WE CAN TAKE HEART

Psalm 78:41 Yes, again and again they tempted God, And limited the Holy One of Israel. v.42 They did not remember His power; The day when He redeemed them from the enemy.

God is bigger than any situation any one of us might be facing at this moment in time.  We may not understand, or like, a lot of what happens in life but we're called to keep our eyes on God and to not limit Him. He promises to take us 'through' and not leave us in the middle, but lead us out the other side if we obey Him. We can all take heart from that.

So how do we limit God? When He tells us to do something and we are too afraid to do it, we've allowed fear to stop us.When we don't obey His word but follow our own inclination, our own desires or human reasoning, we limit God. When we listen to what others say in life instead of what God has declared in His word, we limit God. The Israelites made all those mistakes and they are a warning to all of us. Of the 12 spies, only two who believed and obeyed God went into the Promised Land and conquered their enemies.

God allows us to make our own decisions but we all know we have a responsibility as ambassadors of Christ to base those decisions on what He says in His word not on our feelings. Whether we like it or not our decisions affect not only ourselves but our witness and our credibility, whether personally or in church and in the community. 

So whatever God is saying to each one of us today may I encourage all of us to do as He says and even though it scares us, do it with His help and trust Him to work things out.  His plans may be different for you than they are for someone else. 

I just felt the Lord reminding me again that He is bigger than all our problems and He only wants good for us. He will bring us through and out the other side when we trust Him and don't limit Him. It may not be how we thought it would be, but His plans are always bigger and better than we've imagined. 

We can be uplifted with that thought. We can take heart.