Week
3 Obey and Partake
Trust
the Lord With Your Tears
Jesus
knows exactly where you are today. He knows the challenges you face and the
injuries you have sustained. Don’t open the door either to fear or temptation;
remain safe within the boundaries of protected ground; bring all your sorrows
to Him.
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everal times over the years I have experienced the blessing
of reconciliation with someone who has hurt me in the past. It happened
again just recently with a person who had once caused me--and worst of all, my
children--real harm. This person approached me with admiring words and an
apology, and as I thought about this incident later, I remembered the Scripture
I’d claimed at the time the injury occurred: "I will make those who are of the
synagogue of Satan, who claim to be Jews though they are not, but are liars—I
will make them come and fall down at your feet and acknowledge that I have
loved you" (Revelation 3:9).
With the perspective that time
brings, I know I was not free of sin in this matter (as I believed at the
time), and even when the hurt occurred I didn’t truly believe the other person
was satanic. Yet all these years later God allowed me to see that He takes
injuries sustained by His beloved children very seriously. He really does
hear our prayers and takes action on our behalf. We can entrust the
things that have hurt us to Him, releasing the heart pain and forgiving those
who inflicted the wounds. When we cast our cares upon the Lord, they are
in very good hands.
Our Heavenly Father’s heart is
moved with compassion toward us when we cry out to Him in pain, and it is
almost as though He is more concerned about the wounds our hearts have
sustained than He is about who is right or wrong. This is an important
understanding, because we often sense that we are not fully right, and this
causes us to turn away from the Lord out of fear of His correction. But at the
point of injury, the Lord offers comfort rather than judgment and healing ahead
of instruction. When the dispute is between two Christians, He is miraculously
able to work fully on behalf of each of His children, even when they have
opposing perspectives and emotions. And when the injury falls from the hand of
evil, we can trust God to take vengeance on our behalf and protect us from
further harm.
This applies to weight loss because
when we entrust heart wounds to Jesus, we receive much better relief than if we
try to anesthetize the pain with a pint of ice cream or a pan of brownies. He
sustains and protects, and if we'll give Him time we will see His
vindication.
Pray: Father, search my heart and
bring to mind those who have hurt me in the past. I entrust the injuries I’ve
received into Your hands. Please heal my heart, and protect me from further
harm. I lift the ones who hurt me to You. I release the grudges I’ve held to
You; please take action on my behalf. I forgive those who caused me pain, and
from the safety of Your arms I release them into Your hands. Amen.
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Again,
my loved ones, do not seek revenge; instead, allow God’s wrath to make sure
justice is served. Turn it over to Him. For the Scriptures say,
“Revenge is Mine. I will settle all scores.
Romans 12:19 The Voice
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