My Utmost for His Highest---October 3

"This kind can come forth by nothing, but by prayer and fasting." Mark 9:29

We must be able to mount up with wings as eagles; but we must also know how to come down. The power of the saint lies in the coming down and the living down. "I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me," said Paul, and the things he referred to were mostly humiliating things. It is in our power to refuse to be humiliated and to say - "No, thank you, I much prefer to be on the mountain top with God." Can I face things as they actually are in the light of the reality of Jesus Christ, or do things as they are efface altogether my faith in Him, and put me into a panic?

I will not panic, Lord! Well...I'm trying not to panic, Lord...I will rely on you, my Savior. Show me how to direct my thoughts to you and away from the worries of this world. Focus me, Father, on your goodness and your mercy and your love...You ARE goodness, mercy, and love, and You KNOW the plans you have for me and mine. I will trust in you. Thank you for loving me. Thank you for the understanding I have of that love.