{"id":4490,"date":"2021-09-21T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-09-21T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shop.honestreflections.net\/?p=4490"},"modified":"2021-09-07T05:54:48","modified_gmt":"2021-09-07T10:54:48","slug":"how-god-will-make-your-beasts-bend-to-his-command","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/2021\/09\/21\/how-god-will-make-your-beasts-bend-to-his-command\/","title":{"rendered":"How God Will Make Your Beasts Bend to His Command"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Daily Reading: <\/strong>Psalms 116 GW<\/a>; Jonah 2-4 GW<\/a>; Philippians 3 GW<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

God controls the beast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today\u2019s scripture makes me smile.\u00a0 I picture Jonah sitting in the belly of the whale, powerless in his circumstances.\u00a0 Desperation defines his mood.\u00a0 Why didn\u2019t he do what God asked?\u00a0 But no, Jonah thought he could run from God.\u00a0 Sitting in the beast\u2019s stomach, he now knows he can\u2019t.\u00a0 However, Jonah\u2019s story is just getting good.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With few words, God rescues Jonah from his predicament, delivering him safely to shore.  Now, Jonah has a second chance to complete his mission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We all end up in the belly of the beast a lot of times because of our actions.  No one has hurt me more in life than I have hurt myself.  Poor decisions led to hurtful situations.  But God controls my beasts, just like He did Jonah\u2019s.  God also commands yours.  When we take our eyes off our problems and place them on God\u2019s greatness, things happen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Eyes on God<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

To find relief from your battles, you have to take your eyes off of them.  Instead, gaze at God.  Ask Him to deliver you from whatever conflict you\u2019re facing.  Let God lead you to dry land, don\u2019t try to navigate the waters alone.  When we do, we can find ourselves drowning, but with God, His life raft carries us to safety.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you\u2019re in the belly of the beast today, cry out to God.  Release your desperations to Him.  Tell God what the problem is, then tell your issue about God.  Remind your storm that God controls the winds and the rain.  He commands the beasts of the earth; God\u2019s rule is sovereign.  Whatever the issue, God has the solution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But we don\u2019t find the answers until we turn to God.  Look to your Creator today.  Ask Him to deliver you from the belly of the beast.  Find rest in Jesus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Lord, thank You for Jonah.  Forgive us when we run from You and find ourselves in a mess.  Praise God; You\u2019re grace and mercy are unending.  Rescue us from the belly of the beast today, set us on dry land.  Then give us the courage to fulfill your divine tasks for our lives.  In You, we find life to the fullest.  All glory is Yours.  IJNIP.  Amen<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Question for reflection<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

What beast do you need God to talk to today?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

2 minute read. Daily Reading: Psalms 116 GW; Jonah 2-4 GW; Philippians 3 GW God controls the beast. Today\u2019s scripture makes me smile.\u00a0 I picture Jonah sitting in the belly of the whale, powerless in his circumstances.\u00a0 Desperation defines his mood.\u00a0 Why didn\u2019t he do what God asked?\u00a0 But no, Jonah thought he could run… Continue reading How God Will Make Your Beasts Bend to His Command<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4490","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","without-featured-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4490","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4490"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4490\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4495,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4490\/revisions\/4495"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4490"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4490"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4490"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}