The Upper Room Devotional 15 July 2024: A Moment to Breathe
The Upper Room Devotional 15 July 2024: A Moment to Breathe
Read and Study Today’s The Upper Room Daily Devotional for July 15th, 2024 Message. God bless you as you study today! Please share with your friends and loved ones.
Today’s Topic: A Moment to Breathe
Khanyi Mofokeng (Gauteng, South Africa)
TODAY’S READING
Proverbs 15:1-4
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
I will trust God to give me space to breathe.
To fear the Lord is to hate evil; I hate pride and arrogance, evil behavior and perverse speech. – Proverbs 8:13 (NIV)
Soon after my father died, I was cleaning out his garage and realized some of his tools had gone missing. I immediately suspected that my two troublesome siblings had sold them to buy drugs and alcohol. I cried out in frustration and anger, “How could they disrespect my father’s memory like that?” I wanted to retaliate against them. I cried, feeling helpless and weak.
Then I remembered the words from today’s quoted scripture, “To fear the Lord is to hate evil.” And as I took a deep breath, I recited these words from Isaiah: “I am with you” (41:10).
God gave me a moment to breathe and helped me turn my thoughts away from doing something I would regret. From that experience I learned that in all situations taking a minute to breathe can help us to make good and sound decisions. God hears us and protects us even when we have lost hope. In our sorrows and in our happiness, the Lord our God is always present.
TODAY’S PRAYER
Dear Lord, help us always to trust in you to guide us, especially when fear and anger threaten to overpower us. Amen.
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