You Can Get There From Here

Day 218 Joy Unspeakable

I Peter 1:8-9  NIV

Though you have not seen Him, you love Him; and even though you do not see Him now, you believe in Him and are filled with an inexpressible and glorious joy, for you are receiving the goal of your faith, the salvation of your souls.

The other day I was talking to a new friend. She was telling me about some circumstances that were causing her distress.  I said to her, “I know what you mean..." and went on to briefly tell her about some things that can cause me concern. She looked at me in surprise and said, “I thought you had the perfect life.” Immediately I replied.  “Oh no, but I am perfectly sure that God is taking care of these things because I have given them to Him.”  That just came flying out of my mouth and it was then that I knew that it was true!!  

Only in trusting God can we be “filled with an inexpressible and glorious joy,”  I heard a minister say the other day, “Someone large is in charge.” That would be God and He’s in charge because we put Him in charge of the things that want to cause us distress.  

GPS  (Directions From God’s Word)

• II Timothy 1:12
• Psalms 138:8  
• Romans 15:13

Prayer Focus:
Take a 3 x 5 card and list the things in your life that you are putting God in charge of. Keep it in your Bible and remind yourself that God is in charge of those things.