Luke 9:57-58 As they were
walking along the road, a man said to him, "I will follow
you wherever you go." Jesus replied, "Foxes have holes and birds of the air have nests,
but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head."
This scripture was lovingly and
mercifully brought to my mind this morning. After a weekend of unwise…okay,
really stupid thinking on my part, the Lord reminded me of His words. It was a ‘spiritual
light bulb moment’ if you will.
After writing the blog last week
on whining, I spent far too much time wringing my hands and whining my way
through the weekend. Good grief! That’s appropriate, ‘grief’ was decidedly what
I brought on myself with all the worry and whining.
Philippians 4:6-7 Be anxious for
nothing, 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 minds
through Christ Jesus.
God’s peace was not my companion this past weekend and it was
all my fault. I know better but I still fell into the trap of worry. What do I
do? Do I stay or do I go? Do I down size or punt? Will I find a good job so I
can stay or will I have to leave to find a job? Which end is up? What do I do?
Do I stay or do I go? Do I down size or punt? A merry-go-round of crazed
thinking rolling over and over in my head. Needless to say, no answer did I
find in my loony-tunes thinking!
1 Corinthians 14:33 For God is not
the author of confusion, but of peace, as in all churches of the saints.
I was wallowing in confusion and kept repeating that verse
above. I knew I was neither thinking nor acting according to the Word. Yet,
there I was swimming in a pool of doubt and, yes I have to say it, self-pity. Poor
me, what was I to do? Oh, please! It may sound harsh to say but I was the
author of my confusion and worry. I listened to my flesh, sowed into fear and
reaped a harvest of stress and worry with strength that could take down a bull
elephant! I did it. I can’t blame the enemy for it, though I am sure he was
entertained by it.
Then, as if to say ‘I love you anyway’, God gave me the
scripture Luke 9:57-58 As they were
walking along the road, a man said to him, "I will follow you wherever you
go." Jesus replied, "Foxes have holes and birds of the air have nests,
but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head."
As long as I am following the Lord and serving Him, what
does it matter where I live? The peace of God, which surpasses
all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. I am calm this morning and my heart is happy. I lost sight of
all that is important to me for a couple of days and paid the price. Oh, I
prayed over the weekend but it was with self-centered motives. I was seeking my
will, not His. Silly girl. The consequences of that turned my weekend into a
long nightmare and I suffered physically because of the stress.
I will never leave you nor forsake you. Hebrews 13:5 …in
spite of yourself. Italics added by me.
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