Well, it’s April 1 and I don’t know where all in the world it’s celebrated but here in Canada today is known as April Fool’s Day and people try to trick one another. It’s all in good fun. Some businesses even spend quite a bit of money putting ads and various social media videos out that are a hoax. You can’t always believe what you see.
Well, in sharp contrast to tricks and jokes and making a fool of someone we have God who is so completely trustworthy and whose promises were rock solid when they were given and still are to this day.
Though the mountains be shaken and the hills be removed, yet my unfailing love for you will not be shaken nor my covenant of peace be removed,” says the Lord, who has compassion on you. - Isaiah 54:10
What an amazing place to start, God, with Your unfailing love. We’re so grateful that nothing that happens around us can shake us from Your compassion and peace. Help us again today to see through the events and challenges we each face to look up to You, and to receive from You the strength and stability and peace You are making available to us today.
God saved you by his grace when you believed. And you can’t take credit for this; it is a gift from God. Salvation is not a reward for the good things we have done, so none of us can boast about it. For we are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago. Ephesians 2:8-10
And Lord we’re so grateful that when we put our faith and trust in You, in what Jesus did for us in dying for our sins on the cross, that You, in fact, saved us from what would have been our own eternal death and brought us to life. Show us even more clearly today what it means to live in Jesus, believing that He is the way, the truth, and the life. We know these are not just ideas we are meant to hold but life-shapers so we think and desire and act in ways that reflect Your amazing character.
We end with these trust-worthy words:
If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to you. - James 1:5
So, here we are Lord, lacking wisdom but asking for it from You who promise to give it generously to us, without finding fault. You promise that You will share Your heart with us and make us wise giving us success and being our shield. Lord, help us moment by moment to do our part and to come to You, giving You an opportunity to download that practical wisdom to us in every moment, every conversation, and every task. Amen
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