“The Joy of The Lord is your strength.” Nehemiah 8:10.  I absolutely love this Bible verse, but lately I have not been feeling very joyful and I think that it’s because I just have way too much stress and worry going on in my life as we speak.  I feel like I’m in a huge storm with no ending in sight, I just feel worthless and invaluable, it’s been a huge struggle to deal with by myself.  It’s just getting to be a bit much, and I can’t do it anymore, I need God’s help to fight through this now more than ever.  I’m sure you all can relate to what I’m saying here, right? We each have a time in our life when it all just seems to be too much to handle, and that’s when we have to give it all to God, and let Him take care of that burden and make it lighter so to speak.  Let’s move on from here, while I was reading The Daily Bread devotional earlier this week, God spoke to me through this verse from Luke 6:38, “Give and it will be given to you: Good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over will be put into your heart and chest.  For with the same measure that you use, it will be measured back to you.” Luke 6:38.

    As soon as I finished reading this verse, I felt relieved, like a big weight has been lifted up off of my shoulders, and I said to myself, “Thank God and Praise The Lord! He hears me and He knows exactly what I’m going through, and He’s going to fix it all in due time!” I look forward to when that will happen soon.  When you give all that you can give, to someone else, that is exactly when God will step in and take care of the rest; it is right then, when He will give back to you tenfold all of what you just lost due to stress, anxiety, and worry.  He is the only one that can give you everything in abundance, are you ready for that? I hope so, because it’s coming to you whether you are ready for it or not.  Amen? Amen!

In addition to what was previously said, God also spoke to me through this verse from Isaiah 43:4: “Since you were precious in My sight, you have been honored, and I have always loved you; therefore I will give men for you, and people for your life.” Isaiah 43:4.  With this verse He was telling me that I am valued and precious in His sight, you can be too, but before that happens, we need to come to God first, and we need to honor Him and obey Him fully, as soon as we do that, He will honor your obedience to Him.  He is telling us in this verse that He will send the right people to you at the right time, it could be  in the form of the right Christian man or woman who you may want to spend the rest of your life with, or maybe it will be a new job, or some new friends, especially when you are needing these people the most in your life during this time.  He will use these people who He sent to you, to help you  get on the right path to where He wants you to go at the moment, to help expand and grow His Kingdom.  I know that it sounds like a lot of work and it probably will be, but He will help you through it all, and it will all be worth it in the end, all you need to do is to trust Him, and He will take care of the rest.

He never gives any of us more than we can handle, and that’s the truth.  Agreed? I think so! Amen? Yes, Amen and Always Praise The Lord!  Thank you and God Bless!

~With Love and In Christ,

Emily