Even If: When God Says NoSample

Day 6: Be Encouraged

My friends, can I encourage you today?

I know you may have gotten some painful no’s before. Or maybe you’re reading this devotional because you are afraid of a no coming on the horizon. We have all been there. I wouldn’t be able to write this devotional had I not experienced the bitterness of some no’s myself.

I want to encourage you by this simple phrase: God’s got it.

Settle the fact that God is good even in bad circumstances. Choose to remain faithful when times are tough. Pray, pray, pray, and pray some more. Submit to the Will of the Father. Rely solely on Him. Remember that He’s got it.

Listen, God made everything and He knows everything. There is nothing that escapes His sight. Nothing has happened to you or not happened to you unless He allowed it. And He loves you. Ultimately everything will be ok. In fact, it will be MORE than ok, but you will have to endure some suffering until then.

If God has not given you the reasons why, it doesn’t necessarily mean you did anything wrong either. Sometimes it’s just not in His Will for us to know and that is ok. For example, only God the Father knows when Heaven and earth will disappear in the end times. He hasn’t revealed that to the angels or Jesus. So there are certainly some things that we just have to trust God about until and if He decides to reveal them.

Stick with God always. Help someone else out along the way. They may be struggling with things you now have experience with. Keep on going, always abounding in the work of the Lord.