Ephesians 2:8

God speaks and then He confirms what He said the very next day

June 26

By grace, you have been saved through faith and this is not your own doing, it is the gift of God. Ephesians 2:8

Every day after my time of prayer I have been writing down the scripture for the focus of that day and just a few words about what I believe God is saying or where He is leading. After my prayer time this morning, this was the scripture that I wrote in my journal. The first time I wrote it, I wrote it in the wrong place. I had accidentally skipped a page a little while ago. and I wrote the scripture on those blank pages. So I went forward several pages in my journal and rewrote it. After I finished writing I realized I did it again. I was going to have to write this piece of scripture three times. When something like this happens I try to stop and take notice. God is usually up to something. I slow down and re-read this familiar scripture. I have recently started the practice of reading scripture backward. It makes me slow down and allow God to point things out to me. So this is what it looked like when I did this today.

It is a gift from God

This is not of your own doing

You have been saved through faith

By grace

All that God has done for me and is doing in me is a gift. I can’t work hard enough to deserve it or earn it. I am a human being, not a human doing. I am His workmanship created for His purposes. I need to stop striving and just be. Stop trying to fix, understand, plan, and make it happen. I did not save myself. I cannot force my prayer time to be what I want. I am simply to make myself available and receive. Let go of my thoughts and concerns. Lay it all down. Return to Him and rest. So often on this journey, one day I will sense God guiding me, correcting me, teaching me, the very next day it is all confirmed. Today was one of those days. Every time He does this I am in awe!.