Oh my, it’s 9:00am, I usually make the phone call at
8:30am every morning! It felt so good to sleep in, but at the same time my mind
was racing ahead for the day and it’s uncertainty. My phone rang and it was
him calling me, oops I am not prepared for my dads daily devotion we do
together. Hi! Perky yet worrisomely I asked, “How are you? “Good”, was his response. “What are you reading this
morning?”, I asked.
Today was a day that He comforted me. I usually do the devo,
but not today. He had his Jesus today open and I kid you not, I can’t make this
stuff up, “I have built into your brain the amazing capacity to observe your
own thoughts. So, it is possible to monitor your thoughts and make choices
about them. When having a worrisome thought-tell yourself, “Not now!” For many
years if you know me at all I usually am telling my thoughts, “Stop it!”
But this was a new way of asking the Lord to help us take
captive thoughts. 2 Corinthians 10:5 “Draw near Me by expressing your trust in
Me, your love for me Me. This is by worship.
It popped my head that this day the designers are all into
creating Robots. “Dad, think of a robot designer building into each robot
abilities to be able to do the job they were created for. That is the same for
us! God created us to be able to combat and destroy stinking thinking! Our
great designer allowed a manual to be written to help us to live. Worship Him
who made heaven and earth, the sea and springs of water. Revelation 14:7 NKJV”
This devo subject is nothing new. For years authors have
been trying to warn us about the mind and how evil is wreaking havoc. He is a
liar, prowling around trying to devour or defeat us.
The song, Come Let Us Worship and Bow Down, comes to me. I
find my favorite version of this song and play it (Marantha Promise Band). I
send it off to my dad, “Let’s worship!”
I felt invigorated, ready for the day. We prayed:
Lord, thank you for another day. May we each worship and
draw near to you and sense the peace you promise that comes by doing that. Let
us find others who we can share this with. It is a testimony to your saving
grace and power which you have always promised from the beginning of time. Amen
To you my friends. We can’t conjure up moments like this.
But we can expect them. We can anticipate that at the right time God will not
let us stumble or fall (to me that is defeated in a prolonged time). He just
won’t! Be encouraged and remember to have that, NO WAY OR STOP IT at the tip of
your tongue. Get ready to worship and find a verse to replace the thoughts.
Why? Because He wants to do more than we
could ever imagine, Ephesians 3:20.
