Hello friends :)
This is something I would normally write in my journal, but felt like sharing. Hope it encourages someone, even if just one.
"Bring me your weakness, and receive My Peace. Accept yourself and your circumstances just as they are, remembering that I am sovereign over everything. Do not wear yourself out with analyzing and planning. Instead, let thankfulness and trust be your guides through this day; they will keep you close to Me. As you live in the radiance of My Presence, My Peace shines upon you. You will cease to notice how weak or strong you feel, because you will be focusing on Me. The best way to get through this day is step by step with Me. Continue this intimate journey, trusting that the path you are following is headed for heaven."
Normally these short paragraphs speak to me on some level. Pointing out my very need for Jesus and inevitably encouraging me. Sometimes I may not remember to read it until I'm washing dishes at night, but even then I'm surprised how closely it spoke to my day. You see, I'm a planner and organizer. I say I like surprises, but deep down I'm not exactly sure that's true. I feel better as a person if 90-95% of my life is organized. Having things organized suggests I need control over everything in my life...(that's a different blog post!) So you can imagine the thoughts I have reading this tiny paragraph. "Don't plan?" Yikes!
Over the last week, God has been speaking to me about how He is our provider. Recent job changes have put us in a position where we will fully rely on said provision. In all my years, I've always claimed He is my provider. And I certainly believe it. Having to actually live out of His provision, now that's another story.
Romans 13: 11-14 says, "And do this, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep; for now our salvation is nearer than when we first believed. The night is far spent, the day is at hand. Therefore let us cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light. Let us walk properly, as in the day, not in revelry and drunkenness, not in lewdness and lust, not in strife and envy. But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh to fulfill its lusts."
This is where faith comes in. I'm learning and re-learning so much about how we are to "walk by faith and not by sight". It might seem elementary to some, but it's all too familiar as of lately. I know He will "give me every desire of my heart" if I seek Him first. To know that He knows my need before I do is reassuring. Today I choose to wear His peace.
"Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus." Philippians 4:6 & 7
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