Jesus Calling

D.S. and I have been doing this devotion since January. It's a year long daily devotion that has spoken to our hearts profoundly since the beginning of the year. I know that many people have been blessed by this devotion, but I am amazed at how it has applied to every step we've taken. It's spoken to our hearts during the hardest times of this year, with scripture that lined right up with our current circumstance. It has encouraged us to keep going in faith, trust and complete dependence on God. And we have. We are just days away from opening our store. The store we've been working towards, even unknowingly for almost a year. Here's today's devotion:

This is a time of abundance in your life. Your cup runneth over with blessings. After plodding uphill for many weeks (months), you are now traipsing through lush meadows drenched in warm sunshine. I want you to enjoy to the full this time of ease and refreshment. I delight in providing it for you.

Sometimes My children hesitate to receive My good gifts with open hands. Feelings of false guilt creep in, telling them they don't deserve to be so richly blessed. This is nonsense thinking, because no one deserves anything from Me. My kingdom is not about earning and deserving; it's about believing and receiving.

When a child of Mine balks at accepting My gifts, I am deeply grieved. When you receive My abundant blessings with a grateful heart, I rejoice. My pleasure in giving and your pleasure in receiving flow together in joyous harmony.

Psalm 23:5
John 3:16
Luke 11:9-11
Romans 8:32