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Wednesday... We can be confident when annoyances come.


Wednesday... We can be confident when annoyances come.

I was outside on my couch with my dog, Turner and I was in the middle of reading Romans 14 and I heard a noise and felt something and looked down and my coffee was all over me. Now I jumped up and went in and changed out of my wet clothes into dry clothes and came back and finished reading but in a different chair. Now that was an annoyance and it had the ability to blow me totally off track from my routine. But it didn't.


As I came to my coffee shop I started back my reading the Bible and I came across Proverbs 3:26 (AMP) and it said, "For the Lord will be your confidence, firm and strong, and will keep your foot from getting caught [in a trap]." Now annoyances can be a trap set out there to get us off track. But we can be confident when annoyances come our way. because the Lord is our confidences, firm and strong and he can keep us from being caught in a the trap if we put our trust in him. 

Verse 6 says, "In all your ways know and acknowledge and recognize Him, and He will make your paths straight and smooth [removing obstacles that block your way]."

Psalm 33:6 (NLT) says, "The Lord merely spoke, and the heavens were created. He breathed the word, and all the stars were born." He did it and it was perfect except the devil got involved and did all he could to block God's plan but God was ready and he started a new plan to win us back from the devil's trap. 

John 3:16 says, "For this is how God loved the world: He gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life." He didn't let the devil's trap stop him in his plan and purpose. 

The major annoyance didn't get God off track. Yes the Devil was trying to trap him and block his plan but it didn't work. And that annoyance, that trap that happens to you doesn't have to blow you emotionally off track.

Now verse 5 in Proverbs 3 says, "Trust in the Lord with all your heart; do not depend on your own understanding. Seek his will in all you do, and he will show you which path to take." And it isn't the path where the annoyance takes over. It says, "Trust in the Lord with all your heart" and not let the annoyance take over.

Yes, the annoyance this morning took over for a moment but it didn't control the rest of my day. And God used it. "For the Lord will be your confidence, firm and strong, and will keep your foot from getting caught [in a trap]." The key is to "Trust in the Lord with all your heart." Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning


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