Each day Devotionals for Ladies – As we speak’s Encouraging Phrase from Scripture

A Prayer to Maintain Jesus as My Refuge
By Chelsey DeMatteis

Bible Studying:
“He who dwells within the shelter of the Most Excessive will abide within the shadow of the Almighty. I’ll say to the Lord, ‘My refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I belief.’” – Psalm 91:1-2

Hear or Learn Beneath:

Blessed are those that take refuge in Him, can I get an amen? These previous few weeks have been a few of the hardest I’ve ever skilled since strolling with Jesus. The assaults of the enemy have been like being on the most pressurizing level of the stress cooker, and the grief of shedding a member of the family so shut has left my coronary heart damaged into items. Assaults and grief, all whereas making an attempt to carry it collectively for my very own little household. 

By the grace of God, Jesus has been and is my refuge. God has pulled me in shut within the moments I’ve needed to crumble, which has been many occasions within the final month. He has stored me going with the reality of His Phrase. With songs which can be a balm to my spirit and the prayers of different believers, He has confirmed Himself trustworthy on this storm. He has confirmed Himself regular on this swell. He has confirmed Himself truthful within the moments the enemy has spoken lies. Even writing these phrases invitations me to take a minute to breathe and exhale over the heaviness of this season. I am sure lots of you possibly can relate, and for that I am deeply sorry.

Even via the waves of grief and the enemy’s assaults, I’ll maintain looking for refuge within the One who created me, and I’ll select to not search refuge within the false “comforts” of this world. I’ll serve the Lord with worry, and I’ll rejoice, trembling earlier than the mighty God that I serve. On this latest journey of hardship and heartache, I am reminded of these we see within the Bible strolling via absolute devastation, and so they nonetheless selected to belief God and be trustworthy to His calling over their life. 

The one that stands out essentially the most to me on this season is Moses. He was given an unimaginable job from the Lord. Nevertheless, He endured a lot hardship, grief, conviction, and, at occasions, devastation. But, he nonetheless selected to comply with God and serve him as a result of he trusted in what God stated to him from the start. It doesn’t matter what it’s that I face, I do know that I can belief that God will use what I stroll via to convey glory to Himself and draw others nearer to Him.

Exodus 3:10-15 “Come, I’ll ship you to Pharaoh that you could be convey my individuals, the youngsters of Israel, out of Egypt.” However Moses stated to God, “Who am I that I ought to go to Pharaoh and produce the youngsters of Israel out of Egypt?” He stated, “However I shall be with you, and this shall be the signal for you, that I’ve despatched you: when you’ve gotten introduced the individuals out of Egypt, you shall serve God on this mountain.” Then Moses stated to God, “If I come to the individuals of Israel and say to them, ‘The God of your fathers has despatched me to you,’ and so they ask me, ‘What’s his title?’ what shall I say to them?” God stated to Moses, “I’m who I’m.” And he stated, “Say this to the individuals of Israel: ‘I’m has despatched me to you.’” God additionally stated to Moses, “Say this to the individuals of Israel: ‘The Lord, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has despatched me to you.’ That is my title endlessly, and thus I’m to be remembered all through all generations.”

It doesn’t matter what it’s that you’re strolling via or will stroll via, maintain faithfully to the duties that God has known as you to do for His good and glory. Like Moses, recall and retell what God has stirred up in your coronary heart earlier than. Select to comply with the place God leads even when it is via a season that’s leaving you beneath a weight you can not shake by yourself, you have been by no means meant to beat the heaviness alone, our Heavenly Father is the One who lifts the burdens. Lean into Him, and watch Him show Himself trustworthy as He all the time does. Relaxation within the reality we’re given in Psalm 91:1-2, “He who dwells within the shelter of the Most Excessive will abide within the shadow of the Almighty. I’ll say to the Lord, “My refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I belief.”

Let’s pray:

Father, thanks for protecting me and carrying me via the darkest of occasions. You might be trustworthy to settle and regular the storms in your timing, however when it feels tumultuous, you might be with me. You might be my refuge and my secure place. Assist me see the methods you might be carrying me; remind me of the methods you have been trustworthy earlier than. Within the waves of grief and weak spot, shield me from the enemy and his lies. Maintain me tightly, Father, as I take refuge inside your loving embrace. In Jesus’ title, amen. 

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Chelsey is the voice behind the Residing with Much less Podcast and creator of the 52-week devotional Extra of Him, Much less of Me: Residing a Christ-centered Life in a Me-centered World. She writes devotions for Lifeway Ladies’s Journey Journal, Crosswalk.com, and iBelieve.com. She additionally writes Bible studying plans for the YouVersion Bible App. Chelsey lives in Ohio together with her husband and two kids. You’ll be able to join together with her on Instagram @chelseydematteis and at her web site ChelseyDeMatteis.com.

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