♕ Today's Promise: "For the Lord God is a sun and shield; The Lord gives grace and glory; No good thing does He withhold from those who walk uprightly." Psalm 84:11
~ Liora in Texas
Dear Brides, I've learned in this lesson, "Don't Settle for Less" the Lord is just waiting to bless us as we trust and ask Him for our desires. He never wants us to settle for less than what He has for us so we must learn to wait on Him. Do not "choose" your blessings and instead welcome everything that your HH (Heavenly Husband) is sending your way.
Before I met the Lord as my HH, I would pray or ask Him for something but I never really relied on Him and maybe I even put a time limit on Him and if the request wasn't answered in my timing, I would try to achieve it myself. Or maybe I thought I had to help God but I always tried for things in the flesh and always thought that if I wanted or needed something that I had to make a way on my own. That God would just come along and help me with "my plan" or I would rely on someone else to give it to me instead of fully trusting the Lord with it and leaving it in His hands.
I don't need to rely on anyone else for anything and I really don't want to either. I've talked to my HH (Heavenly Husband) about this several times and I tell Him that I don't want to look to anyone else to help me, only Him! I have come to understand also that sometimes He uses other people to bless me and sometimes I have rejected those blessings because I didn't want anything from anyone or I didn't want to feel like I owed them something. I had a hard time with accepting that for a while but I have learned to just accept and allow these blessings to come. Also, I don't want to stop a blessing that is coming to someone because they blessed me. I don't need to get in the way by trying on my own or rejecting things that others try to give me, He doesn't want me to settle for anything less than His best.
I want to be bold in my prayers and requests and know that He wants to bless me with more than I could ever imagine. This lesson reminded me of something that happened not too long ago. I have a car that I purchased 2 yrs ago a little bit before the pandemic and sometimes I worry about making the payments and I know I shouldn't.
So one time I knew my payment date was coming up and I knew I hadn't really worked much so I was worried that I wouldn't have enough. So I asked my HH to please at least let me make enough to make the payment and I would be happy and then I quit worrying and just left it there. When I checked my bank account to pay my car payment on the due date, that's just what He did, He answered my prayer. I got paid the EXACT amount of my car payment with just some cents off. I couldn't believe it! And although I am very grateful that He provided that for me and He answered exactly what I asked Him, I know He wanted to bless me more but I settled for just the car payment.
Dear Bride, we don't have to shy away from our HH (Heavenly Husband) or be afraid to ask for things that we desire. We can be confident that He hears us and we just need to wait on Him and welcome every single blessing no matter how it's delivered because He does want to give to us in every way possible. Do not settle for anything that is not from Him.
"For the Lord God is a sun and shield; The Lord gives grace and glory; No good thing does He withhold from those who walk uprightly." Psalm 84:11
"If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give what is good to those who ask Him!" Matthew 7:11
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