God Is in Charge
When it comes to irritations, I've found that it helps if I remember that I am not in charge of my day...God is.
Written by Chuck Swindoll, these encouraging devotional thoughts are published seven days per week.
When it comes to irritations, I've found that it helps if I remember that I am not in charge of my day...God is.
We deny it. We fake it. We mask it. We try to ignore it. But the truth stubbornly persists—we are weak creatures!
God is not like Kilroy. He does not write His name on the walls and rocks of life, but He is there—every day, every hour, every tick of the clock!
We are living in an era that attempts to stretch grace to heretical extremes. I see it and hear it virtually every week of my life.
"Where God is, a spider's web is a wall; where He is not, a wall is but a spider's web."
Hope always looks to the future, it's always on tiptoes. It keeps us going.
People who refuse to get bogged down in and anchored to the past are those who pursue the objectives of the future.
Discontentment is one of those daily grinds that forces others to listen to our list of woes. But they don't for long! Discontented souls soon become lonely souls.
God smiles on us because of His Son's death and resurrection. It's grace, my friend, amazing grace.
God's Word offers the exact opposite advice: Contentment is possible when we stop striving for more.