𝐋𝐞𝐭 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐁𝐞 𝐃𝐨𝐧𝐞 [youth edition]

33 | Devotion

𝑭𝒐𝒓 𝑰 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒈𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒋𝒐𝒚 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒐𝒓𝒓𝒐𝒘𝒊𝒏𝒈.”
Jeremiah 31:25 NLT

𝑆𝑎𝑦 '𝑎𝑚𝑒𝑛' 𝑠𝑎 𝑚𝑔𝑎 𝑝𝑎𝑔𝑜𝑑 𝑑𝑖𝑦𝑎𝑛! 𝑊𝑜𝑜ℎ𝑜𝑜 𝑝𝑟𝑎𝑖𝑠𝑒 𝐺𝑜𝑑 𝑖𝑏𝑖𝑔𝑠𝑎𝑏𝑖ℎ𝑖𝑛 𝑘𝑢𝑚𝑖𝑘𝑖𝑙𝑜𝑠 𝑡𝑎𝑦𝑜. 𝐴𝑛𝑑 𝑚𝑒𝑟𝑜𝑛 𝑛𝑎𝑚𝑎𝑛 𝑑𝑖𝑦𝑎𝑛𝑔 𝑝𝑎𝑔𝑜𝑑 𝑑𝑎ℎ𝑖𝑙 𝑤𝑎𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑔 𝑔𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑔𝑎𝑤𝑎 𝑠𝑎𝑦 'parang 𝑎𝑘𝑜 '𝑦𝑎𝑛' 𝐻𝐴𝐻𝐴𝐻𝐴𝐻𝐴

𝐾𝑖𝑑𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑠𝑖𝑑𝑒, 𝑙𝑎ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑡𝑎𝑦𝑜 𝑚𝑎𝑦 𝑝𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑔𝑑𝑎𝑟𝑎𝑎𝑛𝑎𝑛 𝑎𝑡 𝑝𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑔𝑑𝑎𝑑𝑟𝑎𝑚𝑎ℎ𝑎𝑛 𝑠𝑎 𝑏𝑢ℎ𝑎𝑦. 𝐴𝑛𝑑 𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑠𝑎𝑛 𝑚𝑎𝑠𝑎𝑠𝑎𝑏𝑖 𝑛𝑎 𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑎𝑙𝑎𝑔𝑎 𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔, '𝑚𝑎ℎ𝑖𝑟𝑎𝑝', '𝑛𝑎𝑘𝑎𝑘𝑎𝑝𝑎𝑔𝑜𝑑 𝑛𝑎', '𝑎𝑦𝑎𝑤 𝑘𝑜 𝑛𝑎 𝑝𝑜', '𝑤𝑎𝑔 𝑛𝑎 𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑔 𝑘𝑎𝑦𝑎'.

𝑃𝑒𝑟𝑜 𝑘𝑢𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑦𝑢𝑛 𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑔 𝑑𝑖𝑛 𝑙𝑎𝑔𝑖 𝑎𝑛𝑔 𝑚𝑎𝑔𝑖𝑔𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑝𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑒 𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑛 𝑠𝑎 𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑤𝑎𝑠𝑦𝑜𝑛 𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑛 𝑛𝑎 𝑝𝑢𝑟𝑜 𝑛𝑒𝑔𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒, 𝑡𝑎𝑙𝑎𝑔𝑎𝑛𝑔 𝑝𝑎𝑔𝑜𝑑 𝑘𝑎 𝑡𝑎𝑙𝑎𝑔𝑎. 𝐴𝑛𝑔 𝑏𝑎𝑔𝑠𝑎𝑘 𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑛 𝑖𝑠 𝑜𝑛 '𝑔𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑢𝑝' 𝑛𝑎 𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑔.

