Christians-Today Ministry

The Psalmist in Psalm 46:10 tells us:

Be still, and know that I am God;
I will be exalted among the nations,
I will be exalted in the earth.”

So what do you think was meant by those words? Have you ever had a problem that no matter what you tried to do to resolve the problem - NOTHING WORKED? That no matter what resources you exhausted, the people you contacted or the money you tried to access to make things right - things still weren’t right? As Christians, God totally wants us to rely upon Him to do the “Impossible”. It is His way of loving on us and making us understand that “WE NEED HIM”. I have been in so many seemingly impossible situations in my life, that no matter what I tried to do to fix a problem, my hands were tied to the point that I was immobilized. I recall that during those times when I finally let go of my pride, let go of my independence and let go of my problem… and just LET GOD… Then, and only then, were the issues resolved. I can even recall a quite a few miracles taking place that would have been impossible for me to accomplish on my own.

God is the Author and the Finisher of Our Faith (Hebrews 12:2) and therefore, when there is a situation that we are dealing with that is either out of our league or out of our own control, just remember that God has it all under control because His plans are flawless. It says in Romans 8:28: And we know that God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love God and are called according to his purpose for them. In other words, what may seem like a catastrophe at the moment, may not be what it seems. God can take any bad situation and turn it around for the good.

Let me use one of my friends as an example. She was working at a job that was paying the bills “just fine” and her husband was working at a job that was “ok”. Her husband decided to go into ministry knowing that they could still ’survive’ off of her paycheck. My friend felt her job was secure, and trusting in the Lord, her husband went into ministry. Lo and behold, don’t you know that a short time passed and my friend’s job was in jeopardy; it turned out that she was to be terminated in a month’s time! She suspected that this could happen, but kept trusting that God would take care of everything. At first there was panic and worry, which is very normal under the circumstances but my friend knew that God’s plan for her would be sufficient, and although it was difficult to let it go and give it to God, she finally did - and a miracle took place! A couple of months prior to losing her job, my friend found a group “by chance” on the internet that travels all over the the United States and occasionally around the world singing and dancing in cultural shows. She had auditioned and was accepted part-time with this group, knowing that there wouldn’t be a lot of monetary compensation. She was having a great time, as it was something she had dreamed of doing her whole life, but figured there was no way she could earn a living from her “hobby”. Anyway, to make a long story short, something happened within the group she belonged to, where one of the artists (on the payroll mind you) had to leave the group for good… and guess what!?! It was my friend who was chosen to take her place. Right as her other job ended, she started her new career and is now traveling all over, singing and dancing and getting paid to do what she loves the most! God is so faithful to those who trust in him.

To sum things up, the next time you are faced with a problem that no matter what you do, it seems impossible to fix. . . That is when it is time to Be Still and KNOW that God is God, and leave it to Him to do the impossible. In Matthew 17:20 Jesus said: “I tell you the truth, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there’ and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you.”

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Are you tired, weary and so burdened that you just feel like giving up? Have the worries of this life and of this world broken you down to almost nothing? All of us face tough times in our lives, however Jesus will always bring us through those hard times. He is our anchor during the storms of life. He is our rock in times of trouble, and if we ever feel that things are getting to be too much, and we feel like we are sinking, his gentle loving hand is right there to lift us up and bring us out. All you have to do is call upon the Lord and cast your cares upon him. Some people are able to cast their cares upon the Lord with no problem, but unfortunately, they don’t always leave them there. Sometimes we take things to the Lord, we leave our burdens at the foot of the cross, only ..to take them back again.

The Bible says in the Book of Matthew, chapter 11:28-29:
28 “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. 29 Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.”

Psalm 55:22 says:
Cast your cares on the LORD
and he will sustain you;
he will never let the righteous fall

1 Peter 5:7 says:
Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you.

The Greek word for “cast” means to throw it away. So cast (i.e. throw) your pain, your disappointment, your broken dreams, your heartache upon the Lord for he truly cares for you. You don’t have to carry it around any longer like baggage that goes with you every where you go. Let go of it and lay it down at the cross of Jesus. You do not have to carry that heavy load any longer, just lay it at the feet of Jesus.

Jesus loves you and does not want you carrying that heavy burden alone, in fact, he would rather you not carry it at all. Won’t you take a chance and trust in Jesus to lift your burdens from you today?

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