21 Ways to Finding Peace and Happiness by Joyce Meyer

Author:Joyce Meyer
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi, pdf
Tags: REL012000
ISBN: 9780446195416
Publisher: FaithWords
Published: 2007-05-21T10:00:00+00:00

GOD’S GRACE IS SUFFICIENT FOR TODAY

God will give you all the grace you need for today, and He will also give you grace for tomorrow, but as I’ve said, tomorrow’s grace won’t show up until tomorrow. The grace of God is just like manna was to the Israelites; every morning the manna came down out of the sky and was enough for that day. Whenever someone tried to store up provision for the next day, it rotted. It’s the same way with grace. We are to learn to live our lives one day at a time.

When we have to stand in faith and believe God for a breakthrough in an area, we want to know immediately when the answer will come. God’s answer is that it will come—one day at a time. And worrying or trying to make it happen will not help it come any faster.

The Lord’s Prayer will help you stay in peace while you are waiting for a breakthrough. In Matthew 6:11, Jesus taught us to pray, saying, “Give us this day our daily bread.” God wants us to pray every day for whatever provision we need for that day. Jesus also said to “stop being perpetually uneasy (anxious and worried)” about our lives (v. 25).

I realized I was frustrated as soon as I got up in the mornings. I was always in such a hurry, no matter what I was doing, I had my mind on the next thing I needed to do. As I was brushing my teeth one morning, I discovered I was hurrying because I was thinking about making the bed, and God told me, “Slow down. Brush your teeth.”

God continued to show me how misplaced priorities were robbing me of the peace and enjoyment in my life. I’d rush to make my bed, but because I never kept my mind on what I was doing, I was already anxious about the next thing I needed to do. As I started making the bed, I thought, I better lay out some meat to thaw for dinner. So I’d leave the bed half made and rush downstairs to get meat out of the freezer, but on the way there I’d see a pile of dirty clothes and think, I better put those clothes in the washer and get the laundry started. Just as I put soap in the washer, the phone would ring, so I ran back upstairs to the kitchen to answer the phone.

While I talked on the phone, I realized that I needed to load the dishwasher, so I put a few dishes in the dishwasher as I talked. But then whoever was on the phone said, “Would you like to go to town with me?” and I’d think, Well, I do need to get some stamps to mail some letters, so I’d hurry to get dressed to go to town.

I’d carry on like that all day, never finishing what I started. By the time Dave came home, everything was in shambles

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