When the day hands you more than your natural can handle, when it leaves you feeling discouraged, drained, and just plain worn...what do you do? You may take a few minutes to do something that is relaxing (i.e. adult coloring book...), you may your favorite treat, you may even take a short nap.....but all of these are things in the natural. What do you do when none of those seem to be the answer? You do what God asked you to do earlier....but you didn't feel you had the strength to do...You take yourself to the King. You find that spot, that place, that moment and you focus on Him...you meet Him where He is at cause He's been right where you are. You find Him with arms wide open....going hey come here for a minute child, let me show you My view. For you see, any other view...is exhausting, tiring, and just plain draining. Any other view makes what you are doing in the natural seem like you are spinning your wheels and not making a difference when in reality you are covering a territory that God entrusted you with. Any other view leads to feeling discouraged when truth says Be encouraged for I have overcome the world....and this day didn't take me by surprised. Oh how I wish He would have slapped me upside the head with this reminder about ten hours ago...before the day did it's best to beat me up. God knows what we need even before we say a word...sometimes He needs our full attention, not 99.9% of our attention, but all of it. He knows when He has all of us. Oh how quickly we need to learn this.....We can think we have given God 100%, but God knows if it's all of us or not. He knows... let that sink in for a minute.
I pulled myself into my spot this evening and God and I had an honest talk. Honest about how I felt about the day, the week, my do, but most of all my who. See God knew the day was going to drain me...before I even got up. He knew what the day held and He knew what I held. You see God knows what we can push through even when we don't feel like we can. Let that take root...even when we feel like we have done all we can do, dealt with all we can,...God knows our true ability, but more than that He knows His ability through us. Feelings will say I can't do anymore, but God says I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. Let's get real for a minute....there are going to be days that just flat wear you out, make you want to cry, and leave you feeling overwhelemed and exhausted. God knows that...He also knows that in His arms...He can restore what the day has taken from you if you let Him. So choice is yours....you can let the day take root and walk in what you can see, feel or you can let Him take root...and walk in what He can see, feel.
Why stay in the boat when He said you could walk on water?
I don't know what your day has held or even what your week has laid out, but God does. This is a blog that has stepped all over my toes because well....It came from a heartfelt honest conversation with Him. I'm still working through not feeling my way in the natural through some of my days. I'm still learning on being overwhelmed with His list instead of My to-do list...it's a work in progress. I still have days when if I slow down, I will end up in tears saying I can't do this anymore. God gets that though...and He's using the pressure to make diamonds. There is an anointing coming from the squeeze...but for that to happen I've got to not give up in the middle. (that one was an ouch...). Leave your day in His lap....and let Him sort out truth from feeling. He truly is the restorer of what the enemy has taken....how do I know because I'm typing this with a smile on my face and an unexplained peace.
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