0726 要先来到我面前
亲爱的，当试炼使你的道路变得黑暗，当创伤威胁要吞噬你时，要伸手抓住我。在情绪的冲击和焦躁不安中，要伸手抓住我，因为我是超越一切理解的平安。我是一切，并充满一切。我是你所需要的答案；我是医治；我是智慧；我是安全；我是突破。我必抬起你的头，并带给你盼望。到我这里来，我必使你站稳。
唯有我是你的救主，除我以外，无人能将你从那试图折磨你的极度混乱中拯救出来。虽然我会让你从其他人身上得益处，也赐给你那些彰显我爱的人，但我希望你先来到我面前。我希望你更多地依靠我，胜过依靠任何其他的，相信我真的已经足够。虽然我常常借着瓦器说话，但我也会在安静之处——有我同在的地方——对你说话。不要先去寻找别人，在你寻得我的智慧之前，不要向世人宣告你的需要；要先来到我面前。
最重要的是，要不断追求神的国和从祂而来的义。如此，所有这些次要的事情都会丰丰富富地加给你们。不要为明天忧虑，只要应对每天来到你面前的每一个挑战。明天自有明天的安排。——马太福音 6:33-34
0726 Come to me first.
Beloved, when trials darken your path and trauma threatens to swallow you, reach for me. Reach for me in the rush of emotion and exasperation, for I am the peace that surpasses all understanding. I am all and fill all. I am the answer you need. I am the healing. I am the wisdom. I am the safety. I am the breakthrough. I will lift your head and bring you hope. Come to me, and I will steady you.
I alone am your Savior. No one else has the power to save you from the utter confusion that tries to plague you. Though I give you others to glean from and people who demonstrate my love, I want you to come to me first. I want you to depend on me more than any other, to believe that I truly am enough. Though I often speak through vessels of clay, I also speak to you from the place of stillness–the place of my presence. Don’t reach to others first. Don’t broadcast your need to the world before you have sought my wisdom. Come to me first.
Above all, constantly chase after the realm of God’s kingdom and the righteousness that proceeds from him. Then all these less important things will be given to you abundantly. Refuse to worry about tomorrow, but deal with each challenge that comes your way, one day at a time. Tomorrow will take care of itself. — MATTHEW 6:33-34