He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds . . .

Psalm 147:3 (AMPC)

It is fairly easy to trust God for something that you want, but what about trusting God when life hurts? Are you willing to trust God with your pain? When I am hurting, I find that my faith is tested. We don’t like pain, and we usually don’t understand why we have it.

We may find it difficult to see beyond it, let alone believe that anything good can come out of it. However, God does promise that He will heal our wounds, and that He will take our pain and turn it into something good as we continue trusting Him (Genesis 50:20). If you are hurting right now, I encourage you to offer your pain to God and ask Him to use it for His glory and work it out for your good!

Prayer of the Day: Lord, when life throws difficult things my way, hurts me and I don’t understand why, help me trust You with my pain. Please turn my hurt into something good for Your glory.

http://www.joycemeyer.org

For we do not have a high priest who is unable to empathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are—yet he did not sin.

Hebrews 4:15 (NIV)

Today’s scripture speaks of our “high priest,” and this refers to Jesus. He experienced every emotion and suffered every feeling you and I do, yet without sinning. Why didn’t He sin? Because He didn’t give in to ungodly feelings. He knew God’s Word in every area of life because He spent years studying it before He began His ministry.

Luke 2:40 (NIV) says that as a child, Jesus grew and became strong; he was filled with wisdom, and the grace of God was on him. By the time He was 12 years old, He thought He was old enough to go to the temple in Jerusalem and be about His Father’s business (Luke 2:41–52). But He still had years of learning before He entered His full-time ministry.

You and I will never be able to say no to our feelings if we don’t have within us a strong knowledge of God’s Word. Jesus felt the same feelings we feel, but He never sinned by giving in to them.

When I feel hurt, angry, or upset, it’s such a comfort to me to be able to go to God and say, “Jesus, I’m so glad You understand what I’m feeling right now and that You don’t condemn me for it. Help me, Lord, to manage my emotions and not feel condemned, thinking I shouldn’t feel this way.”

Because we’re human, we have emotions. Sometimes they are intense. But we can be honest with God about them, knowing Jesus understands how we feel, and we can ask for and receive His help to manage them in a godly way.

Prayer of the Day: Thank You, Jesus, for being willing to become human and to understand the emotions I feel. Help me manage my emotions in ways that please You.

http://www.joycemeyer.org