Growing Mature By Trusting God's Promises
Wednesday February 5, 2020
A lot of destructive and addictive behaviours are based in the poverty mentality that results from our needs not being met. Whatever the reasons for this experience in the past, it’s time to allow God to help us learn to live in the security of His promise to provide all that we need today.
We have everything we need to live a life that pleases God. It was all given to us by God’s own power, when we learned that he had invited us to share in his wonderful goodness. God made great and marvelous promises, so that his nature would become part of us. Then we could escape our evil desires and the corrupt influences of this world. (2 Peter 1:3-4 CEV)
Our world teaches us to look outside of ourselves to money, toys, or popularity to supply the need for satisfaction in life. Unfortunately, as so many lives have given witness to, no matter how many worldly things we have, there is still an emptiness inside us.
God’s word teaches us that the way to escape the insecurity and drive that leads to much evil, brokenness, and pain is to trust God and all He promises to be for us and do for us. Addiction to substances wasn’t the way out for anyone and neither is dependency on anything else we see around us. Only in coming to believe in the faithful promises of a faithful God and centering our actions on those promises will we be able to live in a way that pleases God and have inner satisfaction.
God has saved us. He has chosen us to live a holy life. It wasn’t because of anything we have done. It was because of his own purpose and grace. Through Christ Jesus, God gave us this grace even before time began. And God is able to shower all kinds of blessings on you. So, in all things and at all times you will have everything you need. You will do more and more good works. (2 Timothy 1:9, 2 Corinthians 9:8 NIRV)
Prayer: Heavenly Father, forgive me for the many places I’ve put my trust rather than in You and Your promises. Help me to know You more and have faith in Your favour towards me as I follow You in all my ways. Amen
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