WHEN THE JOURNEY YOU ARE ON FEELS overwhelming, the very best thing you can do is cling to Me. At such times the future seems unreal - unreachable - and the past feels remote, but this can actually be a blessing. My followers tend to waste vast quantities of time and energy thinking about past and future matters. Thus they neglect the present - where they actually live - and My Presence, though I am always near.
When adverse circumstances surround you and seem to be closing in on you, it is still possible to be joyful in Me, your Savior. Since you cannot find a way out of your circumstances, accept the situation and search for Me in the midst of it.
Sometimes you may feel as if you can hold on to Me no longer. I remind you, though, that you have been able to cling to Me to this day. You have powerful backup because the Holy Spirit lives in you. He can give you supernatural strength, far beyond your own. In addition to this, My hand has an eternal grip on yours. Though your strength to keep holding on may run out, Mine never will. So do not fear, for I - your God - am with you. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.
- Jesus
(Jesus Lives / Sarah Young)
Scripture Insight: Joshua 23:8; Habakkuk 3:17-18; Psalm 63:8 and
Isaiah 41:10
"But cling to the Lord your God as you have done to this day"
ReplyDelete(Joshua 23:8 / Amplified Version)
"Though the fig tree does not bud and there are no grapes on the vines, though the olive crop fails and the fields produce no food, though there are no sheep in the pen and no cattle in the stalls, yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will be joyful in God my Savior" (Habakkuk 3:17-18 / New International Version)
"My soul clings to you; your right hand upholds me"
(Psalm 63:8 / New International Version)
"So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand"
(Isaiah 41:10 / New International Version)