“Consider the lilies of the field” – they grow where they are put. Many of us refuse to grow where we are put, consequently we take root nowhere. Jesus says that if we obey the life God has given us, He will look after all the other things. Has Jesus Christ told us a lie? If we are not experiencing the “much more,” it is because we are not obeying the life God has given us, we are taken up with confusing considerations. How much time have we taken up worrying God with questions when we should have been absolutely free to concentrate on His work? Consecration means the continual separating of myself to one particular thing. We cannot consecrate once and for all. Am I continually separating myself to consider God every day of my life?

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January 26, 2011

Journal Entry for Today-JDV

It takes a lot of effort trying to be “holy”, especially when I am not very good at it.

And God says…”You can be very good at it, as you rest and abide in Jesus. What effort does it take to rest and abide like a little child? It takes the effort of “letting go” and trusting in Me. You need not consider your needs or the needs of those you love. You simply trust God to meet all your needs, and it becomes even more effortless when you allow God to be God in your life. When you allow Me to take the action I deem necessary in your life and give up your right to direct Me….in faith and trust, you can then abide, rest and prosper.”