God Works for You

Solid Joys Daily Devotional

Desiring God

Joy, Unknown, Devotional, Desiring God, Religion & Spirituality/christianity, Christianity, Daily Devotional, 163859, Religion & Spirituality, Solid Joys, Jesus, John Piper

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🗓️ 21 May 2023

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God is so eager to work for us that he goes around looking for more work to do for people who will trust him.

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0:00.0	May 21. God works for you. I lift up my eyes to the hills. From where does my help come?
0:09.5	My help comes from the Lord who made heaven and earth. He will not let your foot be moved. He who
0:18.2	keeps you will not slumber. Psalm 121, 1 through 3. Do you need help? I do. Where do you look for help?
0:30.5	When the psalmist lifted up his eyes to the hills and asked, from where does my help come?
0:37.2	He answered, my help comes from the Lord, not from the hills, but from the God who made the hills.
0:47.2	My help comes from the Lord who made heaven and earth. So he reminded himself of two great truths.
0:56.8	One is that God is a mighty creator over all the problems of life, and the other is that God never
1:07.0	sleeps. He who keeps you will not slumber. God is a tireless worker. He never worries.
1:19.1	Think of God as a worker in your life. Yes, it is amazing. We are prone to think of ourselves as
1:27.2	workers in God's life, but the Bible wants us to first be amazed that God is a worker in our lives.
1:36.9	From of old, no one has heard or perceived by the ear, no eye has seen a God beside you
1:45.2	who works for those who wait for him as he is 64-4. God is working for us around the clock.
1:56.1	He does not take days off, and he does not sleep. In fact, he is so eager to work for us
2:04.8	that he goes around looking for more work to do for people who will trust him.
2:11.2	The eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth to give strong support to those
2:19.7	whose heart is blameless toward him, 2 Chronicles 169. God loves to show his tireless power and wisdom
2:29.9	and goodness by working for people who trust him. The sending of his Son Jesus was the main way
2:37.9	the Father showed this. The Son of Man came not to be served, but to serve Mark 10.45.
2:50.5	Jesus works for his followers. He serves them. The gospel is not a help-wanted sign. It is a help
3:00.6	available sign. This is what we must believe, really believe, in order to rejoice always
3:11.0	1 Thessalonians 5-16, and give thanks always and for everything, Ephesians 5-20,
3:19.9	and have the peace of God that surpasses all understanding, Philippians 4-7, and not be anxious
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