Cheery thought: a calculated, well-researched and carefully planned attack is being carried out on me daily. It uses people around me, news stories, weather, lack of sleep and my deepest fears. The devil himself researches and determines the things that will most affect and hurt me, and then slides those things in front of me each time I have my eyes turned elsewhere.
That's terrifying.
But, strangely, it brings some relief too.
I'm not just "bad at life." I'm being set up--day after day--to fail.
I can battle these things all day and night. I can turn my pillow over, turn the channel and even turn the other cheek, but I guarantee the hits will just keep coming. The key is to unmask the real root cause instead of chopping off the tendrils as they spring up and try to curl around my heart.
Lord,
Even when things are tough here--bad here--not going so well here--even when the long term outcome or way of living is not happening in a way I know You want it to or in the way You have shown me it could be, I MUST STILL CHOOSE to obey. To follow. To try and glorify You.
I cannot control or be responsible for the decisions or actions that others make, but I can respond in a way that obeys Your heart and word.
God, help me remember that I am sitting in a place of victory right now. Help me remember that all of these present troubles give me a chance to live out my faith and adoration. Help me see that this hurt and this disappointment and even the constant battle of choosing the peace of knowing I'm doing what You want although it's disappointing everyone else is the right thing. The good thing. The only thing that will allow me to continue living in Your peace.
Amen
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