---God's Calling Us to....

RELINQUISH, TRUST & SERVE ~

"Obey the LORD your God and follow His commands and decrees that I give you today." Deuteronomy 27:10 NIV

GOD only gives you grace one day at a time. He doesn't give it to you for a month or for the whole trip. Yesterday is a canceled check, tommorrow is a promissory note, but you've got today to live. You need to get up in the morning and say: "This is my day to serve the Lord. I've got one day, twenty four hours, to serve Him." You can do anything one day at a time.

I've learned to say, "Whatever, Lord." which has been like a magic phrase for me. No matter what comes into my life, "Though He slay me," as Job said, "yet will I trust in Him" (Job 13:15). It's a prayer of relinquishment: "Whatever, Lord. Whatever comes through Your filter, I know Your grace will get me through it."

---BARBARA JOHNSON

God's Calling...
FOR ME -

'Relinquishing, trusting, and serving God. Is it for His sake, or for ours? We can feel like our service to God is burdensome, when in fact it's for our protection and a refuge for His blessing. Our obedience helps preserve us from the devastating consequences of sin. Like a cargo ship docking in a favorable harbor, God's blessings seem to come more readily to those who obey His commandments in love.

Calling Out
--TO GOD ...

'Lord, my part is to obey. Everything else is Yours. Help me to stay close to You throughout this day, in Jesus Name.'Amen!