Philippians 4:4-9 – “Rejoice in the
Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near. Do not be anxious about
anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving,
present your requests to God. And the peace of God,
which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in
Christ Jesus.
Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is
true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely,
whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such
things.
Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me, or
seen in me—put it into practice. And the God of peace will be with you.”
There is one thing about
life that I have found to be absolutely true that I think you will all agree
with; life is unpredictable. We can go to bed at night, making our plans,
thinking we know exactly what we are going to do and what is going to happen
the next day, and most often it does, but sometimes we get a real awakening to
the fact that life is unpredictable; the car won’t start; the phone rings and
it’s something that causes us to change our plans; we watch the weather and we
have to change the picnic plans for the day; we have all been there. But, it’s
not always bad news, sometimes we may have nothing in particular planned, and
someone calls and wants to take us out to lunch, or we get unexpected visitors,
or we win the lottery!
There is one thing about the Bible I have
also found to be true; God’s Word most often deals with principles and not with
details. It is not a book of how to act, or what to do when certain things
happen in our lives, but like this scripture, it gives us principles to live by
that will help us through any and all circumstances and situations that may
come at any time in our lives.
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