Daily Devotional

THE RETURN OF GOD’S TENDER CARE

August 9

eloved Child of Love, have you been feeling lonely and isolated lately? Those are normal feelings for the Child of God, even if you are usually surrounded well by people who love you. In fact, one of the ways that God works in your life to draw you closer to Him is to allow you to experience a drought or dry season in your emotional and spiritual nature. During that dry season you may hunger and thirst for God. Of course, in your natural life you will not eat or drink unless you are hungry or thirsty. It is the same in your spiritual life. Isaiah speaks to this condition calling it being "forsaken" for a "mere (small) moment" by God. However, after the "forsaking" He says, "But with great mercies I gather thee." (Isaiah 54:7) Just when we think that God doesn't care we let ourselves slide backward to our former complacency and willingness to live on a lower level with God. We must cry out to Him in our hunger and thirst, and He will come to us with a renewed sense of refreshing which come from before His holy presence. It is a good thing! Now, stop condemning yourself, and heaping guilt upon yourself and say to the Father, "Lord, I welcome the "dry season." I know that shortly there comes from before your presence, "times of refreshing"(Acts 3:19) for my soul and mind! You are ever faithful to me and to those that I love! I do depend on you. You can be trusted to come through for me in my "darkest night!" I give you praise and thanksgiving in the name of your blessed Son Jesus!" Can you imagine serving a lesser god than the Lord God? He is the Most-High Supreme Person of love in your life! He is holy and worthy of all praise and adoration by both saints and angels! Just when you think you cannot hold on any longer, He comes through with healing, blessing, and more love than ever imagined! Think of it!

Prayer

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Father, I can hardly wait for my day to begin! Everywhere I turn, I run fully into your face! What a Joy! You are ever-present and ever-joyfully at work in my life to straighten out my troubles and to renew me in your great love! Hallelujah! For this and everything good that comes from you, I give you praise in Jesus' name, amen!