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The last few weeks God has so allowed me to see a first hand view of what we do to ourselves in our need and desire to try to be God in our own lives. One family that we were privileged to be around were really cute folks, darling child, and on the outside seemed so together and full of potential. However when we got past their outside what we found were lives filled with tortures of their own making from debts to dependency....and the beliefs that their problems were not answerable by anything, not even God. The second scenario we lived and learned from involved watching a broken family. The Dad had turned away from God a long time ago....he had systematically lost everything that mattered to him as God allowed him to have his own way on every topic in his life. Slowly over 12 years he has reduced himself to being alone, without his children, without a good career, and now without friends for the most part. His devotion to control has cost him almost everything he could have had. A third scenario involves a very bright young family. They have successfully achieved the 300K home, good works in their local church, health and love in their home, but abundance eludes them. They cannot see tithing in money form though they give of them selves regularly. They have thought that better to invest in their future and give of their services......and its funny how in that decision, somehow their finances always don't work out. They see saw on making it solidly despite hundreds of thousands of dollars of business a year.....bread money on some days of the month just doesn't exist. As we have prayed and listened to each of the people in the above stories. God has so shown me humility. I know that the root cause of all the issues they are facing I too face. The issues are such no brainers when you see it in others. They trust the problem more than they trust God is a God. They trust their control is better than submission to God in their lives. They trust sickness and overwhelming issues are more powerful than the way of Jesus and the promises of God to Abraham's and his descendents that if we obey and worship God He will provide for us on all levels. Pretty easy to see when the stage isnt your own life isn't it? God has so been present in our involvement with each of the families and many others on our walks. He has lead us to a place of absolute sifting this summer. We are being shown so many areas of our lives that He expects us to give up or to change how we handle. We are glad, for each step, which are always hard for me personally....within days I have been released from fear, from worry, from overthinking the issues to death. I simply look for and wait for peace before I move forward. As a toddler in this, I know that there will be disobedient days and God will once again set me straight. I had one of those moments yesterday as I was called to stand firm against someone attacking my family verbally and potentially in other ways. When after 18 years I stood up to him, he immediately stepped back. Amazing. That is God. For this person has had serious issues and standing up to him usually means a huge emotional scene. Why is it we cannot trust God in all things. Why does our humanness always involve taming our wills and surrendering our plans to Jesus...you'd think after the facts of the Bible...it would be an easy course, but ole self sure holds out until the end some moments of our lives. God is good. The more time I am purposefully finding to refresh my mind in Him, the better my life becomes. God help me to always run to and trust Him. Sweetie |
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