God's staying power
Only God can save me,
and I calmly wait for him. ~ Psalm 62:1 (CEV)
Jesus says: I will be with you always, even until the end of the world. ~ Matthew 28:20 (CEV)
KEY IDEA:
We can wait patiently for God to act because we know that he will stick with us.
PRAYER:
Lord, thank you for staying with me during both the good and bad times. I confess that I get impatient and begin to doubt that you are still with me. Let me see just enough of what you are up to and how you are staying with me that my doubts will disappear. I'm going to continue to trust you regardless of how long you take to act. Amen.
TRANSLATIONS
ABP = Authorized Boydston Paraphrase — my own freestyle biblical adaptation — somewhere between paraphrase, commentary, and sermon
CEB = Common English Bible (©2011, the Common English Bible)
CEV = Contemporary English Version (©1995, American Bible Society)
MSG = The Message (©1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002 by Eugene H. Peterson)
NIRV = New International Reader's Version (©1996, 1998, Biblica)
NIV = New International Version (©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011, Biblica)
NLT = New Living Translation (©1996, 2004, 2007, 2013, Tyndale House Foundation)
