Deep Creek Java Devotion–February 5, 2010
Don’t Worry
Scripture Reading:
Philippians 4:6 (HCSB) Don’t worry about anything, but in everything, through prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God.
Devotion & Meditation:
When you have a problem, do you worry about it until you’re at my wit’s end. Then when all else fails, I am sure you pray. Now,let me ask you, why did you waste all this time and energy? It is so plainly written out in all of today’s Scriptures, which you’ve read many times, but when trouble comes, you find yourself following the same old pattern. Instead of taking your problem to God first, you attempt to solve it yourself. Even after years of answered prayer, there’s still a tendency to drag your feet.
Hezekiah gives us a good example to follow. In 2 Kings chapter 19, he received a letter from a messenger of the King of Assyria, challenging him to surrender Jerusalem or be destroyed. When Hezekiah read it, he went to the house of the Lord and prayed, asking the Lord to save Jerusalem. Through the prophet Isaiah, God had already promised deliverance. Hezekiah followed instructions. His prayer was answered. Instead of worrying, Hezekiah saved his energy by turning to God first.
Like Hezekiah, we, too, can turn to God first and ask, rather than wasting all our time and energy in worrying about the situation.
Keep the Son in your eyes,
Dr. Ben J. Lahay
Phil 1:21
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