I work on patience daily and pray for God's guidance. Sometimes I feel him close while others he seems far away. In my heart I know he is always there its just harder sometimes to feel him. Learning to put full trust in God is a lifelong process one that I am fully engaged in.
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
Isaiah 26
"Trust in the Lord forever, for the Lord, the Lord himself is the Rock eternal."v4 These are powerful and true words but how much do we live this out? Do we really trust that God is listening? That God will provide? I know I want to yet there is something usually holding me back from fully trusting. I know at times that my human nature makes me provide for myself, I can't wait for God's provision or answer, I make things happen that maybe I should be more patient with. In the next verse it says that he humbles those who are lofty. That could not be more true in my life. There have been many times that I have acted impulsively only to find that had I waited things would have worked out.
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Acted impulsively?!? I've never done that. =)
ReplyDeleteWaiting is an art form that is quickly disappearing in our culture. Everything around us seems to happen instantaneously and we are told to wait on the Lord.
What excites me about today's reading is "The more life you give, the more glory you display, and stretch the borders to accommodate more living!" This is the abundant life Jesus talks about.
Growth is happening in us and all around us. It may seem to be taking forever, but there is no high speed, short cut way to do it.
"Keep your eyes on Jesus, who both began and finished this race we're in. Study how he did it. Because he never lost sight of where he was headed—that exhilarating finish in and with God—he could put up with anything along the way: Cross, shame, whatever. And now he's there, in the place of honor, right alongside God. When you find yourselves flagging in your faith, go over that story again, item by item, that long litany of hostility he plowed through. That will shoot adrenaline into your souls!"