: God is God, and we are not. Accept what comes and press on. He has it all under control.
The Streams in the Desert devotional today cites John 13:7 where Jesus tells Peter that he may not understand why He is washing Peter's feet, but will someday. In similar fashion we don't fully understand why the water pipe sprung a leak and required 6 people a full day to repair, the air brakes on the Holy Land bus failed, the maintenance pickup slipped into neutral, rolled down the hill into a tree, a brief, but intense 70 mile per hour wind, knocked over trees and caused other minor property damage, and the list goes on. Today we have pre-sales which indicate it will be our busiest day and largest Play audience, yet we are facing issues which will make our day a test of our resources and our patience, plus it is going to be in the mid 90's with high humidity. We don't understand.
The words of the song, "Bless The Lord, Oh My Soul" is my prayer: "The sun comes up, it's a new day dawning, it's time to sing Your song again, whatever may pass and whatever lies before me, let me be singing when the evening comes.......worship His Holy Name......"
Look up all the words when you have a few minutes, and let it be your prayer for today, and every day.
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