GOD IS NEVER TOO BUSY

Psalm 120:1 NLT I took my troubles to the Lord; I cried out to him, and he answered my prayer.

How often have we tried to ring someone and there was no answer, or all we could hear was the engaged tone? They were busy! Well I have good news today, because God’s phone line is never engaged, never too busy. As the Psalmist says, “He is always listening to our every cry.”

Scripture says to call to Him and He will hear, that when we seek Him with all our heart we will find Him, that when we humble ourselves and submit to Him He will exalt us in due course. It even says He will answer before we’ve ever asked!

We all know no one likes it when their child comes with a whining, moaning attitude and God is the same. We can all come to Him through Jesus and He doesn’t mind how big our prayer requests are as long as we ask with grateful thanks for all He’s done for us already. We have so much to praise and thank God for every single day.😊

So no matter what’s happening in our lives, let’s be so grateful that God is never too busy for us, that He is constantly watching over us and that He is standing beside us, keeping us from all harm. Psalm 121:8 NLT The Lord keeps watch over you as you come and go, both now and forever. 

So we can bring all our cares, all our requests to Him today because Jesus made it possible for us to do it, but we can also come with faith to believe He is saving us out of all our troubles, that He is listening and He will fulfil His word to us no matter what it looks like! 

He has promised to lead, guide, provide, heal, restore, and save us to the uttermost. Now our part is to trust Him and receive it all by faith. Glory to God. I hope that helps you sing today.😊 Amen.

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WEARING THE RIGHT COAT

Romans 5:17 NIV For if, by the trespass of the one man, death reigned through that one man, how much more will those who receive God’s abundant provision of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man, Jesus Christ!

Just recently we went to see the Saltmine Theatre’s production of Cinderella. In it the Prince was constantly changing his coat according to how he saw himself, so if he wore his ‘Panic’ coat he panicked and didn’t know what to do. If he took it off and called for his ‘Man of Action’ coat he immediately became decisive and in control of the situation.😊

How we see ourselves is so important which is why God tells us to read His Word because it tells us how He sees us, how He has made us to be new creations in Christ Jesus. If we don’t know, or when we forget who we are, we can start to fall back into old behaviour patterns.

It can be easy to put on the wrong coat and start to panic when things suddenly go wrong, like when illness hits or an accident happens. But God has put His Holy Spirit inside us to hold us steady, to give us wise counsel, to help us deal with whatever comes. 

We need to keep reminding ourselves that nothing is going to happen to us today that, together with the Holy Spirit, we can’t handle. God has given us eagle’s wings to rise above the trials but sometimes we forget and stay in the chicken coup of self pity or hopelessness. Instead God wants us to rise up on wings of faith and hope, and believe Him to turn things around for our good, believing He can do the impossible.😊

As we go into our new week let’s make sure we’ve remembered to put our armour on, that we’re wearing the right coat - our robe of righteousness which causes us to reign in life! 

It’s the coat which proclaims we are forgiven, we are children of the Most High God, that God is our own Heavenly Dad, the most powerful Being in the universe, and that He is looking after us. So we don’t need to be afraid or dismayed because our God is for us and He loves us.😊 Thank You Lord. Amen.

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