On most occasions the way I learn a life lesson is that I
will read something in the Bible, then I will think about it and in a few days
a situation or circumstance will happen to me in life that will “test” me on
what I had previously read and thought about.
Such is what happened last night.
The general theme of what I have been reading in the Bible
and in other devotional books in the last few weeks have been “depending on
God” and “faith in God”. The general
lesson I am learning is to radically depend on God and not others. And to depend on God then, I need to have
faith that God will be there for me and do what He says He will do.
Just yesterday in my quiet time I wrote, “The essence of
wisdom is to trust in Me (God) more than yourself or other people” ~ Sarah
Young from Jesus Today. Proverbs
28:26 “He who trusts in himself is a fool, but he who walks in wisdom is kept
safe.”
The day before I journaled, “When your circumstances are
challenging and you are feeling weak, you tend to obsess about how you are
going to make it through the day.
Whenever this happens, ask Me (God) to open your eyes so you can find Me
‘in the moment’. ‘See’ Me standing
nearby, with my strong arm extended to you, offering you My help.” ~ Sarah
Young from Jesus Today. Isaiah
41:10 “Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will
strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my victorious right
hand.”
Last night a situation took place where I was experiencing fear. Fear based upon “what if” this happened or
“what if “this other thing happened. In
my own way I tried to control the situation to prevent this fear, but the
situation and the decisions made were out of my control. So what remained was what I was going to do
with this fear right at that time. So
after some displayed anger at the person (who was not present at the time) for
putting me in a position to experience this fear, I “calmly lashed” out at God
and remembering what I had read and thought about the last two days specifically
said, “God, help me to see You right now, at this time, in this moment, with
Your strong arm extended out to me. Please
squelch this fear I am experiencing right now.”
Over the next two hours my fear subsided, was not
extinguished, but subsided. I know I
will be tested again in a similar situation, probably within the next 48 to 72
hours. These are the little tests in
life I experience on a fairly regular basis.
This is one more little step in learning to radically depend on God, not
on myself, not on others.
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