Hello, friends :) I'm excited to write today that we
are up to 30 members! Hi, new people. Isn't that
exciting?

OK - now on to business. Here's a devotional for you.
See my comments at the end.
 
What God Wants Done

"Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer
and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests
be made known to God." Philippians 4:6

When you feel anxious in a task or a relationship,
your anxiety may be signaling the uncertainty of a
goal you have chosen. You are hoping something will
happen, but you have no guarantee that it will. You
can control some of the factors, but not all of them.

For example, a teenager may believe that her happiness
at school depends on her parents allowing her to
attend a school dance. Not knowing how they will
respond, she is anxious. If they say no, she will be
angry because her goal is blocked. But if she knows
all along that there is no possible chance of them
saying yes, she will be depressed because her goal
will not be achieved.

When you base your future success on something that
can never happen, you have an impossible, hopeless
goal. Your depression is a signal that your goal, no
matter how spiritual or noble, may never be reached.
Some forms of depression can be caused by chemical
imbalances. But if there is no physical cause for the
depression, then that depression is the expression of
hopelessness.

No God-given goal can be blocked, uncertain or
impossible. With God all things are possible. If God
issued a command that could not be obeyed, it would
undermine His authority. If God wants it done, it can
be done.

The real question is: What does God want done? The
answer? He wants us to be what He has called us to be.
And if that's what God wants done, no situations or
circumstances of life can keep you from being the
engineer, homemaker, parent, or leader God has called
you to be.

Prayer:
Lord, help me keep my eyes on what You want done in my
life, not on the seemingly impossible hindrances that
keep me from growing in You.

(Source Unknown)

My Thoughts:
I thought this was a Great one for those of us who
struggle with food issues because we often set up
goals for ourselves that are not from God. Two
Scriptures come to mind:
Proverbs 14:12 (NASB) says "There is a way which seems
right to a man, but its end is the way of death."
(This shows up twice in Proverbs: 14:12, 16:25)


And from Colossians 3:20-23 (NIV): "Since you died
with Christ to the basic principles of this world,
why, as though you still belonged to it, do you submit
to its rules: 'Do not handle! Do not taste! Do not
touch!'? These are all destined to perish with use,
because they are based on human commands and
teachings. Such regulations indeed have an appearance
of wisdom, with their self-imposed worship, their
false humility and their harsh treatment of the body,
but they lack any value in restraining sensual
indulgence."

That's a powerful Scripture, huh? Maybe that's a bit
of a stretch from the original passage, but still
applicable. It's about setting up rules and plans for
yourself and forgetting to ask God what He has to say.
And then it doesn't work anyway!

So - just remember to always lay everything down
before God. He Will show you the way you should go.

Love & Prayers,
BK


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"No one has ever seen God. But if we love each other, God lives in us, and his
love has been brought to full expression through us." 1 John 4:12

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