THE UPPER ROOM DEVOTIONAL 8TH APRIL 2025, TUESDAY MESSAGE
Read The Upper Room Devotional 8 April 2025 written by Quennie Joyce Ibarra (Cagayan, Philippines)
TOPIC:Â Trust in the Lord
Today’s Reading
Jeremiah 17:5-10
Blessed are those who trust in the Lord, whose trust is the Lord. – Jeremiah 17:7 (NRSVUE)
Where I live, we have only two seasons — wet and dry. April and May are usually the hottest months, and for the past few weeks we’ve been experiencing extremely hot days with no rain.
Recently our water source was drying up and my family’s water pump stopped working. I read a news headline claiming that we have an 80 percent chance of experiencing the climate pattern known as El Niño in the coming weeks. I was scared by this possibility because El Niño’s warm waters are associated with drought in my country. It was already hotter than we could bear. How much harder would it be without water? What would my family drink?
God surely knows what we need and when we need it. As I was reading my journal, I saw that a few days back I had written down Jeremiah 17:5-10. The passage compares those who trust in man and those who trust in the Lord. Verse 8 says those who trust in the Lord will be like a tree planted by water and will not be anxious when drought comes. This reminded me to trust and fix my eyes and heart on God. Regardless of the changing seasons, I can trust God will remain faithful through it all.
Today’s Prayer
Dear Lord, we know you are faithful and trustworthy. Help us to fix our eyes on you, no matter what we are going through. Amen.
Thought for the Day
I can trust in the Lord amid changing seasons.
Prayer Focus
People living in drought
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