NorthStar Community Daily Devotional

Having Heart In A Sometimes Heartless World Day 105 - Week at a glance Scripture focus: A patient man has great understanding, but a quick-tempered man displays folly. A heart at peace gives life to the body, but envy rots the bones. Proverbs 14:29-30 NIV Spiritual fitness is going to push us to our limits - and beyond. Recovery fit people will need to develop spiritual muscles. We're all going to have to learn a lot of languages, so that we can speak to any hurt, habit or hang-up that presents itself in our community. We must become a people who trust God more than our strengths, skills or tools. We need to learn how to appreciate our strengths and preferences, but develop a willingness to work out of our weaknesses, too, if it be the Lord's will. We need to learn how to trust God, especially when we don't understand his ways. We need to become spiritually savvy - God is creative and doesn't follow protocol. God uses the most unlikely people and circumstances to reveal his glory. Pay attention. Prepare to be surprised - I'm surprised by the willingness of God to continue to redeem the supposedly unredeemable. If this is his way, I suppose we're to follow. Whatever excuses we've used to let ourselves off the hook of passionate living - we're busted. God can do anything, use anyone. We have no excuses. We do, however, have a host of opportunities. We are God's ultimate recycling project! This completes the first one hundred five steps of your 365 step journey; I pray you are nearer to God as a result of the steps you've taken this week. Recommended reading: Joshua 9 and 10 in the morning; Luke 17 and Proverbs 13 in the evening