Title: Learning to Listen/ Topic: Trust

Today’s Reading: Deuteronomy 5; Deuteronomy 6; Psalm 43; Mark 14

Scripture: Mark 14:16
16 The disciples left, went into the city and found things just as Jesus had told them. So they prepared the Passover.

Observation: As I was reading this passage, I felt the Lord speak to my soul, “Things will always be just as I tell you they are”. And just like the disciples that Jesus was speaking to in this story, I often don't listen to what the Lord says. He tells them that they will all desert him in his hour of trial, yet they all steadfastly deny this. He tells them that he will rise again once he is crucified and they can't believe it. Why do we question the Lord so much? I see it in myself but I see it even more clearly in others (it's always easier to see others' problems than our own).

Application /Prayer: Oh Father, I know that things will always be as you say they are. Help me to listen to what you say and apply it to my life. I want to live in your blessings and apply the promises of your Word to my life even when I can't see how it will all work out. It's when I can't see that I need to listen most and trust that you will fulfill all your great and precious promises to me. Teach me to listen and trust more and more. And thank you for the fact that I can rely on the fact that things will always be as you say.
This I pray in Jesus’ name, Amen.