𝑃𝑒𝑟𝑜 𝑠𝑎 𝑘𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑘𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑛𝑔 𝑏𝑖𝑏𝑙𝑖𝑦𝑎, 𝑏𝑎𝑘𝑖𝑡 𝑘𝑎𝑦𝑎 𝑠𝑖 𝑀𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑠 𝑘𝑎ℎ𝑖𝑡 𝑎𝑙𝑎𝑚 𝑛𝑖𝑦𝑎𝑛𝑔 ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑖 𝑛𝑖𝑦𝑎 𝑘𝑎𝑦𝑎𝑛𝑔 𝑚𝑎𝑔𝑠𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑎 𝑠𝑎 𝑚𝑎𝑟𝑎𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑎𝑜 𝑎𝑡 𝑖𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑔 𝑏𝑒𝑠𝑒𝑠 𝑛𝑖𝑦𝑎𝑛𝑔 𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑤𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑦𝑜𝑛 𝑠𝑖 𝐿𝑜𝑟𝑑 𝑒 𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑏𝑒 𝑝𝑎 𝑟𝑖𝑛 𝑎𝑛𝑔 𝑔𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑤𝑎 𝑠𝑎 𝑘𝑎𝑛𝑦𝑎 𝑛𝑖 𝐿𝑜𝑟𝑑. 𝐺𝑜𝑑 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛 𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑜𝑤𝑠 ℎ𝑖𝑚 𝑡𝑜 𝑐𝑢𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑅𝑒𝑑 𝑠𝑒𝑎 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑜 𝑡𝑤𝑜. 𝐵𝑎𝑘𝑖𝑡 𝑘𝑎𝑦𝑎 𝑠𝑖 𝐽𝑜𝑏, 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑎𝑥𝑖𝑚𝑢𝑚 𝑙𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑙 𝑛𝑎 𝑎𝑛𝑔 𝑚𝑔𝑎 𝑛𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑦𝑎𝑟𝑖 𝑠𝑎 𝑏𝑢ℎ𝑎𝑦 𝑛𝑖𝑦𝑎 ℎ𝑒 𝑙𝑜𝑠𝑡 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔— 𝑓𝑎𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑦, 𝑤𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑡ℎ, ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑡ℎ, 𝑦𝑒𝑡 𝑏𝑙𝑎𝑚𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑝𝑎 𝑟𝑖𝑛 𝑠𝑖𝑦𝑎 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑒𝑦𝑒𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝐺𝑜𝑑. 𝐵𝑎𝑘𝑖𝑡 𝑘𝑎𝑦𝑎 𝑠𝑖 𝐾𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝐷𝑎𝑣𝑖𝑑, 𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝑚𝑎𝑛 𝑠𝑖𝑦𝑎 𝑛𝑖 𝑆𝑎𝑡𝑎𝑛 𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝐺𝑜𝑑 𝑣𝑎𝑙𝑢𝑒𝑠 ℎ𝑖𝑚 𝑎𝑛𝑑 ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑑𝑒𝑠𝑐𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑠. 𝑊ℎ𝑦? —𝐵𝑒𝑐𝑎𝑢𝑠𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤 ℎ𝑜𝑤 𝑡𝑜 𝑑𝑒𝑝𝑒𝑛𝑑 𝑜𝑛 𝐺𝑜𝑑.

𝐴𝑛𝑑 𝑘𝑢𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑎𝑦𝑜, 𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑠𝑎𝑛 𝑎𝑛𝑔 ℎ𝑖𝑟𝑎𝑝 𝑡𝑎𝑙𝑎𝑔𝑎𝑛𝑔 𝑖-𝑎𝑏𝑠𝑜𝑟𝑏 𝑛𝑔 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑡 𝑘𝑎ℎ𝑖𝑡 𝑠𝑖 𝐿𝑜𝑟𝑑 𝑛𝑎 𝑎𝑛𝑔 𝑛𝑎𝑔𝑠𝑎𝑏𝑖 𝑛𝑎 𝑆𝑖𝑦𝑎 𝑎𝑛𝑔 𝑏𝑎ℎ𝑎𝑙𝑎. 𝐾𝑎𝑠𝑖 𝑚𝑎𝑠 𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑏𝑎𝑛𝑔 𝑝𝑎 𝑟𝑖𝑛 𝑘𝑎𝑠𝑖 𝑠𝑎 𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑛 𝑢𝑛𝑔 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑏𝑙𝑒𝑚𝑎 𝑎𝑡 𝑚𝑔𝑎 𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑖𝑠𝑖𝑝 𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑛. 𝑃𝑒𝑟𝑜 𝑚𝑎𝑔𝑡𝑖𝑤𝑎𝑙𝑎 𝑝𝑎 𝑟𝑖𝑛 𝑡𝑎𝑦𝑜.

