To Be....Ready

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These daffodils are ready and waiting to burst forth and give God glory!

February 28
I'm laughing. While working on this devotional earlier in the week, our alarm went off.  It said "error" "reset."  Then I looked at the clock and realized it was time to leave for church and I was still in my bathrobe and needed to get READY!  I needed to reset my morning and heed that signal!

"Moses answered the people, 'Do not be afraid. Stand firm and you will see the deliverance the Lord will bring you today.  The Egyptians you see today you will never see again."  Exodus 14:13

Yet, being led into the Rea Sea seemed more like a death trap than a form of deliverance.
Are we ready to reset to trust mode and follow wherever God leads?

Are we ready to follow to the point of death, like Christ, knowing where that leads?

"So you also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him." Matthew 24:44

God's ways are not our ways.  It's a trust and see sort of relationship!  Oh, dear friends, for those of us who know Him as Savior, we will certainly see more than we could ever imagine one day when we see him face to face. Be ready, for a really, really good time!

đŸ’—Today's Biblegateway love verse
"For God has not given us a spirit of timidity, but of power and love and discipline."  2 Timothy 1:7

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