Sometiimes all we can do is stand ...
We fight. We struggle. We worry. We believe. We doubt. We wait. We manipulate. We do everything we can think of to make things as best as we can imagine they ought to be.
Then we realize we have no power, no ability to make things work out like we want them to. It's frustrating. It's discouraging. It's lonely.
That's where I am right now. But you know what? Even though I don't really like the "feeling", it's a very good place to be. Because it's right here in our weakness and inability that we find God. It's when we have no other choice but to rely on Christ that we see His love for us.
Father, let me stand in Your grace. Let me trust You. Let me believe You. Let me know Your presence, Your love, Your provision for me. Prepare me, Lord, to be Your vessel. Make me able to stand. Give me strength in You, Lord God Almighty.
Amen.
Ephesians 6:10-20 KJV)
10 Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.
11 Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.
12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.
13 Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.
14 Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness;
15 And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace;
16 Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked.
17 And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:
18 Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;
19 And for me, that utterance may be given unto me, that I may open my mouth boldly, to make known the mystery of the gospel,
20 For which I am an ambassador in bonds: that therein I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.
Then we realize we have no power, no ability to make things work out like we want them to. It's frustrating. It's discouraging. It's lonely.
That's where I am right now. But you know what? Even though I don't really like the "feeling", it's a very good place to be. Because it's right here in our weakness and inability that we find God. It's when we have no other choice but to rely on Christ that we see His love for us.
Father, let me stand in Your grace. Let me trust You. Let me believe You. Let me know Your presence, Your love, Your provision for me. Prepare me, Lord, to be Your vessel. Make me able to stand. Give me strength in You, Lord God Almighty.
Amen.
Ephesians 6:10-20 KJV)
10 Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.
11 Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.
12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.
13 Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.
14 Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness;
15 And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace;
16 Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked.
17 And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:
18 Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;
19 And for me, that utterance may be given unto me, that I may open my mouth boldly, to make known the mystery of the gospel,
20 For which I am an ambassador in bonds: that therein I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.
posted by Greg at 1:09 PM
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