The difference between consumed and concerned is faith ~KE

Wednesday Word

Her head was spinning with details for the upcoming event, and she just
couldn’t seem to stop it when she lay her head down to sleep.
Thanks for joining us for Wednesday’s Word with Kim-Evinda and
Trench Classes United. Today’s blog is a great reminder that what
concerns us shouldn’t consume us.
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Looking back thru my journal this past week, reviewing the highs and
lows, the lessons I’ve learned, those I’m still learning and even those I’m
unlearning, I am pleasantly astounded at how He speaks to us thru His
Word, if we’ll only stop and listen. And I don’t even know why I’m so
surprised because He does it again and again, despite me.;

No matter what situation we find ourselves in, this verse I’d like to share
is a powerful source of encouragement. It can be a life preserver out in
the stormy seas of life, an anchor for our souls. What is so sovereign
about this verse is it speaks to us differently EVERY time we read it.
Why or how? Because life keeps happening and with life comes different
storms of trials and circumstances.

Friend, may I encourage you to look at this verse, read it, then say it
aloud again and again. I guarantee you that when you do this and allow
it to soak into your soul, it will bloom in your life:

Psalm 138:8: The Lord will perfect that which concerns me.
Now put the “thing that concerns you” in that portion of scripture. I’ll go
first:

When I look back a year ago, my rewrite looked like this: The Lord will
perfect and heal my broken heart.

This year, this verse still speaks to me and calms me:
The Lord will perfect my plans and all the details for a successful
event…

Here’s the condition to the promise: Does it concern us or consume us?
If it’s consuming us, then we’re not trusting Him to perfect whatever it is
that is concerning.

What if we were to live like we believed the words in this promise?
Would we finally stay still on the Potter’s wheel and let Him have His
way, allowing Him to perfect us in the process to prepare us for the
promise, not allowing ourselves to be consumed by that which concerns
us?

Trying to not be consumed by that which concerns me…
Love,
Kim-Evinda