I was a young high schooler who loved to debate. One day I came up with a "grand" theme for a debate that went something like this: "Will the use of knowledge eventually lead to our destruction?" Big and deep topic for a young girl....but the subject went onto the debate floor - and I won!
Not about to debate it now, but this one thing I DO know.....JESUS Knows - and that's what this devo is all about! Come with me to the Well and let's explore it!
A Helping Word...or
Two!
Jesus knows our wants!
There's a shadow from the Old Testament behind the Well, and does SHE have a testimony! For years Hannah had a very special "want," a deep desire for a child of her own. One day, in desperation, she knelt in the temple and poured out her very soul to God. He heard, He answered the desire of her heart, and the son given to her, Samuel, became a great prophet of God. Hannah must have danced with glee--and God must have smiled with delight, for He indeed was glorified!
Does God care about the desires and "wants" of our heart? Of course! Then why doesn't He always GIVE us the desires of our hearts? I don't KNOW--I don't have all the answers and neither do you. But one thing we DO know--"Jesus knows!!" When He delights us by giving us our heart's desire, we praise Him. When He withholds it for reasons known only to Him, we must STILL praise Him, for He remains the never-failing God. But hold it--that's HARD! Of course it is! And you--or I--will NOT be able to praise HIm until we FIRST "surrender" the long list of wants we're carrying around in our hearts. Give each item on the list to God until His joy and peace flood your soul. He IS your all-wise, all-sovereign Lord. He KNOWS your heart's desire and He will hold your best interests close to His heart. Trust Him; He will not fail you.
Jesus knows our needs!
I see a little-boy shadow behind the Well, and does HE have a testimony! He was part of a great group of HUNGRY people and he had only one lunch to share. He took it to Jesus, and wonder of wonders, Jesus multiplied it and fed the whole hungry crowd. The crowd went away full-- there were even leftovers--for when Jesus supplies a need, He does it in abundant supply!
Does God care about OUR needs today? Of course, and we have His promise, "... my God shall supply according to his riches in Christ Jesus (Philippians 4:19 KJV)." Take a few moments--or it may take forever--to rehearse the many times God has met your needs--physical, financial, emotional, spiritual. He is a God of great provision and great surprise. We burden ourselves down with the cares and needs of life, and they are many. But GOD knows--and before that burden gets TOO heavy, I have a secret for you. Take it to God! Roll the burden of your need upon HIM, leave it there, and walk away from your prayer time knowing it's in far better hands than yours! God knows how and when and where to meet your need, whatever it is. TRUST Him--He will not fail you.
Jesus knows our dreams!
There's a colorful character in the shadows by the Well--he's a dreamer, and does HE have a testimony! See that hole over there? It's not the next-door neighbor's WELL--it's a deep, dark, smelly PIT, and Joseph was in it, thrown there by his jealous brothers. God saw him there, and with a kind brother's help, retrieved him, saved his life and sent him on his way to Egypt. There young Joseph suffered more, this time in a deep, dark, smelly PRISON--but God did not fail him. Finally released from prison and promoted to high office in the land, Joseph's dream comes true. He has the rare opportunity to minister love and forgiveness to his bowing brothers. The God who did not fail was there all the time!
Does God care about OUR dreams today? YES! I believe, in many cases, HE Himself has planted those dreams within our hearts, and in HIS own good time, He will bring them to pass. Exactly as we have planned them? Probably not--but hang on to your hat--for the dreams God fulfils are the best ones and the best way--HE never fails! But how LONG is a dream? Scientists will tell us "seconds"--our own reality tells us YEARS, sometimes eons of time, waiting for a dream to become reality. SO what do you do with the dreams? Hand them over to God--place them in His safe-keeping. Trust Him with the deepest, most intimate, greatest dreams of your life. He is trustable--and He will not fail you!!
Believe it and live like it this week.....He really DOES know it all!!
...and that's just a word from my heart to yours!
"...his compassions fail not. They are new every morning; great is thy faithfulness (Lamentations 3:22,23 KJV)."
"Lord, You are faithful, and I trust you with my wants, my needs and my dreams. You are faithful and will never fail me--I claim Your wonderful promise for my life this day. In Jesus Name, Amen!"
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