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Our eyes look expectantly to You...

Have you ever felt like you knew what God was telling you to do something...that He had essentially confirmed it, and then when the details become clear you have a, "seriously, God -- are-you-SURE-about-this-moment"?

This is where I was at the past week... I'm pretty sure God didn't allow details to be made clear beforehand so that I wouldn't duck and run, He knew I had to be committed to His plan first! Lol (:
So I was at that "freak out moment" and I asked God to please clarify again...because my heart is willing and my desire is to walk in the center of His will for our lives... I just want to be sure I'm on the right path!
Let me just encourage any of you who feel like you struggle with walking the daily road and feel like you are going over the same things again and again... God is so kind and merciful to speak to us when we ask and to encourage us again in our walk!
This was the first verse I saw when I opened my morning devotions! Incredible...


"The Lord visited Sarah as He had said, and the Lord did for Sarah as He had spoken." Genesis 21:1


It is mind-blowing that the God of the universe cares enough about ME to orchestrate events and send me just the right message at just the right time to encourage and motivate me!!


"Trust in Him at all times, you people; pour out your heart before Him; God is a refuge for us." Psalm 62:8


"God will surely visit you, and bring you out of this land to the land of which He swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob." Genesis 50:24



"Not a word failed of any good thing which the Lord had spoken to the house of Israel. All came to pass." Joshua 21:45


"He who promised is faithful." Hebrews 10:23


"Has he said, and will He not do? Or has He spoken, and will He not make it good?" Numbers 23:19


"The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God stands forever." Isaiah 40:8


After the reassurance of that morning I finished up with my evening devotions and these verses resonated with my soul, they were my responses to my Father's encouragement from the morning.



"The eyes of all look expectantly to You." Psalm 145:15


"And it will be said in that day: Behold, this is our God; we have waited for Him, and He will save us. This is the Lord; we have waited for Him; we will be glad and rejoice in His salvation." Isaiah 25:9



I am expectantly hopeful for what God is going to do in our lives - I will continue to seek God's will for our daily lives and walk in what He has told me to do, whether or not it makes sense to me! So thankful I have a heavenly Father who knows our future and is setting things in place to care for us.

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