'Jesus Calling'
            Daily Devotions:  Wednesday September 8th  
ACCEPT EACH DAY exactly as it comes to you.  By that, I mean not only the circumstances of your day but also the condition of your body.  Your assignment is to trust Me absolutely, resting in My sovereignty and faithfulness.

On some days, your circumstances and your physical condition feel out of balance.  The demands on you seem far greater than your strength.  Days like that present a choice between two alternatives--giving up or relying on Me.  Even if you wrongly choose the first alternative, I will not reject you.  You can turn to Me at any point, and I will help you crawl out of the mire of discouragement.  I will infuse My strength into you moment by moment, giving you all that you need for this day.  Trust Me, by relying on My empowering Presence.

Psalm 42:5  Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you disquieted within me?  Hope in God; for I shall again praise Him, my help and my God.

2 Corinthians 13:4  For He was crucified in weakness, but lives by the power of God.  For we are weak in Him, but in dealing with you we shall live with Him by the power of God.

Jeremiah 31:25  For I will satisfy the weary soul, and every languishing soul I will replenish.

GOD knew YOU before you were formed.

Psalm 139:1-16

O Lord, You have searched me and know me! You know when I sit down and when I rise up; You discern my thoughts from afar.  You search out my path and my lying down, and are acquainted with all my ways.  Even before a word is on my tongue, You, O Lord, You know it altogether. You surround me behind and before, and lay your hand on me.  Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain it.  Where can I go from Your Presence?  If I ascend to heaven, You are there!  If I make my bed in the grave, You are there! If I take the wings of the morning and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea, even there Your hand shall lead me, and Your right hand shall hold me.  If I say, "Let only darkness cover me, and the light about me be night," even the darkness is not dark to You, the night is bright as the day; for darkness is as light with You.  For You formed my inward parts, You knit me together in my mother's womb.  I praise You, for You are fearful and wonderful. Wonderful are Your works!  You know me right well; my frame was not hidden from You, when I was being made in secret, intricately created in the depths of the earth.  Your eyes beheld my unformed substance; in Your book were written, every one of them, the days that were formed for me, when as yet there was none of them.  How precious to me are Your thoughts, O God!  How vast is the sum of them!  If I would count them, they are more than the sand.  When I awake, I am still with You.