This devotional from Walk in the Word spoke to my heart a few weeks ago. I love the questions he asks in his article-"will I trust God even when…?" "Do I believe that His ways are best for me even when…?" I'd like to share it with you this weekend in the hopes it will encourage you to keep praying and believing!
Praying and believing with you!
Dineen
The Way to Victory
by James MacDonald, Walk in the Word
"By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and obey his commandments. For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments. And his commandments are not burdensome. For everyone who has been born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world – our faith." – 1 John 5:2-4
At every crossroads of life you face a choice. "Will I trust God? Will I believe His Word? Will I have faith?"
More than likely, you're facing a decision today in which you see several ways you can go. One might be easier, but it's not calling you higher or to what you would think would please God. "But it makes more sense for me to go this way. It would be the safest… or the most reasonable… or the best in my mind. I think I could make that way work out." But then God says, "No, go this way. This will be better in the long run. You'll be glad you went this way."
God's message to you could be any number of clear directives from His Word: Stick with your marriage. Put Him first in your finances. Forgive them before they ask.
It's always going to be better for you to follow the Lord, whatever the issue is. However logical or reasonable the other paths seem, consider what motivates your decision.
The choice to obey the Lord in this situation is a decision of faith. First John 5:4 says, "And this is the victory that has overcome the world – our faith." Your faith is determined by your answers to: "Will I trust God even when…?" "Do I believe that His ways are best for me even when…?"
Is walking with God the surest road to happiness and the fastest exit from misery? Yes, I believe so. The decision of faith will not be a burden to you. It's the way to victory.
Following God's ways is a protection to you. As you grow in Christ and obey God by faith, you experience "the victory that has overcome the world." The world is trying to drag you down. But when by faith I do what God wants me to do, I'm not crushed by the world; I end up in victory over the world.
I tell you the truth, I can't wait to get my feet on the floor every morning and try to do what God wants me to do, because it always works out better. Choosing faith is a daily decision we all must make.
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