Have Nothing To Do With,...

In our humanity, when there is a problem, we want to step in and fix it.  If we do nothing we feel that we are in error.  That somehow we are "less than" because we are not physically doing anything.  But I have found that sometimes there is nothing we can do.  In the natural realm anyway.

2 Timothy 2:22 - 26 ESV
So flee youthful passions and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, along with those who call on the Lord from a pure heart.  HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH foolish, ignorant controversies; you know that they breed quarrels.  And the Lord's servant must not be quarrelsome but kind to everyone, able to teach, patiently enduring evil, correcting his opponents with gentleness.  God may perhaps grant them repentance leading to a knowledge of the truth, and they may come to their senses and escape from the snare of the devil, after being captured by him to do his will.   

Oftentimes, the more we try to fix a situation, the more we fall into the snare of being quarrelsome, stirring up anything but peace, gentleness and kindness.  Our protective instincts will cause us to lash out and say hurtful things that cannot be taken back once cast upon the airwaves.  And the more you stir, the thicker it gets.  Tensions grow stronger and it just gets deeper and deeper.  Misunderstandings and misrepresentations of your words or reasons become a maze that is impossible to find your way through.  And the plot thickens,…

The best thing to do is not always the easiest or the most natural thing.  The best thing to do is pray, and pray, and pray.  Allow yourself the time and the quiet to hear what God wants you to do in a particular situation.  Then do it.  Take your hands off and trust in the hands of God.  Trust that He is able to work in situations where you cannot.  Trust that no one and no thing is beyond His grasp and His ability to handle.  He knows all about it.  He is the only One who knows every minute detail from the beginning to the end.  When He works in a situation there is hope - unending hope.

Today I choose to have nothing to do with a very tender situation in my life.  I am bowing out.  Stepping back.  I am going to live and love like there is no tomorrow.  Because there may not be,…  But there is a God Who holds tomorrow.  And I place this very tender situation, once again, into His very capable hands.  I will pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, along with those who call on the Lord from a pure heart.

1. ’Tis so sweet to trust in Jesus,
   Just to take Him at His Word;
   Just to rest upon His promise,
   And to know, “Thus saith the Lord!”
   • Refrain:
     Jesus, Jesus, how I trust Him!
     How I’ve proved Him o’er and o’er;
     Jesus, Jesus, precious Jesus!
     Oh, for grace to trust Him more!
2. Oh, how sweet to trust in Jesus,
   Just to trust His cleansing blood;
   And in simple faith to plunge me
   ’Neath the healing, cleansing flood!
3. Yes, ’tis sweet to trust in Jesus,
   Just from sin and self to cease;
   Just from Jesus simply taking
   Life and rest, and joy and peace.
4. I’m so glad I learned to trust Thee,
   Precious Jesus, Savior, Friend;
   And I know that Thou art with me,
   Wilt be with me to the end.

Amen.

 

 

Quick Fix

I attended a yoga class a few days ago.  Putting aside all I had heard about the new age aspects of the practice.  My desire was and is simply to learn how to relax, to let go, to live - to live!  Why is that so hard?  I was praying about whether or not to attend another class this morning.  You know - "God, should I go or not go?  Please tell let me know what I need to do."  Nothing.  No answer falling upon my ears.  So, as I've learned lately, I purposely didn't stress over it and just continued with my morning routine of a hot caffeinated beverage and some reading and being quiet.  I came across a simple phrase in my reading.  It related to quick fixes.  And God spoke to my heart through that phrase.  I really don't want any more quick fixes in my life.  I'm tired of that.  I want lasting fixes.  Fixes that begin within and make their way out into my everyday living.  For me - hear that - for me, yoga is the quick fix for learning to relax, to let go, to live.  I want the lasting fix.  The fix that endures the test of time.  The proven fix to relaxing, to letting go, to living.  And that fix has to come from within.  That fix can only come from the Holy Spirit in me - enabling me to trust God.  To relax in Him.  To let go in Him.  To live in Him.

Romans 11:36 & 37

For from Him and through Him and to Him are all things.  To Him be glory forever.  Amen.

Father God,
I thank You for speaking to my heart this morning.  May everything in my life be from You, through You and back to You.  All for Your glory.  I love You.

In Jesus Name,
Amen