Good Morning Well One!

Philippians 4:6-7 AMP ~ “Do not be anxious or worried about anything, but in everything [every circumstance and situation] by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, continue to make your [specific] requests known to God. [7] And the peace of God [that peace which reassures the heart, that peace] which transcends all understanding, [that peace which] stands guard over your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus [is yours].”

As I re-read the devotional from yesterday, I thought about how often we worry about stuff, even after we said that we have put it in the Hands of God, it’s still in the back of our minds! God has told us to not worry, He Got you all day long! Matthew 6:31-34, “So do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. Therefore, do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.” (NIV)

You have a choice, you can worry, or you can wait, and wait well by resting in the Arms of Jesus! When you are resting in the knowledge of what the Lord has done, you are resting well and letting God handle the rest! I mean what is it to worry anyway, it’s a place where you have allowed your mind to dwell on what you are going through or what you think that you might go through! Yea, I know that your concerns may be real, you feel like day by day, hour by hour, minute by minute that this or that is going on and everything is in pieces? But I want you to know that you have a choice whether or not to dwell on the pieces or give them up to God!

Did you really read and get an understanding of the first line of this scripture, “don’t be anxious for anything, but take everything to God in prayer.” It’s in your time of prayer that you thank Him, and you give Him all your request and then you wait in Him and His peace will allow you to wait and wait well! The question is do you want to be in Peace or pieces? Today, release your pieces to the One who can give you Peace! When you release your pieces into the Hands of the Master, He gives you Peace!  (Judges 6:24)

In doing this, it keeps you from being anxious and it gives you something else to do, it keeps your head and heart busy, and it keeps your hands still and steady in prayer, Psalm 37:7a, “Be still in the presence of the LORD, and wait patiently for him to act.” The bottom line is this, you can pray! Learning how to wait in God takes discipline, you have to be disciplined to be still and to stand firm, (put your armor on, Ephesians 6:13) and the discipline of taking your concern to your Father, means that you will learn how to pray without ceasing (1 Thessalonians 5:17)! As often and as necessary it is, it will change the work of worry into the work of rest!

I know it may seem hard to rest while you wait, but it can be done with the help of the good Lord! When you feel that anxiousness trying to rise up in you, turn to prayer, call on the Name of Jesus, it will remind you of what’s most important in that moment! The time that you wasted worrying did you no good at all! But the time you spent in prayer did much for you, spiritually, physically and emotionally! It’s all in the choice that you make, your choice to worry or to wait well and to have peace of mind. I hope and pray that today when you are faced with the option, that you choose to wait well, to wait in and on God!

It’s during your difficult times that your life can seem like it’s a bunch of puzzle pieces that you are trying to put together and you can’t seem to figure out what piece goes where! Just know that God, knows every single thing and He knows exactly where every piece goes, you don’t have to force any piece in a place that it doesn’t fit! God has insight for every word in every chapter of the story He’s writing about your life.

Start right where you are today; ask the Lord to help you release each piece that has been on your mind and to add to your story that has already been written by Him. He knows where each one of you are at and what you are dealing with. He wants you to receive His Perfect Peace! He is the eternal God who sees the end from the beginning and does nothing without purpose. Just know however God moves is still better than anything that you could do, trust Him with the outcome, He knows better than you!

You want to get well and stay well, put your faith, trust and hope in Jesus Christ, for He is the only One that can give you sweet rest while you wait, and He will give you His peace as a covering, Isaiah 26:3, “You will keep him in perfect peace, Whose mind is stayed on You, Because he trusts in You.” God knows you, “I make known the end from the beginning, from ancient times, what is still to come. I say, ‘My purpose will stand, and I will do all that I please.” Isaiah 46:10!

Let’s Pray:
Father Thank You, Thank You for another day! Father, help me to have patience and to not be anxious for anything. Help me to have discipline to wait in You and on You. Father, help me to learn how to wait well. Father help me know what to do and when to do it. Father I choose to rest in You and not work and worry about what I have no control over. Father I am giving everything over to you, for You can handle it better than me. Father I’m giving you my pieces today in exchange for Your peace! Father I will wait on You, and I have put all of my hopes and trust in You! Father, please put a guard over my lips today that I may not whine while I wait, but that I will wait and wait well for my expected outcome in You. In the Name of Jesus Christ. Amen!

Blessings…
Minister Jean