"Who of
you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?"
Matt.
6:27
Have you ever had a situation where something you where
doing for the Lord wasn't going the way you thought it should?
You stopped and prayed about it lifting a sincere cry for help to the Lord -
only to turn around moments later and "force" the situation or event
to happen your way?
Precious
one, this is sin. It is caused
from worry, which blocks our blessings from the Father. A famous teacher
recently said that "where worry starts faith ends".
It is at times such as these that we must resist the
devil and draw near to God (James 4:7,8) Look back and see where He's
carried you through. Thank Him and praise Him for all He has done and all
He will do. And resist the temptation to "force" the situation
your way because, beloved, when you cause things to happen
you're way- you're climbing up onto your Abba Fathers throne and acting
in His behalf; which doesn't amuse or please Him in the slightest.
A wonderful little song I like to sing comes from
Proverbs 3:5, "Trust in the Lord with all your
heart lean not on your own understanding." In all of your ways
acknowledge Him and He will make your path straight. Don't worry about
tomorrow, He's got it under control, just trust in the Lord with all your heart
and He will carry you through. Notice that the Proverb
says, "Trust in the Lord and lean not on our own understanding"
we must keep this in the front of our minds, and I'm talking to myself here, for
God's ways are not our ways. When we desire to do things HIS way and allow Him
the opportunity, He will see us through. Just trust Him and
see.
By April
Correia
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April Correia