Psalm 138:8 The Lord will perfect that which concerns me; Your mercy (loving kindness) O Lord endures forever; Do not forsake the works of Your hands.
This verse tells us that God is involved in whatever is relevant or important to us, whatever relates to our lives. Another translation says God will make all things complete for me. In other words God has a plan and purpose for our lives and He will make it happen.
The Psalmist goes on to ask God not to forsake Him but because we are now in the new covenant we know for sure that God has already promised to never leave or forsake us. (Hebrews 13:5) We can have total confidence in knowing God is watching over all that concerns us and He is guiding us along the right paths. Philippians 1:6 being confident of this very thing, that He who has begun a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ. That should help us relax and lean in to Him even more, don't you think?
God has promised to unfold His plan and make it happen but He seems to only give it to us one step at a time. Whatever His last instruction was, we just keep doing it until He gives us the nudge to do something new or go somewhere else. Now I can either believe God's word to me and rest in it, knowing God has got my back, or I can carry on fretting and fussing about my future and the 'what ifs' that pop into my head! We all have that choice to make.
Let's turn our eyes on Jesus afresh today and thank Him for being involved in all our lives and our concerns and for bringing about His good plans which are always better than ours anyway. Thank Him for turning circumstances around for our good and causing them to work out for His purposes and that He'll never abandon us, no matter what.
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