Good Morning Lord Day 1


Day 1: Today I will look for evidence that you are in everything I encounter!



I still struggle with seeing God in everything I encounter. I think it’s just human to want to handle things on our own. We figure that can’t really matter to God. Or we say this is to small to bother him with so we find ourselves taking it on by ourselves. But right now on this time of quarantine many of us feel like we have no control. We didn’t sign up for this that’s for sure.

I find it way easier to turn to God for the big stuff. Often times thinking that’s the only time it’s worth involving him. I can handle the small stuff myself! The reality is that God should be in the center of everything we do. Every decision we make because more then likely when we make the decision on our own we will mess up.

That’s actually why the scripture used in the book works so well for this subject.

Scripture: Proverbs 3:5-6 Trust in the Lord with all your heart, And lean not on your own understanding; In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He shall direct your paths.

I’m a planner by nature and I find it hard to function when there is not a plan in place. I am not a fly by the seat of my pants girl. If things are not in order or if I don't feel like I have any control over the outcome I go into panic mode. 

So what lesson did you gleam from today's devotional?

Do you trust God for the big stuff or just the little things? And why do you think that is? How has God showed you to depend on him? 


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