Interesting day
When I get out of step with God, that's when the wheels start falling off the tricycle. It's an odd metaphor, but really it's what my life kind of is. When one falls off, I start going around in a circle. When two fall off, well, I'm just stuck.
I had a rough end to 2015 but 2016 is proving to be much different. I got a bit of a warning...New Year's Eve was a disaster for me and Miss June and we've been undergoing a lot of being fussed with by the Evil One. It happens.
It's easy to get so caught up in what happens in my life that I lose focus on the One who is in control of the chaos. None of it catches God by surprise, and if I'm to believe Him, I have to accept that He either causes or allows the things to happen, and uses them all for His glory and my good.
Often that Glory is easy to overlook when you're focused on the one big thing. I almost got there last night, but realized I was focusing too much one the blessing I want instead of focusing on God, who will make the blessing happen.
I want something. I almost convinced myself that I needed it. I don't need it or I'd have it. What I need is Jesus. And that's all. God provides for all my needs, including tupperware. What I need is to remain focused on Christ and everything else falls into place. Focusing too much on the thing I'm waiting for isn't going to make it happen any faster and honestly, could cause me to mess things up even further.
Not something I'm willing to do.
I got tempted by good last week. Good is not best, but boy, good looked pretty good and good got literally put hand in hand with me. Good though, as good as it looked at the moment would have been disastrous and with God's strength and helping hand, I was able to avoid good. Best is still the plan and best is what I'm waiting on.
There are no coincidences in life and God ordered circumstances in my life today to remind me of that. On the way home, I just had a thought that I needed to go home where I'd find an answer to the issue I'd been talking with God about.
I did. Got almost home and that's where I saw it. It had to be what I saw, and where I saw it, to make any sense. Only two people (well maybe three...) would even understand the connection between what I saw. God chooses how best to answer prayers. I'm praying for things in His will, because He answered yes.
Waiting is hard. Not running ahead of God is harder. And it's a challenge to know when to not lag behind, either. If I'm focusing on other things besides God, I'm gonna miss when He's moving, and I don't want to do that. Glad that I went to church yesterday, because I was reminded that my focus was starting to shift and I needed to get back to those things I did at the first. Trusting God, watching for Him to work, waiting on Him, and being obedient rate right up there.
I would have been disobedient to God had I tried to go for good in my life vs. best. I got reminded of that New Year's Eve. And then there was the warning about taking care of what God gives you. The kitten got smooshed because June didn't take care of it and put it up. Every other day, she'd put the kitten up so it didn't get smooshed in the recliner. The one time she didn't, it's exactly what happened. There's a word of warning there for me.
Well, off to work. Have a blessed day!
I had a rough end to 2015 but 2016 is proving to be much different. I got a bit of a warning...New Year's Eve was a disaster for me and Miss June and we've been undergoing a lot of being fussed with by the Evil One. It happens.
It's easy to get so caught up in what happens in my life that I lose focus on the One who is in control of the chaos. None of it catches God by surprise, and if I'm to believe Him, I have to accept that He either causes or allows the things to happen, and uses them all for His glory and my good.
Often that Glory is easy to overlook when you're focused on the one big thing. I almost got there last night, but realized I was focusing too much one the blessing I want instead of focusing on God, who will make the blessing happen.
I want something. I almost convinced myself that I needed it. I don't need it or I'd have it. What I need is Jesus. And that's all. God provides for all my needs, including tupperware. What I need is to remain focused on Christ and everything else falls into place. Focusing too much on the thing I'm waiting for isn't going to make it happen any faster and honestly, could cause me to mess things up even further.
Not something I'm willing to do.
I got tempted by good last week. Good is not best, but boy, good looked pretty good and good got literally put hand in hand with me. Good though, as good as it looked at the moment would have been disastrous and with God's strength and helping hand, I was able to avoid good. Best is still the plan and best is what I'm waiting on.
There are no coincidences in life and God ordered circumstances in my life today to remind me of that. On the way home, I just had a thought that I needed to go home where I'd find an answer to the issue I'd been talking with God about.
I did. Got almost home and that's where I saw it. It had to be what I saw, and where I saw it, to make any sense. Only two people (well maybe three...) would even understand the connection between what I saw. God chooses how best to answer prayers. I'm praying for things in His will, because He answered yes.
Waiting is hard. Not running ahead of God is harder. And it's a challenge to know when to not lag behind, either. If I'm focusing on other things besides God, I'm gonna miss when He's moving, and I don't want to do that. Glad that I went to church yesterday, because I was reminded that my focus was starting to shift and I needed to get back to those things I did at the first. Trusting God, watching for Him to work, waiting on Him, and being obedient rate right up there.
I would have been disobedient to God had I tried to go for good in my life vs. best. I got reminded of that New Year's Eve. And then there was the warning about taking care of what God gives you. The kitten got smooshed because June didn't take care of it and put it up. Every other day, she'd put the kitten up so it didn't get smooshed in the recliner. The one time she didn't, it's exactly what happened. There's a word of warning there for me.
Well, off to work. Have a blessed day!
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