FOCUS: Pushing Through
1 Peter 5:6-10, Joshua 1:6-9
I don't have the time here to give an exhaustive exegesis on these passages, but here is a tidbit as a cleft note. I pray it helps.
When God is reshaping, reordering, restructuring your life...RELAX...God is orchestrating your development and guiding the process. Some say, "But wait! I've had to walk away from opportunities I worked hard to create, from people I cared deeply for and I thought cared deeply for me, relationships that I was comfortable with, my financial well-being is gone awry, I am confused and my heart is broken. I feel like I am on an island alone with my thoughts and only God's promise to sustain me. Seems like nothing is working in my favor, there seems to be no movement in my life. I seem to be on hold. Everything I care about is in shambles and out of my control. I suffer private frustration and public embarrassment. I feel weak and vulnerable with no defense. I am in a quandary because my purpose is obscure and the path unclear. The circumstances surrounding me are pushing me to the breaking point." Yes, I know... but it has a purpose and a reward. Be faithful in the mundane areas of life (secret) and open blessings will follow. Here are some steps. Time to SILENCE yourself (we talk too much), SEEK Him daily (you don't need your friends, you need God), listen intently to the promise (He knows your need, let HIM talk), ask for SPECIFIC STEPS, OBEY accurately, swiftly and without reservation. In due season, all will become clear and victory will be yours.
~ Selah
1 Peter 5:6-10, Joshua 1:6-9
I don't have the time here to give an exhaustive exegesis on these passages, but here is a tidbit as a cleft note. I pray it helps.
When God is reshaping, reordering, restructuring your life...RELAX...God is orchestrating your development and guiding the process. Some say, "But wait! I've had to walk away from opportunities I worked hard to create, from people I cared deeply for and I thought cared deeply for me, relationships that I was comfortable with, my financial well-being is gone awry, I am confused and my heart is broken. I feel like I am on an island alone with my thoughts and only God's promise to sustain me. Seems like nothing is working in my favor, there seems to be no movement in my life. I seem to be on hold. Everything I care about is in shambles and out of my control. I suffer private frustration and public embarrassment. I feel weak and vulnerable with no defense. I am in a quandary because my purpose is obscure and the path unclear. The circumstances surrounding me are pushing me to the breaking point." Yes, I know... but it has a purpose and a reward. Be faithful in the mundane areas of life (secret) and open blessings will follow. Here are some steps. Time to SILENCE yourself (we talk too much), SEEK Him daily (you don't need your friends, you need God), listen intently to the promise (He knows your need, let HIM talk), ask for SPECIFIC STEPS, OBEY accurately, swiftly and without reservation. In due season, all will become clear and victory will be yours.
~ Selah