Lean On Me

Today is a continuation of yesterday. As I read my devo this morning, I wanted to share another passage with you about dependence.

"Lean on me." God makes this invitation to you and me in every moment of our lives. We can choose to respond "Please, God, rescue me! Come quickly, Lord, and help me!" (Psalm 70:1 :)) But as for me, I often remain focused on myself, become caught up either in al that I accomplish or in all that I have left undone. When life is all about me, I am blinded from the reality of my complete dependence upon my Creator. The noise of arrogance and anxiety deafens the call to lean on the everlasting arms."

"There is freedom in dependence. It enables each of us to accept our vulneralbility. We no longer have to hide in shame or self-sufficency. You and I can choose to lean on our Father amid a full range of disaturous and delightful events, praying "Please, God, rescuse me! Come quickly Lord and help me." Even today Christians around the globe begin times of prayer with this verse. It serves as a clarion call to lean on God in the midst of our independent culture."  Karen Sloan

Mark 8:35 "If you try to hang on to your life, you will lose it. But if you give up your life for my sake and for the sake of the Good News, you will save it."

Deuteronomy 10:12-13a "What does the Lord your God require of you? Only to fear the Lord your God, to walk in his ways, to love him, to serve the Lord your God with all your heart and will all your soul and to keep the commandments of the Lord your God."