𝐺𝑜𝑑 𝑖𝑠 𝑡𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑢𝑠, "𝐹𝑜𝑟 𝐼 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑔𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑛 𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑦 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑗𝑜𝑦 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑜𝑟𝑟𝑜𝑤𝑖𝑛𝑔.” 𝑅𝑒𝑐𝑒𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑖𝑡.

𝑀𝑎𝑦𝑏𝑒 𝑢𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑏𝑎 𝑠𝑎 𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑛 𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑠𝑎𝑛 𝑛𝑎𝑔𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑜𝑛𝑔 𝑛𝑎 𝑏𝑎𝑘𝑖𝑡 𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑔 𝑘𝑎𝑝𝑎𝑔 𝑛𝑎𝑠𝑎 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑣𝑦 𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑢𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑛𝑎 𝑡𝑎𝑦𝑜, 𝑘𝑎ℎ𝑖𝑡 𝑝𝑎 𝑛𝑎𝑔𝑑𝑎𝑟𝑎𝑠𝑎𝑙 𝑡𝑎𝑦𝑜 𝑤𝑎𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑔 𝑛𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑦𝑎𝑦𝑎𝑟𝑖. 𝑁𝑂.

𝐿𝑜𝑜𝑘 𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠, 𝑘𝑎𝑝𝑎𝑔 𝑛𝑎𝑠𝑎 𝑙𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑢𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑘𝑎𝑠𝑖 𝑡𝑎𝑦𝑜, 𝑤𝑒 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝐺𝑜𝑑 𝑖𝑠 𝑖𝑛 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑜𝑙 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑖𝑡'𝑠 𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑦 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑢𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝐻𝑖𝑚. 𝐵𝑢𝑡 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑢𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑔𝑒𝑡𝑠 ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑑, 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑓𝑎𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑔𝑒𝑡𝑠 ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑑 𝑜𝑛 𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝐺𝑜𝑑 𝑡𝑜𝑜.

𝑅𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠:
𝐺𝑜𝑑 𝑑𝑜𝑒𝑠𝑛'𝑡 𝑙𝑜𝑜𝑘 𝑜𝑛 ℎ𝑜𝑤 𝑙𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑜𝑟 ℎ𝑜𝑤 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑣𝑦 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑢𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑖𝑠. 𝐻𝑒 𝑙𝑜𝑜𝑘𝑠 𝑜𝑛 ℎ𝑜𝑤 𝑙𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑜𝑟 ℎ𝑜𝑤 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑣𝑦 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑓𝑎𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑢𝑛𝑡𝑜 𝐻𝑖𝑚 𝑖𝑠. 𝐾𝑢𝑛𝑔 𝑘𝑎𝑦𝑎 𝑚𝑜 𝑚𝑎𝑔𝑡𝑖𝑤𝑎𝑙𝑎 𝑠𝑎 𝐾𝑎𝑛𝑦𝑎 𝑠𝑎 𝑚𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑖𝑡 𝑛𝑎 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑏𝑙𝑒𝑚𝑎, 𝑀𝐴𝑆 𝑏𝑖𝑔𝑎𝑡𝑎𝑛 𝑚𝑜 𝑎𝑛𝑔 𝑝𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑤𝑎𝑙𝑎 𝑚𝑜 𝑠𝑎 𝐾𝑎𝑛𝑦𝑎 𝑠𝑎 𝑚𝑎𝑠 𝑛𝑎 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑏𝑙𝑒𝑚𝑎.