Floods aren't fun--they're disastrous! Usually they happen only on the TV local or world news and in your newspapers. Right? Wrong...especially if you lived at my house yesterday!
Ever have a "Murphy's Law" day--when everything goes wrong? The day began with a sleepy nightmare! I found myself sinking into deep sleep, "lost in New York" without wallet, without husband and without hope! I thankfully awoke only to head down the road to my dentist and discover a looming "negative cash flow" on the horizon, and a "little" stress overflowing in my heart!!
It got worse! By afternoon, I decided I really needed to buy that "Maxed Out with Martha" book (see yesterday's devotional!), returned home to find business calls on my answering machine. During the process of returning the first call, my teen son comes into my office with a scribbled note, "The toilet just overflowed!" I run upstairs with my phone, try to continue a business conversation and tackle the toilet all at the same time.......It was hilarious, comic calamity at its best, and I said, "There HAS to be a devotional in all of this!"
And there is, for as my pastor often says, "What the devil means for harm, God can turn around for good!" My disastrous day is about to be turned "around the world" into blessing for you, and a lesson for us all to learn. For you see, when the devil overtakes, overthrows and overwhelms, we have a choice. We can choose to let anxiety, worry, and frustration flood our minds and hearts--or we can choose to turn to the God who's constantly on guard of our lives. He overlooks our past; He overshadows our present; He oversees our future; and He sits KING OF THE FLOODS FOREVER...even in the funny--or frantic--circumstances of life! He will be there!
And so the secret is OVERCOMING FAITH in the God who knows all about overflowing floods--internal, external--and whatever other dimension you--or the devil--may discover. He's a God we can trust; we can believe; we can rely upon in all the floods of life. He is in control. Appropriate HIS overcoming faith in YOUR overflowing flood today--it's there for you! Believe it--and have a wonderful day!!
Delight in a Word from the Well--a refreshing in the Water of His Word
"When the enemy shall come in like a flood, the Spirit of the Lord shall lift up a standard against him (Isaiah 59:19)."
"The Lord sitteth upon the flood; yea, the Lord sitteth King forever. The Lord will give strength unto his people; the Lord will bless his people with peace (Psalm 29:10,11)."
Draw from the Well--a prayer for renewing strength for this day
"Lord, I am truly overwhelmed, for the enemy HAS come in like a flood. He would bring me down to defeat and despair--but for You. You are my salvation; you are the King of MY flood this day, and I trust YOU to see me through, In Jesus' Name, Amen."
All Scriptures are taken from the King James Version of the Holy Bible.
Copyright 2000 by Peggie Bohanon, Springfield, MO. All rights reserved.
Not to be copied without permission.
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"How to prevent water damage from your home, garage and carport"
GCFL: Murphy's Technological Laws
FEMA Fact Sheet--Floods and Flash Floods
In Focus: Floods!
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