Luke 2: 20
The shepherds went back to their flocks, glorifying and praising God for all they had heard and seen. It was just as the Angel had told them.
Whenever God tells us what to look for, we find it just as He said it would be. The shepherds found the Baby in the manger. The two disciples found the colt for Jesus' Triumphal Entrance to Jerusalem (Mark 11:2-6). They rented the right Upper Room for the Last Supper (Mark 14:12-16).
We can always trust what God has clearly said. Why do we tend to doubt? Our lack of faith! We don't have to understand everything to believe it, we just need to trust God, relying on His past record. And today we have a much more complete record than the Israelites did, and the shepherds, and even the disciples.
O my Father, thank You so much for telling us what to expect. Even when we look around us and don't understand how things will turn out the way You said it would, I trust You to know what lies before me on that path You have set my feet on. You know what's around the corner where I can't see. You know what lies in the fog ahead of me.
You have my hand securely in Yours. Even if I should want to pull away, You will never let go. You have promised me that You would never leave or forsake me; so I trust You to always go before me, have my back, defend my right side and my left, protect me from above, be the Rock under my feet, and surround me with Your Love.
Continually prompt me to consult You and Your Word for every decision, every word, every thought. Cleanse me and make me a fit vessel for Your use everywhere I go and with everything I do.
Even so, come Lord Jesus!
