Ever
feel like you are drowning in life's issues? People often discourage us, abuse
us, neglect us, take us for granted, demoralize us, take advantage of our good
nature, manipulate us, and tell us lies about our self that we usually believe.
Seeing
our situation, God reaches down to hold us, to liberate us from our enemies who
are too powerful for us to overcome, to support us when others let us down, and
to deliver us from a tight fix by putting us in a spacious, freeing and
inspiring place in life.
When
we doubt our value and struggle with our environment, God rescues His Saints
from the depth of the sea of negative conditions, and He delights in us (Psalm
18:16-19). His sacrificial love helps us to feel loved, peaceful, joyful,
wanted, cared about and cherished.
He
sends other people and accomplishments into our life to bless us, to fill our
heart with acceptance and grace, to teach us new skills, and to build our
feelings of self-worth. He accepts us just the way we are. God’s plan for us is
the best path for us to take (Psalm 32:8).
God
continues to make us holy and to fill our life with His purpose, ponderings and
priorities. We draw near to Him, and we resist the devil and his lying thoughts
and interference in our life. Then, he and his demons have to flee from us (James
4:8).
We
resist our human penchant to allow times of ministry inactivity, disappointed
realities, debilitating issues, etc. in our life to coax us away from our
intimacy with God, or to grieve the Holy Spirit by our delving into sinful
practices.
In
God's presence is fullness of joy forever (Psalm 16:11). Our Father God will
eventually reveal His seed for a miracle in every trial. He is in control; and
He uses circumstances to perfect us, to prove to us His faithfulness, and to
teach us that time is not really relative in our spiritual walk with Him.
Prayer:
Father
God, hold us close to You, because we know that You will never let us go (Hebrews
13:5). Remind us to simplify our life, to cut back on those commitments we made
out of our sense of duty or the kindness of our heart, to find Your purpose for
us in those mundane efforts You call us to make in our service to You.
We
want to trust You in our tragedies too. Remind us that when we feel far from
You, gratitude will open Your gates, and praising will bring us right back into
Your courts (Psalm 100:4). We want to rejoice in Your love, rather than to mope
in depression caused by things not going our way. We rely on Your joy within us
as our strength (Nehemiah 8:10).
Thought
for the Day:
God’s
wisdom, grace, love and supernatural abilities reside within us in Jesus Christ
and are always available to meet all of our needs; undistracted devotion to God
allows us to tap into all of His power and majesty in order to live our life as
Elijah and Enoch did.
- 1 Corinthians 1:30
- 1 Corinthians 1:30
