EARLY IN THE millennium I discovered the affects of medicines. Diagnosed with high blood pressure and diabetes! Never took meds before and so did not know that the side affects could be worse than the diagnoses. After about 6 years, and many more meds to fix each problem that occurred, I read the side affects. Boy were my eyes opened! Today I am still taking meds but now have a condition called Malabsorption! Can’t eat many foods and only take meds that will not hurt my stomach. Sometimes we have to learn the hard way!
THE PAST two weeks I have been studying about ‘trust God and do good!’ An old song keeps playing in my head “Trust and Obey!” So simple and yet we say we trust God but that second part seems to allude us, doesn’t it! God asks us to do what he tells us to do and our life will be blessed. Trust and obey goes hand in hand! “God is faithful - reliable. trustworthy and ever true to His promise, and He can be depended on; by Him you were called into companionship and participation with His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.” 1 Cor. 1:9
THE SIDE AFFECT of this scripture is that when we trust God and do good we reap the benefit of God’s good pleasure. How good is that? One of the things God has called us to do is to forgive. Now that is a problem when we don’t read the side affects of not dosing ourselves with the forgiveness pill. In Matthew chapter 6 Jesus gives us a model prayer. He says that we are to forgive just as God will forgive us. In verse 14 He says that if we don’t forgive, God will not forgive us. Personally, I don’t want to reap the side affect of not obeying God!
“GOD ANOINTED and consecrated Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit, and with strength and ability and power. How Jesus went about doing good and in particular curing all that were harassed and oppressed by the power of the devil, for God was with Him.” Acts 10:38
Upon baptism we too were given the Holy Spirit, with strength and power. Because God is with us, we can forgive others when they hurt us. We can share our story with others and share the good news about our Savior. God allows us to have potential in His Son!
I HAVE discovered that when I finally let go of me, stopped listening to my inner self, and began putting into action what God desired for me, my thoughts began to change. The side affects of this change have been phenomenal. Don’t get me wrong, I have not become perfect but everyday I am getting closer to becoming the woman God has created me to be.
EVERY morning we get dressed for the day. Along with clothing, shoes and our jewelry we need to consider putting on TRUST, in God. When we add the medicine of trusting, we are on the way to feeling good! “For the Lord corrects and disciplines every one whom He loves, and He punishes, even scourges, every son whom He accepts and welcomes to His heart in love. Hebrews 12:6 Our earthly fathers also discipline us, and we yield to them. Years later we our thankful for the training. How much more should we submit to our heavenly Father?
I LOVE the passage in Isaiah 35:3 “Strengthen the weak hands, and make firm the feeble and tottering knees.” This is also found in Hebrews 12:12. Put your trust in God and the Holy Spirit within you, and step out in faith! When you do, you will feel the weak hands strengthen; and your weak, tottering knees become firm and sure. “When we walk with the Lord, in the light of His word, what a glory He sheds on our way. While we do His good will, He abides with us still; and with all who will trust and obey! “Trust and obey, for there’s no other way, to be happy in Jesus! But to trust and obey!” When the Lord comes again, how will He find you? When you go before the judgement seat; will Jesus be there to claim you as His own? Don’t wait any longer, let the Lord change your mind. Let Him find you trusting in Him and doing good! Jane Ann Crenshaw 1/14/16
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