Trusting His Good Things

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“May we humble ourselves and seek him again with all our hearts. His promises are reliable and trustworthy; not one word of them has failed.”

Joshua 23:14
Not one thing has failed of all the good things which the LORD your God spoke concerning you. All have come to pass for you; not one word of them has failed.

The prophet Jeremiah was instrumental in predicting the demise of Judah and its exile to Babylon. The People of God had rebelled against him and run after foreign gods so the Lord God was executing retribution on the Jews for the disobedience. And yet, God had never forsaken his people or his promise to their forefather, Abraham, to raise them a great nation. Through Jeremiah he says, “I know the plans I have for you, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.”

Though we, like the people of Judah, often compromise our faithfulness to Father God, he remains faithful to his promise of blessing. Though we may become consumed with selfish ambition, the Lord our God never abandons his unselfish love and care for us. Today we can pause and remember how true God has been, even when we have strayed from his purposes. May we humble ourselves and seek him again with all our hearts. His promises are reliable and trustworthy; not one word of them has failed.

Turn your face toward his light. It’s not by your vision that you will gain victory, it’s only by the light of his face that you will be successful; for he loves you. Not one thing has failed of all the good things which the Lord has spoken concerning you. So, resubmit to his good plans by acknowledging God in all your ways and leaning not on your own understanding.

God-tracking is humbly following his good things.

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Jeremiah 29:10-14 (NIV)

Jeremiah 30:18 (NIV)
Psalm 44:3 (NIV)
Proverbs 3:5-6

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Don’t Give Up, Look Up & Pray

“I submit to your will and choose to trust all the good things which you have spoken concerning me.”

“Dear God, forgive me for taking my life into my own hands. I realise now that I have taken my eyes off your purposes and looked to do things my way. I acknowledge you again in all my ways and seek your purposes above my own ambition. I submit to your will and choose to trust all the good things which you have spoken concerning me. Amen.”

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GodTracker is a weekly e-mail Christian motivational thought, written by Dudley Anderson, based on the premise that God has a plan for our lives. His Word calls us to seek his plan by acknowledging him in all our ways and by tracking his purposes, in faith. Most of what you’ll read is based upon the author’s personal experience of tracking the plans of God.

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GOD-TRACKING IS RUNNING ON EMPTY BY GRACE

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“You may feel your motivation and passion are burned out. But keep your eyes on Jesus and rest in the grace of God. Grace is God’s doing! Grace is your fuel! Grace is your anointing, and the anointing breaks the yoke.”

2 Corinthians 12:10For the sake of Christ, then, I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities. For when I am weak, then I am strong

In one of his letters to the church of Corinth, Paul talks about his thorn in the flesh. There has been much speculation as to what Paul’s thorn was. In a letter to the church at Corinth Paul says, “Three times I pleaded with the Lord about this, that it should leave me. But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.

The book of 2nd Corinthians is a deeply personal letter. The circumstances behind this letter reveal the difficult, often painful realities of ministry life. More than any of his other epistles, 2 Corinthians shows Paul’s pastor’s heart. In 1 Corinthians we learn that the church in Corinth was rebellious and struggling with division and spiritual immaturity. Paul's authority had been undermined and his teaching contradicted.

I would like to add a suggestion as to what Paul’s thorn was. Could it have been that the apostle was burned out and running on empty? A man of passion, Paul had given his all for the churches he’d planted. Some of them were thriving while others, like Corinth, turned out to be a thorn in the flesh. The Corinthian church had become, insubordinate, critical and judgemental. Paul was facing what we might term, church politics. He says, “For I fear that perhaps when I come, I may find you not as I wish. That perhaps there may be quarrelling, jealousy, anger, hostility, slander, gossip, conceit, and disorder.” Paul had poured so much into this group of believers, only to have them criticise him and rebel against his leadership. Nothing is more demoralising to a pastor than a critical spirit. Paul was emotionally threadbare.

Yet, by the power of the Holy Spirit, Paul writes that God’s grace is enough, and his power is made perfect in our weakness. Paul was facing a great challenge to his ministry. He was weak. However, Jesus tells him that he is strong in his weaknesses. Paul says to the Corinthians, “For Christ was crucified in weakness, but lives by the power of God. For we also are weak in him, but in dealing with you we will live with him by the power of God.”

Whatever opposition you are facing today; whatever may be your thorn in the flesh, never quit! You may feel your motivation and passion are burned out. But keep your eyes on Jesus and rest in the grace of God. Grace is God’s doing! Grace is your fuel! Grace is the anointing that breaks the yoke.
Paul persevered and continued to pastor, teach and lead, not by his own strength, but by the empowerment of God’s grace.

God-tracking is running on empty by grace

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2 Corinthians 13:4
Hebrews 12:2-3
Isaiah 10:27

DON’T GIVE UP, LOOK UP & PRAY

Help me to be strong in your strength. Help me to face this criticism with integrity and grace

“O Lord I feel completely rundown. I have no energy, no passion and no motivation to do anything. I want to give up, but I won’t. Instead I choose to look up and surrender to you. I give over to your grace. Your grace is my power and my fuel. I feel so weak, but I know that my human strength can never be enough to fulfil your plans for my life. Therefore, I set my eyes on Jesus and look through this thorn in my flesh to see myself as an overcomer and a victor. Help me to be strong in your strength. Help me to face this criticism with integrity and grace. In you I will continue; I will persevere. You are my source and my resource. Amen.”

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What is GodTracker? GodTracker is a weekly e-mail devotional based on the premise that God has a plan for our lives. His Word calls us to seek his plan by acknowledging him in all our ways and by tracking his purposes, in faith.
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