Sunday 23 Oct 2022

October 23: 2 Timothy 4:16-18

Key Verse: 2 Timothy 4:16
At my first defence, no one came to my support, but everyone deserted me. May it not be held against them.

Devotion:
One of the hardest things to do, until you get used to it, is to keep on trusting in the unseen. I used to have great trouble trusting God because I thought I could never see the end result or see how He was going to help me. Many years ago I found out just how God does answer my prayers even without me knowing about it – and He answers more than I could imagine!

I don’t have any trouble now trusting God and that was very apparent to me over the last 4 years whilst I have been in and out of hospital. Every time I have prayed for things during this time, God has answered my prayers. People around me have had issues getting to grips with the amount I trust God now because I know how much He does for me…

A short while ago I heard one of my friends has had problems with their faith because they could not see how God was helping them. Just a short conversation and me being allowed to tell them of all the great things God has done for me during the last few years and they went away with a changed heart! God is good!

 When our bibles say words like “The Lord will rescue me from every evil attack…” we should be believing this and trusting in God for more in our lives. He does indeed want the best for us and how He answers our prayers will astound us when we look back and see how much he has done. It may not always be immediately apparent how much God does, but when we do see the results some time later, we may be a bit ashamed we did not trust in Him more!

Points to Ponder:
Are you having trouble with your trust in Christ?

Will you give God a bit more time and lee-way and see what happens?