101 Cups of Water Devotion for Saturday , July 04, 2009 |
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| Previous Next Selection Taken From: 101 Cups of Water: Relief and Refreshment for the Tired, Thirsty Soul by C.D. Baker 101 Cups of Water is accented with
striking black-and-white photographs and focuses
on the promises of God. Each short entry offers
you a transforming sip of the life of Christ so
that he will pour through you. Hardcover from
Waterbrook Press, Copyright 2008 |
A Cup of Dependance
I'm desperate for God to help me run my
life.
Most of us want a helper, someone to lean on, to turn to; we want a boost from a copilot. That makes most of us insane, really, because same people don't want God as their copilot. Insane people do because that makes them the pilot and they can have the advantages of his help without the disadvantage of giving up the controls.
We like the whole idea of God working for us. Maybe that's why we're generally impotent in our faith, saltless, fruitless with the lost, and dismissed by the watching world. Maybe that's why we're frustrated, grasping, angry, and weary. Maybe that's why other jump out our doors every change they get!
Sanity really is better. When we're sane-when we let God be our pilot-we're inviting, welcoming to the watching world, relaxed, easy to be around.
What if we were flight attendants instead of copilots?
Imagine how joyful life could be, how safe, even fun, to serve others while God flies the plane across deep seas, above dry lands, over wicked wilderness (Psalm 107:23-43).
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