We humans believe that to stay safe, we must stay in
control. However, over the years, life teaches us that control is simply an
illusion. We are killing our self physically, spiritually, mentally,
relationally and emotionally by attempting to maintain control over the people,
places and events in our life.
A phlegmatic personality has more of a chance of
survival, because they roll with the punches, which Satan, life and evil people
throw at us. Cholerics are the worst at trying to control everything, making
lists and feeling like they are always responsible.
Melancholics over-react to life, getting easily hurt and
emotional over what happens to them. Sanguines laugh in the face of adversity
and refuse to take life seriously, often shirking their responsibility.
The Spirit-guided personality is the only one that truly
survives in the reality of this world. We realize that we are only foreigners
and travelers through this life, without any real investment in it.
We keep our focus on King Jesus and furthering His
Kingdom on the earth rather than on our own goals and agenda. We do not attempt
to feather our nest to make life comfortable, or go out on a limb to create new
challenges for our self, or allow life to crush us or refuse to take life
seriously.
We simply live in tune with God's Spirit and gain His
perspective on what happens around us. Availing our self to God's divine
appointments, we find more success in our daily endeavors.
We see the hand of God leading us, and His heart
comforting us and using us to comfort others in the same way (2 Corinthians
1:3-5). His wisdom helps us to see things from His infinite perspective rather
than from our limited, finite, human way to view events and personalities.
Prayer:
Father God, Jesus told us that we shall indisputably have
tribulation in this world (John 16:33). You promised that You would never give
us more than You can handle, but You often allow crushing circumstances to
occur in our life to drive us to our knees and to help us to surrender complete
control over to You. When we surrender control to You, we no longer make our
own plans and ask You to bless them; but we do only that which we see You
doing, just like Jesus did (John 5:19).
Once we are broken and spilled out, we are finally empty
of our human effort. Help us to plug into Your Spirit in order to find true
success in all of our endeavors. That way, even when we beg You to remove a
burden or trial from us, and You see the need for us to walk through it, we can
trust in You rather than to lean on our own understanding (Proverbs 3:5-6)
Thought for the Day:
Feeling out of control is a terrifying place to live;
yet, we are never really in control of anything in this world of shifting
paradigms, governmental decisions and views, as well as technological
advancements; trusting in Jesus and hiding under the shadow of His wings gives
us the most safety and possibilities in this sin-cursed world.
