Psalm 34:4 I sought the LORD, and He answered me; He delivered me from all my fears.
For the Lord to deliver me from all my fears, that means I have to actually acknowledge them and turn them all over to Him. I’ve already admitted that I’m not very good at that. I also keep losing hold of a fact I know to be true—my feelings cannot be trusted. They lie. Jesus CAN be trusted. Always. Even when I’m deeply afraid and life makes no sense.
Proverbs 3:5 Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding….
My understanding is faulty, human, skewed by my emotions and misperceptions, by the stories I tell myself to explain things I see and hear that I don’t understand. Jesus is a firm foundation. He is immutable, unchangeable. That is why I should not trust in my feelings, my emotions. That is why I should trust Him with every beat of my heart.
Psalm 73:26 My flesh and my heart my fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
Lord, Thank You for this day and this scripture, for the reminder that You can only deliver me from my fears if I turn them over to You and then trust You more than my human emotions. Living by my emotions is exhausting, Lord. I want Your peace, which surpasses all understanding. Draw me closer. Help me surrender all to You. Amen.
2 Cor 12:9 But He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness….”
Have a blessed day.
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