You keep him in perfect peace
whose mind is stayed on you,
because he trusts in you.
Isaiah 26:3
Can I just tell you how sick I am of falling for the enemy’s tricks over and over again! It makes me so angry when I think of all the times I have spoiled a perfectly good day by letting fear of what may happen tomorrow creep in.
And I am not talking generic thoughts here…I have literally been in tears while in my imagination I am standing next to a coffin of a person who is alive and well…probably sleeping next to me! How I grieve the moments that I have wasted worrying about things I can not change.
Here’s the thing, some very sick, unrealistic, crazy part of me thinks that if I can dream up every bad thing that could possible happen then somehow I can keep it from happening….crazy right!?!?
I have shed REAL TEARS over IMAGINARY circumstances!
There is nothing wrong with preparing for the future. In fact God tells us to count the costs before we do anything but there IS something VERY wrong with living in fear of a future that is in HIS hands….do I trust HIM??
Do I live like I believe Philippians 4:4-7
Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice.
Let your reasonableness[d] be known to everyone. The Lord is at hand;
do not be anxious about anything, 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 your minds in Christ Jesus.
I WANT TO BE A PHILIPPIANS 4 WOMAN!!!
The problem is that I know that loving JESUS does not spare me from all the scary things that happen here on earth. People who love and serve GOD get cancer, spouses die, children die, jobs are lost, bad things happen everyday and I KNOW that I am not exempt, NO ONE IS.
So what do we do with that?????
Today as I prayed…as I kicked and screamed and cried in my FATHERS lap, I heard HIM say once again, “my grace is sufficient for you”. I wanted to argue, I wanted to say “yes but what if ‘this or that’ happens”?!?!
Here’s the thing. He does not give us the grace and strength to deal with tomorrows sorrows today. HE says “do not worry about tomorrow for today has enough trials of its own”. He did not give the Israelites enough manna for tomorrow but only provided enough for each day. HE will give us the grace and strength that we need for our tomorrows when we need it but not before.
Please hear me……
WORRYING ABOUT EVERY POSSIBLE HORRIBLE THING THAT MIGHT HAPPEN DOES NOT GIVE YOU CONTROL OF ANYTHING!!!!!
too may times I have used up all of today’s strength and grace with tomorrows worries. leaving me ill equipped for the tasks set before me.
NOT TODAY SATAN!!!
NOT TODAY!
today I will have hope because
MY FUTURE IS IN HIS HANDS
today I will choose peace because
HE HAS PROVEN HIMSELF ENOUGH FOR ME
today I will put ALL my trust in HIM
I WILL REFUSE TO LIVE IN FEAR
I WILL REFUSE TO GRAB FOR PRETEND CONTROL
I WILL REFUSE TO LET AN UNKNOWN FUTURE ROB ME OF TODAY’S JOY
I will live as if I really really really believe HIS promises and I will stop falling for the enemy’s same old tricks.
today I will choose to be a proverbs 3:5 woman
(i will) Trust in the Lord with all MY heart,
and (will not) lean on MY own understanding.
care to join me???