April 28, 2023 8:00 pm
I’m a worrier. Early mornings are the worst because I’m alone with my thoughts. So I taped this quote from Hudson Taylor on my bathroom mirror, where I can see it when I’m feeling vulnerable: “There is a living God. He has spoken in the Bible. He means what He says and will do all He has promised.”
Taylor’s words came from years of walking with God and remind us of who He is and all He can do through our times of illness, poverty, loneliness, and grief. He didn’t merely know that God is trustworthy─he’d experienced His trustworthiness. And because he’d trusted God’s promises and obeyed Him, thousands of Chinese people gave their lives to Jesus.
Experiencing God and His ways helped David know that He’s trustworthy. He wrote Psalm 145, a song of praise to the God he’d experienced to be good, compassionate, and faithful to all His promises. When we trust and follow God, we realize (or understand) that He is who He says He is and that He’s faithful to His word (v. 13). And, like David, we respond by praising Him and telling others about Him (vv. 10−12).
When we face worrisome times, God can help us not to falter in our walk with Him, for He is trustworthy (Hebrews 10:23).
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Welcome to today's encouragement from Our Daily Bread. Our reading titled, Always Trustworthy, was written by Karen Huang. I'm a worrier.
Early mornings are the worst because I'm alone with my thoughts. So I taped this quote from Hudson Taylor on my bathroom mirror where I can see it when I'm feeling vulnerable. There is a living God. He has spoken in the Bible. He means what he says and will do all he has promised. Taylor's words came from years of walking with God and remind us of who he is and all he can do through our times of illness, poverty, loneliness, and grief. He didn't merely know that God is trustworthy. He'd experienced his trustworthiness. And because he trusted God's promises and obeyed him, thousands of Chinese people gave their lives to Jesus. Experiencing God and his ways helped David know that he's trustworthy. He wrote Psalm 145, a song of praise to the God he'd experienced to be good, compassionate, and faithful to all his promises. When we trust and follow God, we realize or understand better that he is who he says he is and that he's faithful to his word. And like David, we respond by praising him and telling others about him. When we face worrisome times, God can help us not to falter in our walk with him, for he is trustworthy. Today's Our Daily Bread devotional scripture reading is from Psalm 145, verses 9 through 13. The Lord is good to all.
He has compassion on all he has made. All your works praise you, Lord. Your faithful people extol you. They tell of the glory of your kingdom and speak of your might so that all people may know of your mighty acts and the glorious splendor of your kingdom.
Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and your dominion endures through all generations. The Lord is trustworthy in all he promises and faithful in all he does. Let's pray. Dear God, thank you for being trustworthy and keeping your promises to us. Please help us to remember your faithfulness as we trust and obey you each day. Thank you, Lord. It's in Jesus' name we pray. Amen. Thanks for listening today. My name is Joyce Dinkins, and today's encouragement was provided by Our Daily Bread Ministries.
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