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Nothing like a good dose of reality to knock one off their high horse... Ever get to the point in life where you feel like you have life by the tail and nothing can shake you…? Then in a few short days you’re feeling quite devastated? Ya, that pretty much sums up the week for me.
It’s dangerous to get to a point in life where everything feels like it is good and going “right”. I’ve decided if there isn’t a little trouble somewhere in life, just wait five minutes. (Isn’t that what they say about the weather?) I hate to be Debbie-Downer. I know life comes and goes in seasons but wow, was it evident over the course of these past weeks. Beginning March 1st I joined a movement to fast and pray for America. I gave up a few things that I thought took up time and my attention, so I could better focus on God. Day one, fail. Day two, fail. Day three, fail. I’m on Day 21 today. I failed already. It’s only 10 in the morning. Sigh. I went to a friend to confess and ask for prayer. She sent lots of good encouragement. One thing she reminded me of is that there are times when God reveals our weaknesses. He is a good father so when He reveals it, it is never to harm us but rather to draw us to Himself. His one desire is for us to draw closer to Him in love. He loves us. So viewing our experiences through the filter of God’s love allows us to go through “stuff” in better form. It allows us to understand life from a LOVE point of view, instead of just our own limited view (which I confess has left me quite broken in the past). If we simply do not understand God is Love, and everything He does is for our good (because He loves us), then we live believing a lie. In the past I believed lies about God that hindered my success in life. If we live life thinking God is angry at us, we begin to blame Him for things. If we live life thinking we must perform to get His love, we tend to become bitter. See how believing lies can really mess us up? Take it from me, and don’t go down those roads. He loves us. It’s just that plain. God loves us. Open up your heart and allow Him to embrace you with His Love. Let God embrace me with His Love??? But I’ve tried and failed over and over and over and over. I’m not worthy of His love. (lie) I’m not worthy of His grace (lie). I’m a failure (lie). God doesn’t love me (lie). Let’s stop believing the crap in our heads that is contrary to the truth of God’s Word. Let’s instead read God’s Word, and let THAT become our truth in which to believe. 1 John 4:9-10 “This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him. This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins.” John 15:13 “Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends” 2 Corinthians 12:9 “…My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness. Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me.” Hebrews 12:1b-2a “…let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith…” So. We failed? So what!? We ask for forgiveness. Receive it. Forgive ourselves. And MOVE ON. There is a race to be run. Let's not miss out on the race by losing sight of it from lies in our heads. Lies nail our feet to the ground. Jesus has given us the freedom to RUN. My choice?? I choose to run. True Confession: I am weak. He is strong. I am human. He is God. I still need Him. In fact, I need Him more and more and more as the days progress... (Pssst, that's okay because I know He's drawing me ever closer to Him in Love) What's your choice?
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