{"id":9979,"date":"2013-06-04T09:45:05","date_gmt":"2013-06-04T13:45:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/?p=9979"},"modified":"2013-06-04T10:58:40","modified_gmt":"2013-06-04T14:58:40","slug":"the-never-forsaking-god-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/?p=9979","title":{"rendered":"The Never-forsaking God"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"555\" height=\"315\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CBQQfpLYuxY\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><em><strong>He Himself has said, \u2019I will never leave you nor forsake you\u2019 \u2014Hebrews 13:5<br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\nWhat line of thinking do my thoughts take? Do I turn to what God says or to my own fears? Am I simply repeating what God says, or am I learning to truly hear Him and then to respond after I have heard what He says? \u201cFor He Himself has said, \u2019I will never leave you nor forsake you.\u2019 So we may boldly say: \u2019The Lord is my helper; I will not fear. What can man do to me?\u2019 \u201d (Hebrews 13:5-6).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI will never leave you . . .\u201d\u2014 not for any reason; not my sin, selfishness, stubbornness, nor waywardness. Have I really let God say to me that He will never leave me? If I have not truly heard this assurance of God, then let me listen again.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI will never . . . forsake you.\u201d Sometimes it is not the difficulty of life but the drudgery of it that makes me think God will forsake me. When there is no major difficulty to overcome, no vision from God, nothing wonderful or beautiful\u2014 just the everyday activities of life\u2014 do I hear God\u2019s assurance even in these?<\/p>\n<p>We have the idea that God is going to do some exceptional thing\u2014 that He is preparing and equipping us for some extraordinary work in the future. But as we grow in His grace we find that God is glorifying Himself here and now, at this very moment. If we have God\u2019s assurance behind us, the most amazing strength becomes ours, and we learn to sing, glorifying Him even in the ordinary days and ways of life.<\/p>\n<p>Journal DJR<br \/>\nGood Morning Lord,<br \/>\nThis is so good to hear, \u201cI will never leave you . . .\u201d\u2014 not for any reason; not my sin, selfishness, stubbornness, nor waywardness. &#8230;.If I have not truly heard this assurance of God, then let me listen again.&#8221;   Not that we haven&#8217;t heard it before, but we need to hear it and hear it and hear it until we really get it down deep inside.   And it becomes an integral part of who we are &#8230; unshakeable by the circumstances.<br \/>\n    Lord, help us to stay close and hear these words today.  As we hear these words over and over, we&#8217;ll be better able to hear your other words.   Then help us obey quickly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>He Himself has said, \u2019I will never leave you nor forsake you\u2019 \u2014Hebrews 13:5 What line of thinking do my thoughts take? Do I turn to what God says or to my own fears? Am I simply repeating what God says, or am I learning to truly hear Him and then to respond after I [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9979"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9979"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9979\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9980,"href":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9979\/revisions\/9980"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9979"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9979"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9979"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}