Today’s Devotional Written By A Young Woman Who Is a Learning God Daily: Tracy Koweh
Don't Worry About a Thing
1 Peter 5:7 (Amplified Bible)
7Casting the [a]whole of your care [all your anxieties, all your worries, all your concerns, [b]once and for all] on Him, for He cares for you affectionately and cares about you [c]watchfully.(A)
Today's message in the music comes from Bob Marley's "Everythings Gonna Be Alright." This weekend the bridal party was finally able to all get together to try on dresses. As the ladies began to arrive at the store they could tell I was already stressed out. I started the appointment by saying "Thanks for coming out, but if we are unable to find the dresses today, I will be canceling the bridal party all together." So with that we began our search yet again for dresses to fit the vision I have for our special day. About 20 mins into the appointment, my amazing maid of honor reminded me that God didn't bring me this far to leave me now, and that in time it would all work out.
Well, fast forward to store number two :o). With no luck at the first store we were back to where we had been two months before. We looked up right to the point when I was about to give up and break down, I found the PERFECT dress. It was the one dress that put everything back to the original vision I had. Because the dress was new (it had just arrived the week before) she had to check the computer for the dresses available colors. Now most dresses at David's Bridal come in either 20 or 40 shades, this particular dress came in 4. Yep, that was all I needed to hear, but to humor myself I let her go down the list. She named red, gold, jade and regency, and that’s when I almost passed out.
Regency was MY color….I loved it but it was the color that gave me the hardest time. The lady said it was strange because nothing almost ever comes in regency. At that moment I was three things 1) re-confirmed 2) convicted and 3) validated . Re-confirmed because God was yet again proving that His timing is the best timing and that IF He spoke a Word, He would supply everything to bring it to pass. Convicted because I had lost trust in God, and had began to let the words and actions of others plant doubt and fear in me. Validated because I realized in that moment, that if it matters to me it matters to God because He is my Father. I would have never thought He would care about the color of my wedding dresses, but he does because He knows it’s important to me.
Some of us are in a season right now that just doesn't look like there is a way out. Some of us are struggling with promises God has said are on hold for us, because nothing seems to be working out around us. But today I want to encourage us all to hold on to God and press in even harder. It wasn't that I wasn't at the right store two months ago; I was just there at the wrong time. And no matter how small your desire may be, make your request unto the Lord and let Him work it out. The Bible says wait upon the Lord, and for me in this season I am learning that more each day. So, today as we enter into this new week, let the words of Bob Marley play over and over again in our minds: Don't worry about a thing, 'Cause every LITTLE thing is gonna be all right.
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