10 March Read Deuteronomy 8:1-9 and reflect on the passage.
When I was seven, I was in the hospital for a procedure to extract spinal fluid for testing. I screamed out in pain as nurses held me down, and my parents tried to comfort me. The needle punctured my back repeatedly as the doctor struggled to find the right spot. Through tears and gritted teeth, I started to repeat out loud a Bible verse I learned at VBS that past summer: Philippians 4:13, “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.” As I did, the room got still and quiet, and the doctor decided to try the procedure again the next day with anesthesia.
God does not let us suffer needlessly. He uses our pain to make us stronger and to help us learn to trust in Him. The 40 years that the Israelites wandered in the desert must have been incredibly difficult. They had to learn that if they followed God’s commands, He would provide for them. God promises to bring us out of suffering and into a land beyond imagination, as long as we surrender to Him. That verse still gets me through hard times, because I know that through Him, the light overcomes the dark.
Questions
1. Why is it so difficult for us to completely put our trust in God?
2. Has there ever been a time in your life where you put all your trust in God, and experienced Him working in your life?
Prayer
Dad, thank You for always providing for us. Help us to put our trust completely in You—in good times and in bad. Amen.
—Bekah Morlock
God does not let us suffer needlessly. He uses our pain to make us stronger and to help us learn to trust in Him. The 40 years that the Israelites wandered in the desert must have been incredibly difficult. They had to learn that if they followed God’s commands, He would provide for them. God promises to bring us out of suffering and into a land beyond imagination, as long as we surrender to Him. That verse still gets me through hard times, because I know that through Him, the light overcomes the dark.
Questions
1. Why is it so difficult for us to completely put our trust in God?
2. Has there ever been a time in your life where you put all your trust in God, and experienced Him working in your life?
Prayer
Dad, thank You for always providing for us. Help us to put our trust completely in You—in good times and in bad. Amen.
—Bekah Morlock
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