0726 要先來到我面前
親愛的，當試煉使你的道路變得黑暗，當創傷威脅要吞噬你時，要伸手抓住我。在情緒的衝擊和焦躁不安中，要伸手抓住我，因為我是超越一切理解的平安。我是一切，並充滿一切。我是你所需要的答案；我是醫治；我是智慧；我是安全；我是突破。我必抬起你的頭，並帶給你盼望。到我這裡來，我必使你站穩。
唯有我是你的救主，除我以外，無人能將你從那試圖折磨你的極度混亂中拯救出來。雖然我會讓你從其他人身上得益處，也賜給你那些彰顯我愛的人，但我希望你先來到我面前。我希望你更多地依靠我，勝過依靠任何其他的，相信我真的已經足夠。雖然我常常藉著瓦器說話，但我也會在安靜之處——有我同在的地方——對你說話。不要先去尋找別人，在你尋得我的智慧之前，不要向世人宣告你的需要；要先來到我面前。
最重要的是，要不斷追求神的國和從祂而來的義。如此，所有這些次要的事情都會豐豐富富地加給你們。不要為明天憂慮，只要應對每天來到你面前的每一個挑戰。明天自有明天的安排。——馬太福音 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