GOD’S WORD FOR AUGUST 15 ~ ~ Psalm 37:7~ ~ “Rest in the Lord and wait patiently for Him; ….”

Excerpts from Dr. Tony Evans Book, The Power of God’s Names?”

Your job as follower of Jesus Christ isn’t to try to outwit, outplay or outsmart God…..to try to figure out your personal destiny yourself. God has already drawn the nap of your life, and it’s a GOOD life filled with both a future and a hope (Jeremiah 29:11) It’s a plan that’s self-perpetuating. You just need to obey Him fully so you can enter the rest He has planned for you.

You don’t need to create it. ELOHIM, the Creator God, has already created it. You don’t need to force it. ELOHIM, the strong one, has already set it up. You don’t need to go find it. ELOHIM the personal and ever-present God, will reveal it to you as you seek Him each day.

Your purpose has your name on it. Your peace has your name on it. Your provision has your name on it. Your well-being has your name on it. Your rest has your name on it. However, keep in mind that Israelites who left Egypt didn’t enter into God’s rest because they wanted to quit before getting there. They wanted to go their own way in the wilderness and not go God’s way. Because of this, they forfeited the rest that was rightfully theirs.

Friends, I don’t want you to miss the rest ELOHIM has created for you. I want you to complete the obedience He has called you to and walk in His path even when it doesn’t make any sense (Proverbs 3:5-6) When you do, you’ll discover that the strength and power that come from an all-powerful God—ELOHIM—can do things for you that you couldn’t even have imagined.

I love the passage that tells us God will take care of everything when we’re surrendered completely and obedient to Him. We read,

“It is vain for you to rise up early, to retire late, to eat the bread of painful labors; for He gives to His beloved even in his sleep” Ps 127:2

You can sleep peacefully at night because you are God’s beloved—you have aligned yourself underneath His lordship and comprehensive rule—and He is working while you are snoring. He can handle the issues of your life, make the connections and intersections you need, and give you wisdom to make the choices that will get you closer each day to the fulfillment of His will—if you will but let Him by living a life of surrender to Him.

ELOHIM can make something out of nothing, like He did at creation. He can empower it to grow into something grand even when nothing appears to be happening at all. He can do that in you.

He can bring order out of chaos, like He did at creation,. He is a great name because He is Almighty ELOHIM, the great and powerful. He can do that in you also.

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