John 10:27-29 -- My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me. 28 I give them eternal life, and they will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand. 29 My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all, and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father's hand.
Thank You Lord for these heavy thunderstorms and the reminder to look for you in the storms of our lives. In Jesus name I pray. Amen.
Nothing like starting your day with tornado warnings, heavy rain, thunder, lightning, and an eighty-pound Labrador crammed under my desk and on top of my feet. It's a good reminder that dark and dangerous storms can roll into our lives at any moment, BUT there was also another powerful reminder in it as well….
Christian, think about the difference it would make in our lives, if we followed the example of Daisy (that's our eighty-pound lab), and simply ran to the feet of the Master when the storms in life came.
When she first pushed her way under my desk, she was shaking, and kept looking up at me repeatedly. I reached down to pet her, speak to her, and let her know she was safe. After a minute she relaxed enough to lay down and was soon sleeping through the booming, crashing storm. At one point I moved my feet back, and she promptly stood up, then laid down again on top of them. She was safe, secure, protected, sheltered, and at peace at the feet of her master.
Beloved, now stop and read today's verses again. Think deeply upon the fact that if you are one of Jesus' sheep, a part of his flock, not only can you sit at the feet of the Master, but Jesus and Father God hold you in their hands. HALLELUJAH! SO AWESOME! AMEN! If that doesn't get you excited enough to shout praises to Him, I don't know what will!
Now catch this:
John 10:28 says --- "No one WILL snatch" from the hand of Jesus.
John 10:29 says --- "No one is ABLE to snatch" from God the Father's hand.
No matter the storms, no matter the circumstance, no matter the outlook, no matter the diagnoses, no one WILL and no one is ABLE to take you from the very hand of God!!!
Beloved, we all too often base our stability on whether the circumstances and storms are gone or not. Instead of placing our stability in the Lord, on the Word of God, on being in His hand where no one WILL and no one is ABLE to remove us.
No storm, circumstance, or person can remove the hand of God from you or you from the hand of God! The storms may rage, they may never let up, but God will NEVER let go of His sheep, who hear His voice, whom He knows, who follow Him!!!
Run to the Master's feet. Look to the Master's face. Listen for the Master's voice. Lay at the Master's feet. Follow wherever the Master leads. You will find rest, peace, and joy, there, no matter what the storms or circumstances of life, the world, or the devil try to rage down upon you.
You are loved. You are prayed over. You are not alone.
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