GOD’S SURPRISES

1 Corinthians 2:9 ERV But as the Scriptures say, “No one has ever seen, no one has ever heard, no one has ever imagined what God has prepared for those who love him.”

Have you ever come to a drawer or cupboard and it’s been so rammed with stuff that there’s just no space to put anything else? It’s when we realise we might need some help clearing out to make room for something else!😊

I read this the other day. “Make room for God to surprise you.” What a lovely thought and just as we need to make room for things in our cupboards, we also need to make room for God to have His way in our lives. Room for His thoughts which are so much higher than ours, room for the things He has prepared for us, when we can make life so organised there’s no room for God to move!

It’s a time to reflect and acknowledge God maybe needs more room in our lives, because He has things in our future that can’t unfold until we choose to make room for them. Does that make sense to you? Our calendars can be so filled that there’s no room for God’s surprises and maybe this is a nudge to ask Him for help to make it possible.😊

Perhaps there are activities in your life that started out as necessary but have become a habit and maybe God is saying to let something go because He has something more interesting, more beneficial for you? Sometimes we have to be willing to let go of the good, in order for God to give us something better.

Maybe it’s time for us all to make some room for God to surprise us? Maybe He has joy to give us but are we so care worn there’s no room for it? Maybe He has a bucketload of peace He wants to pour into our lives but until we let go of the worries we can’t enjoy it. Maybe He has organised a new opportunity but we’re too busy to push the door and see where it leads.

Whatever it is He wants to give us it will be for our benefit, for our blessing so why not sit and have a think over the summer holidays, “Where do I need to make more room for God in my life, so He can surprise me?” I know He will show you.😊 Amen.

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AS LONG AS I LIVE

Psalm 104:33-35 NLT 

33 I will sing to the Lord as long as I live.

I will praise my God to my last breath!

34 May all my thoughts be pleasing to him,

for I rejoice in the Lord.

35 Let all sinners vanish from the face of the earth;

let the wicked disappear forever.

Let all that I am praise the Lord.

Praise the Lord!

Praise God we’re still breathing … that’s all of us or we wouldn’t be reading these words! Yesterday we looked at what we can still do if we’re still breathing and the Psalmist says a similar thing today in these verses.

He’s so thrilled with God he just wants to praise Him all the time, even to his last breath. God wants us to finish well and this is how we want to do it when our time comes - with the praises of God on our lips. But until then, we have the opportunity to praise Him now, in our present circumstances.😊

We’re encouraged to think thoughts that will please God and some of those thoughts will be to rejoice in the Lord. To rejoice in who He is and all He has done for us, for His promises which are yes and amen in Christ Jesus, for the gift of His Holy Spirit to counsel, comfort and guide us each day. We can praise Him for the authority He has delegated to us over all the works of the enemy and the sheer joy of our salvation, of belonging to God, of being one of His beloved children.

It truly is His breath in our lungs so let’s lift our voices and sing to the Lord today and rejoice in Him knowing we are His beloved, the child whom Jesus loves. In Jesus name. Amen.

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