just in time

Saturday, October 10, 2015 (6:56 a.m.)

Awesome, Amazing, Blessed Holy God,

Thank You. Most memorable words of greeting heard this morning? “You're just in time for color.” And I was! Thank You Father. The variety. The clarity. Such beauty.

Thank You that so very often we are just in time for so many things. Thank You that You are teaching me to look for these times.

Amazing God, how awesome of You to use the words “just in time” to teach me so much that I have never known about Your judge Gideon (Judges 6:1-7:25). How incredible that I get to sit here. Smiling. Shaking my head while thinking, “I never knew this”!

Thank You Father that You never fail to provide hope. Inspiration. Connection. I love that in The Learning Bible (Contemporary English Version) “Gideon answered [Your angel], 'Please don't take this wrong, but if the LORD is helping us, then why have all these awful things happened?'” (Judges 6:13a).

Without actually using those words, does not my attitude often present such little faith and hope to You? Thank You Father for showing me another side to Your warrior who “acted on his growing convictions, even when his faith wavered” (The Life Recovery Bible).

Thank You for spelling out for me to see, “Gideon was afraid to trust God because of his personal limitations.” Thank You too for the words, “His [Gideon's] first step toward success was to see himself as God saw him – a mighty warrior. Then he was able to hope in the possibility of freedom.”

Reading further in this devotion I sit up straighter as I breathe in more deeply to fully absorb the impact of Your Truth. “We, too, must begin by finding the courage to see ourselves in a new light and to summon up hope for a better life. Then as God gives us the strength, we can set about pursuing freedom from the bondage that surrounds us and our family.”

Blessed God, thank You that The Message paraphrases Judges 7:13a as,“Gideon arrived just in time to hear a man tell his friend a dream.” Thank You that I arrived 'just in time for color' this morning.

Thank You Father for all of the 'just in time's You provide us. Let me use them well today. To Your good and to Your glory. Thank You Blessed God. I love You. And oh, how I thank You! Just in time. Every time. Thank You. Amen.

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