Who I Am In Christ Devotionals

If only you would hide me in Sheol and conceal me until your anger passes. If only you would appoint a time for me and then remember me. Job 14:13 Believers trust in the Lord, and yet when bad things happen, it is easy to think He has forgotten us. We think God wandered off somewhere and one day, maybe he’ll be back. And when bad things happen to us (especially due to our own sin), we can think that God is done with us. I am not worth His time anymore. I have messed up so badly that I need to dig my way out of this before He’ll ever listen to my cry. And I’ll never be able to do it. Those are half-lies. God is right with his Children at all times. If you seek Him, He will be found (yes He will!).  God is not done with me when I sin. God uses the sin as a tool to chisel me. It’s a painful discipline, but it is ultimately joyful. In the case of Job, he didn’t do anything evil. Job stood up for himself in this. His friends told him to repent and his wife told him to curse God and di

  Oh Lord my God, I cried to You for help, and You healed me... His anger is fleeting, but His favor lasts a lifetime. Weeping may stay the night, but joy comes in the morning. Psalm 30:2 and 5 So Bad That I Cry There are days that are so bad that I cry. And at first, I just want to hide and isolate from the world. I want to get away from family, friends, work. I don’t want to be a dad, a husband, an employee. I don’t even want to be a Christian. And I never want to admit it. And there have been years when I have felt trapped in those roles rather than fulfilled. And that’s because I felt like I could only do them in the most ragged way. I felt like a mess up, a loser. Yet God always pushes in. He always shows up and says, “What are you doing? I’m right here to help.” And finally in great desperation, I reach out, and cry out to Him. But there is something new going on in me. He has been teaching me to not hide from him when I feel like a mess up. And by the way, when I “feel” like a m