"Necessity has a way of reordering our priorities, doesn't it? If we belong to Christ and find ourselves lacking, sooner or later we may begin evaluating whether or not we're living obedient lives God can bless. Coming face to face with need is a very effective prompter toward obedience. But what about a daily dose of plenty? I'm not referring to wealth—just the absence of worry as to whether or not our families will eat each week. Like the Israelites in the wilderness, our greatest dilemma is how we'll cook and serve our manna today, not whether we'll have the manna.

Herein lies the test. Must we be in immediate need to live obedient lives?

God is so faithful. So daily. Oh, how He delights in obedience prompted from something deeply internal—a heart of love and devotion. Ask Him today to help you become a child of God whose levels of obedience are less regulated by circumstances and more governed by love." Beth Moore

Thank You for Your faithful dailiness, Lord! Please help me become more and more obedient because I LOVE You rather than more or less obedient due to my changing circumstances. Thank You for helping me have the energy and opportunity to work in the garden yesterday, for helping the kids be good, for checking my temper, for sleep, for food, for love, for shelter. I know I take these things for granted because I expect them to be there day after day, by faith and with thanksgiving. But I hope that I don't take them for granted in a spoiled way, assuming they must be there to be OK, forgetting that we had much less and did fine, resting in the security of possessions instead of You, storing up more and more rather than giving more and more...

Lord, You know what I will face today. I do not. I trust that You will give me everything I need as I lean on You. I want to draw from Your resources rather than my fleshly ones. Holy Spirit, help me accomplish the tasks that need doing today and know what tasks don't need done. Help me be a good mom, wife, and friend. Am I asking for anything outside Your will? Am I doing too much asking and not enough listening? You are Lord of my life. I'll keep my ears open for You today. I love to hear from You, I love to be reminded of Your loving holiness, and I love to see You at work in me and those around me! I just love YOU!