LOOK WHAT GOD IS DOING

LOVE OF GOD SERIES DEVOTIONAL 03042013

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SCRIPTURE: PHILIPPIANS 4: 4-9

• 4 Celebrate God all day, and every day. I mean, revel in him!
• 5 Make it as clear as you can to all you meet that you’re on their side, working with them and not against them. Help them see that the Master is about to arrive. He could show up any minute!
• 6 Don’t fret or worry. Instead of worrying, pray. Let petitions and praises shape your worries into prayers, letting God know your concerns.
• 7 Before you know it, a sense of God’s wholeness, everything coming together for good, will come and settle you down. It’s wonderful what happens when Christ displaces worry at the center of your life.
• 8  Summing it all up, friends, I’d say you’ll do best by filling your minds and meditating on things true, noble, reputable, authentic, compelling, gracious—the best, not the worst; the beautiful, not the ugly; things to praise, not things to curse.
• 9 Put into practice what you learned from me, what you heard and saw and realized. Do that, and God, who makes everything work together, will work you into his most excellent harmonies.  

“LOOK WHAT GOD IS DOING”

         Verse 4 challenges us to “celebrate” and to revel in him. This is verbal recognition of God’s deliverance. It should be lively and exalt the Glory of God. We are announcing to all we meet that the Master is about to arrive. Share with the cashier at the store that Jesus is coming any time now and you pray that he/she will be ready. This is good news for the believer but a warning for the unbeliever to repent, believe and be saved. You will not believe the joy of witnessing someone’s life changed with whom you shared the love of God. This is pure joy and will be recognized in heaven. Live your life knowing that God is daily working in your life. Wow that is a reason for joy instead of worry. Let your tendency to worry give way to prayer and incredible joy and peace. To accomplish this do the following:

1.   Fill your minds and meditate on ;

• a.   Things true! (Like knowing He will never abandon us.)
• b.   Authentic Love.
• c.   Love that demands love in return.
• d.   Unmerited Love from God.
• e.   Remember everything will work out with God in your heart.