DAILY DEVOTIONAL FOR TODAY, JUNE 21, 2012
BE CAREFUL FOR NOTHING
Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. Philippians 4:9
Together, let us agree that there is no situation that we will encounter that is outside of God's complete control. God will sustain you, comfort you, hold you, and help you in and over your trial, temptation, and fear. The very situation which the devil wants to use to mock your God, the LORD will use to turn the tables for His glory. Your trial will turn into a testimony of God's power and authority.
So how do you get from the trial to the testimony of the victory? First, Don't enter into the anxiety of the trial: be careful for nothing. Instead, take every situation to God by prayer and supplication. To make supplication is to make an earnest request to one in authority. God is our authority so we will make earnest request to God, over and over again. Secondly, continue to pray and make earnest request in every aspect of the trial--and give thanks. Finally, you must know one thing for sure: "And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose" (Roman 8:28).
Today, let us go forth believing--careful (anxious) for nothing!
