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Day 159  Encouragement For The Heart

Colossians 2:2 (MSG)

 I want you woven into a tapestry of love, in touch with everything there is to know of God. Then you will have minds confident and at rest, focused on Christ, God's great mystery.

That doesn’t sound like God is trying to hide Himself from us but that He wants us to know of Him.  I like the way it says, “woven into a tapestry of love.”  Knowing God is progressive and this relationship comes from daily spending time with Him.  I literally can’t wait to wake up in the morning to see what He is going to show me in my quiet time with Him.  And the basis of any relationship with God is love.

Let’s go back to our scripture, but this time let’s go to the New International Version.

Colossians 2:2 (NIV)

My goal is that they may be encouraged in heart and united in love, so that they may have the full riches of complete understanding, in order that they may know the mystery of God, namely, Christ,

God wants us to be “encouraged in heart.”  He doesn’t want us to be fearful of heart or discouraged of heart or even desperate of heart but “encouraged in heart.”  What a wonderful God to care so much for us.

I know when my heart is breaking, I can go to Him and He will encourage my heart.  He’ll show me a scripture about the very thing that my heart is breaking over, or He will speak to me some personal words that makes me say, “Thank You, God.”   What a healing balm He is to my hurting heart!!

GPS  (Directions)

Allow yourself this personal relationship.  He is waiting for you to come to Him.  His arms are wide open and He’s waiting for you.  He wants to heal your heart, take away your fears and He wants to walk with you in the days ahead—arm-in-arm!

Put on your favorite praise CD and sing your heart out to Him.

Prayer Focus:

Thank Him that He is always so available to you!