Nov13— Week One: Learning to Let God Lead

Because healing is more than what we eat, it’s who we become.

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Introduction

Healing is often talked about in terms of food, supplements, routines, and protocols. Those things matter. But they are not the whole story.

Chronic illness affects more than the body. It affects confidence, identity, hope, and faith. It changes how we see ourselves and how we relate to God.

For many of us, the hardest part of healing isn’t what we eat, it’s learning how to keep trusting when our bodies don’t cooperate. It’s learning how to stay hopeful when progress feels slow. It’s learning how to feel safe in a body that has scared us.

That is why these devotionals exist.

Daily Bread is a space to check in with your spirit — not just your symptoms. It is a place to remind yourself that God is near, that you are not alone in what you’re walking through, and that healing is not something you have to force.

This Week’s Focus: Letting God Lead

This week, we are focusing on surrender, not as “giving up,” but as releasing the burden of trying to control everything on our own.

You are not responsible for saving yourself. You are not required to be strong all the time. You do not have to figure your entire life out today. You are allowed to rest before you are restored.

As we move through this week’s Scriptures, I encourage you to slow down, breathe, and allow God to meet you where you are, not where you wish you were.

Today's Scripture

Isaiah 30:15

“In returning and rest you shall be saved; in quietness and trust shall be your strength.”

James 4:8

“Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you.”

Reflection

We waste so much energy trying to control what was never ours to manage. We pray for God’s will, then panic when it doesn’t look like our plan. But real strength begins when we finally stop fighting His process.

Every obstacle, every delay, every “why me?” moment is not punishment, it’s positioning. God is not trying to destroy you; He is trying to develop you. He already mapped out your life, every chapter, every detour, every breakthrough.

The problem is not that God is silent .It’s that we’re too busy arguing with His plan to hear His voice. Returning to Him means surrendering our version of how life should look and trusting that His version leads to purpose.

When things fall apart, it’s not evidence that He’s forgotten you.It’s proof that He’s rebuilding you according to the original design, not the version you tried to edit

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This is your reminder that strength isn’t about endurance. It’s about alignment. It’s the quiet confidence that says:“Even when I don’t understand, I trust the One who does.”

Because the goal was never a perfect plan.It was always a purposeful life, one that expands His Kingdom, not our comfort.

If This Spoke to You

Reply/comment below and tell me which part you’re waiting on right now. I’d love to pray specifically over you this week.

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Wishing you a Great Day Ahead,

Mandi 🤍