The counsel of the LORD stands forever,
The plans of His heart to all generations.—Psalm 33:11
I am just gonna rest here today. As Spurgeon is apt to say, I am gonna lay my head down on the pillow of my God’s sovereignty and immutability. My thoughts are racing this morning about things that I am powerless to do anything about. When I get this way, I am thankful for 1 Peter 1:13.
Therefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and rest your hope fully upon the grace that is to be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;
John MacArthur explains this verse this way and it has always stuck with me.
“Gird up the loins of your mind”—the ancient practice of gathering up one’s robes when needing to move in a hurry; here, it is metaphorically applied to one’s thought process. The meaning is to pull in all the loose ends of one’s thinking, by rejecting the hindrances of the world and focusing on the future grace of God.”
By His grace, this morning, I pulled up the loose ends of my thinking and re-centered them on what is important. Christ. My heart found its rest here. His will for me comes from His heart of love. By His Spirit today, I want to rest my hope fully on the promises in His Word. I want to live in the expectation of His return.
God’s plans stand forever!! The world, my circumstances and the people around me (me included) change so quickly that it is difficult for me to keep up! My God, thankfully, does not. He is completely trustworthy. Neither He, nor His plans for me, ever change.
Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow of turning. But You are the same and Your years will have no end. You will guide me with Your counsel and afterward receive me to glory.
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