Today I want to share Jerry Savelle's website devotional!
FACE THE PROBLEM!
My heart is severely pained
within me, and the terrors of death have fallen upon me. So I said, “Oh, that I
had wings like a dove! I would fly away and be at rest.” (Psalm 55:5-6 NKJV)
God doesn’t want you to run away
from any situation in defeat. Victory is always His plan for you.
Running away from problems and
troubles is always society’s mentality: “Oh, if I cold just leave this place.
If I could just get in the car and go.” Looking for the easy way out of trouble
and misery doesn’t work. Running from the problem that causes those feelings
won’t do any good. If you avoid dealing with the issue now, it will be even
more difficult to stand and face it later.
People often quit their job
because of someone they work with, only to end up working with someone worse at
their next place of employment. God wants you to learn to face your problems
and overcome them by applying His Word. He wants you to learn to work with
unpleasant co-workers by overcoming evil with good. When they blame you for
something you didn’t do, bless them and help them.
Being a doer of the Word isn’t
always easy, but it always works.
Although David wanted to fly away
and be at rest, he changed his speech and declared a few lines later “As for
me, I will call upon God, and the LORD shall save me” (Psalm 55:16 NKJV).
God doesn’t want you to leave any
situation in defeat. If it is God’s time to move you on, He won’t use negative
circumstances to lead you. Instead of running from the problem, overcome it.
And then move on.
Confession: I choose to face
the problems before me today. I will apply the Word of God to them, and I will
overcome them. I will call upon God, and the Lord shall save me.
AMEN! Stop running to a 'safe place' and start BEING the safe place for others to come to know JESUS! AMEN! Here is Hillsong with "Oceans: Where Feet May Fail":
Shalom in Him!
