On Favor
DAY 14
Your Fears And Anxieties Dissipate In God’s Presence
Today’s Scripture
The mountains melt like wax at the presence of the Lord… —Psalm 97:5
N O MATTER WHERE you are, the Lord is with you. Even in the midst of your fears, while you are alone in your room, He is there with you. The moment you begin to be aware of His presence and cultivate His presence, all your fears, anxieties and worries will melt like butter on a hot day, or as the psalmist David puts it, “The mountains melt like wax at the presence of the Lord… ”
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It takes the presence of the Lord to keep you free from worry.
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You cannot psych yourself out of fear nor can you psych yourself out of worry. You can’t just tell yourself, “Come on, stop worrying. There is nothing to worry about.” It just doesn’t work. The debt will still be staring you in your face and your problems will still be as insurmountable as ever no matter how hard you try to psych yourself up. That is what the world is trying to do, but it does not work. It takes the presence of the Lord to keep you free from worry.
Jesus is not asking you to psych yourself up and live in a state of denial. No way! He is saying to you, “In the midst of your affliction, I am your shield. I am your defender. I am your fortress. I am your refuge. I am your supply. I am your healing. I am your provider. I am your peace. I am your joy. I am your wisdom. I am your strength. I am the glory and the lifter of your head!” (Psalm 3:3). Amen! He is not asking you to pretend that the facts are not there. He wants you to realize that HE IS THERE WITH YOU!
When you know that He is with you and for you, and you put your problems in His mighty hands, you will begin to get a more accurate evaluation of just how “big” your problems are. When they were in your hands, the weight and burden of your problems may have crushed you. But when you involve Jesus, the once-monumental problems become microscopic against the largeness of His love and goodness toward you!
Today, as you consider all that you need to do and the expectations placed on you, see Jesus there with you. He is your supply, wisdom, peace and strength.
Today’s Prayer
Father, I acknowledge the fact that I cannot psych away my fears and worries. Therefore, I cast all my cares into Your hands, to the one who is my shield, my fortress, my healing, my provision, my peace, my wisdom and my strength. Thank You for Your grace and for taking care of all my problems today.
Today’s Thought
Once you cast your monumental problems to Jesus, they become microscopic in His mighty hands.
Today’s Reflection On Favor
DAY 15
God Is On Your Side Today!
Today’s Scripture
If God is for us, who can be against us? —Romans 8:31
R OMANS 8:31 CONTAINS a powerful rhetorical question and I encourage you to memorize it. Unfortunately, there are still some believers today wondering, “Is God really for me?” Well, my friend, the Word of God does NOT say “ maybe God is for us” or “ hopefully, God is for us.” It simply says, “If God is for us, who can be against us?” Indeed, when God is for you, what opposition can succeed against you? When God Himself fights for you, defends you and vindicates you, what adversity or adversary can stand against you? There are none! Hallelujah!
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God is for you today because of the blood of the perfect Lamb—Jesus Christ.
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“ But Pastor Prince, how did God come to be on our side? Even though I am a Christian today, I still fail and fall short of God’s holy standards. I still lose my temper on the road now and then, and from time to time, I still get angry with my wife and kids. Why should God be on my side when I fail? Don’t you know that God’s holy? ”
All great questions. Let me tell you why God is on our side. The answer is found at the cross. The blood that Jesus Christ, the Son of God, shed on the cross
Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child