November 28, 2019

November 28

Running with Jesus

Acts 23:23 " And he called unto him two centurions, saying, Make ready two hundred soldiers to go to Caesarea, and horsemen threescore and ten, and spearmen two hundred, at the third hour of the night;"

     God told Paul he would be going to Rome the night Jesus came and appeared to him in verse 11. At that point Paul knew he would not be killed yet! God used his nephew to reveal the plot and today we see through that child God would intervene and use a whole band of soldiers to protect him.

     God intervened are words we all need to hear during those tough places. God's ways are not our ways for sure. Our ways are definitely limited. God is all seeing and all knowing and he can use even the hardest places in our lives to bring honor and glory to His name. When we trust in Him, He will work things out for us in greater ways than we can imagine. 

     Paul put his life into the hands of God. He lived everyday ready to go home but he also lived so others by his life could come to know God. We too must live our lives ready to go but also to be a witness. We must allow God to intervene in the way He chooses. When we do this we can rest knowing that the end things will work out much better than we could expect. He is asking us to trust Him in our difficult days. He will get us to the other side. He used a band of soldiers to help him carry out His mission. 

 Father, as we come today bringing our hard places to You, we trust in You Lord. We choose to stop trying to figure it all out and choose to rest in You as You intervene in our lives and work things out. We choose to live for Your glory and are taking one day at a time. There is no other way but to trust You and obey. 

Tomorrow: The house of darkness.

Judy Hollaway

Originally penned 2015