Advice From Dad

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What’s the best advice your Dad ever gave you? Since we just celebrated Father's Day I was thinking back over things that my Dad taught me. Like remembering to grab your Bible off the roof of the car before getting in and driving off. Or always closing the door because we don't live in a barn. One of the most valuable pieces of advice came when I was about 19 or 20 years old, working in a ministry, I was very frustrated about how some things were going. When I called home and told him about it, Dad said, ‘every place you work - with people - there are going to be frustrations and things that are out of your control. The best thing you can do is pray about it. Do your best at what you’re responsible for and let God handle the rest.” That advice has served me well over the years!

He shared that advice from his heart and from experience that day. And its straight from God's Word for our every day living. "Praying without ceasing." 1 Thessalonians 5:17 (NIV) "So no matter what your task is, work hard. Always do your best as the Lord’s servant, not as man’s." Colossians 3:23 (VOICE) "Commit your work to the Lord, and your plans will be established." Proverbs 16:3 (ESV)

It's not easy. We want things to go our way. Often we want to be in control. It takes trust in God to give something our very best, our heart and soul, and then step back for God to do the rest. We don't know how God will complete it all. And much of the time...the way He does it is by bringing others into our story. After all, our stories are really all part of HIS story. And what an honor it is to be a part of it! So Dad was right. There ARE going to be frustrations and things that are out of our control. The best thing we can do is pray about it. Do our best at what we're responsible for...and let God do the rest.

Read more devotions written by Denise Harper at Treasured Inside
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