"His promise of remembrance is more substantial and dependable than any evidence of our senses." Our senses fail us time and time again - think of that bag game, you know the one where you stick your hand in a brown bag and try to feel and guess what you are feeling. That can be tricky and sometimes we guess wrong - or have you ever taken the pepsi challenge? My taste buds failed me numerous times with that challenge. Better yet, think of matters of the heart - have you ever made a bad decision and then made the comment "but it really felt right at the time"? Our senses WILL fail us BUT God never will. He knows what we need WAY more than we know what we need. He has a perfect plan for us and sometimes that includes witholding something we think we need - like encouragement, a sense of peace, a restored relationship, health or well, you get the picture. Of course, God never witholds these things longer than we NEED. He is so FAITHFUL and worthy of believing no matter the circumstance.
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Amen, amen! Classic examples, by the way. Love the pic.
I have a faithful friend who is quick to reminde me during my emotional times, "Do we trust our emotions? No, no, no!" God knows what's what. We trust God. We trust his word. We trust that he is trustworthy!
Love you!
Thanks! I really liked the first couple of sentences from the devotion about God knowing when to withhold a visible sign of encouragement. That the withholding is better than the getting. It is so opposite of what the natural man would think.
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