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MONDAY OCTOBER 12


NOT MY WORRY

READ:
Psalm 55:22
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Cast your cares on
the LORD and he
will sustain you.
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A man worried constantly about everything. Then one day his friends heard him whistling happily and looking noticeably relaxed. "What happened?" they asked him in astonishment.

He said, "I'm paying a man to do my worrying for me."

"How much do you pay him?" they asked.

"Two thousand dollars a week," he replied.

"Wow! How can you afford that?"

"I can't, " he said, "but that's his worry."

While this humorous way to handle
stress doesn't work in real life, as God's
children we can turn our worries over to Someone who had everything perfectly under control even__especially__when we feel it is not.

The prophet Isaiah reminds us that God brings out the stars and calls them all by name (40:25-26). And just as God knows the stars by name, He knows us individually and personally. We are each under His watchful care (v.27).

If we are inclined to worry, we can turn that worry over to the Lord. He is never too weary or too tired to pay attention to us. He has all wisdom and all power, and He loves to use it on our behalf. The Holy One who directs the stars has His loving arms around us. ____POH FANG CHIA

**Lord, You know there are times when I get really scared. And I forget that
You have promised that You will never leave me to face difficultly or loss
alone. Help me to trust.
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Worry ends where faith begins.

*************************Today's Bible Reading __ Isaiah 40:25-31******************************
25 "To whom will you compare me? Or who is my equal?"
says the Holy One. 26 Lift up your eyes and look to the
heavens: who created all these? He who brings out the
starry host one by one and calls forth each of them by
name. Because of his great power and mighty strength, not
one of them is missing.

27 Why do you complain, Jacob? Why do you say, Israel, "My
way is hidden from the LORD; my cause is disregarded by my
God"? 28 Do you not know/ Have you not heard? The LORD is
the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He
will not grow tired or weary, and his understanding no one
can fathom. 29 He gives strength to the weary and increases
the power of the weak.
30 Even youths grow tired and weary,
and young men stumble and fall; 31 but those who hope in the
LORD will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like
eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and
not be faint.

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>INSIGHT<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
The title "the Holy One" or "the Holy One
of Israel" is the common designation for God in Isaiah, occurring
about 26 times. This title is often accompanied by other names,
such as "the LORD Almighty" (5:24; 47:4), "the Light of Israel" (10:17),
"the Mighty God" (10:21), "Maker" (17:7; 45:11; 54:5), "the Sovereign
Lord" (30:15), "Savior" (43:3), "Israels creator, your King" (43:15), and
"the God of all the earth" (54:5). In calling God "the Holy One of
Israel," Isaiah extols His complete holiness. Yet within the same
breath Isaiah speaks of God as the "Redeemer," celebrating His
tender mercy and compassion (41:14; 54:5; 59:20, 60:16). ___Sim Kay Tee