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Where to bury a loved one, who to marry, where to live … questions that are all part of everyday life. Abraham kept his focus on God and let the everyday decisions be directed by Him. He trusted that just as God had provided the lamb for the sacrifice … if he was obedient and trusted God, He would provide a burial place, a wife for Isaac, and a place to live.
Many Christians today get focused on the details of their decisions, and they create an enormous amount of stress in their own lives. What would it look like if they placed God first, put the decisions before Him, and trusted that He would provide?
Did Abraham become inactive in the decisions? No. He negotiated and paid the price for the burial site. He set parameters, guidelines, and expectations for Isaac’s wife. He believed that God would provide if he honored God in his actions. And God did.
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think about it:What decisions are facing you today? How do you need to put God first and trust Him? What actions do you need to take in order to demonstrate your trust in Him? He truly cares about your day to day “stuff”. The question is: Will you trust Him enough to let Him provide for you and direct your decisions?
I love what God does for you when you put your trust in him.... but often, at least for me, I don't. I need to work on that :). Cause you think that you can do better than God, or you can do it quicker or something like that... And about how God cares about day to day stuff... I think he really does! I try to tell him about whatever the biggest things in my life are, no matter if it's about what my friends and I talked about today or whatever is on my mind... And even though he already knows, I think he likes to hear... like, in "The Shack"... Papa always wants to know what Mack is thinking, even though she already knows... :) good book btw!!!
ReplyDeleteI think that trust in God is the first step to accepting him. I also think that he wants us to trust him. I mean, it's just like anyone else-you need to trust those around you, and unlike others, God never does anything worthy of losing our trust.
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