Jesus Calling - Daily Devotional - April 19th

From the devotional "Jesus Calling: Enjoying Peace in His Presence", by Sarah Young - for April 19th

Devotional Text:

I love you regardless of how well you are performing. Sometimes you feel uneasy, wondering if you are doing enough to be worthy of My Love. No matter how exemplary your behavior, the answer to that question will always be no. Your performance and My Love are totally different issues, which you need to sort out. I love you with an everlasting Love that flows out from eternity without limits or conditions. I have clothed you in My robe of righteousness, and this is an eternal transaction: Nothing and no one can reverse it. Therefore, your accomplishment as a Christian has no bearing on My Love for you. Even your ability to assess how well you are doing on a given day is flawed. Your limited human perspective and the condition of your body, with its mercurial variations, distort your evaluations.

Bring your performance anxiety to Me, and receive in its place My unfailing Love. Try to stay conscious of My loving Presence with you in all that you do, and I will direct your steps.

Included Scriptures:

Jeremiah 31:3
English Standard Version
the Lord appeared to him from far away.
I have loved you with an everlasting love;
therefore I have continued my faithfulness to you.

Isaiah 61:10
English Standard Version
I will greatly rejoice in the Lord;
my soul shall exult in my God,
for he has clothed me with the garments of salvation;
he has covered me with the robe of righteousness,
as a bridegroom decks himself like a priest with a beautiful headdress,
and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.

Psalm 31:16
English Standard Version
Make your face shine on your servant;
save me in your steadfast love!

Psalm 107:8
English Standard Version
Let them thank the Lord for his steadfast love,
for his wondrous works to the children of man!

God bless you!

Note: The devotion and scriptures are from author Sarah Young. You may purchase the Devotional at the author's official website:
https://www.jesuscalling.com/books/jesus-calling/

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