Being a Christian is not all sunshine and daisies. Anyone who tells you otherwise is a liar. Sometimes life in general is just hard. We all go through things that test us. The difference I see between Christians and non-Christians is hope. Even if horrible things happen to me, I can still have hope that God is in control and He knows better than me. It's not always easy. Most of the time it seems really difficult to just trust God until I do it. Once I hand it over to Him, I can rest in knowing that He knows what's going on, what I need, and how to handle anything that happens. That's the difference. If I'm facing a tough situation, I have two major paths to choose from. I can: a) try to handle it myself, lose sleep, make myself sick, get extremely stressed and anxious, have my face breakout, get bags under my eyes, stop eating, and bite everyone's heads off...then finally realize I can't do anything about it and give it over to God and rest; or b) trust God to handle it and just try to be obedient to what He tells me to do. One is obviously simpler than the other, yet I continually choose the more complicated course of action.
The song I picked today is called "Give Me Faith" and it's by Elevation Worship. I want to trust God first and not as a last resort. I want the kind of faith that allows me to just rest in knowing that I know Him and God has got me and my issues all under control. Nothing surprises Him! Even when stuff surprises me, I can still trust God to already know and have it handled. All I have to do is be obedient.
I need you to soften my heart
To break me apart
I need you to open my eyes
To see that You’re shaping my life
All I am, I surrender
Give me faith to trust what you say
That you’re good and your love is great
I’m broken inside, I give you my life
I need you to soften my heart
To break me apart
I need you pierce through the dark
And cleanse every part of me
All I am, I surrender
Give me faith to trust what you say
That you’re good and your love is great
I’m broken inside, I give you my life
I may be weak
But your Spirit’s strong in me
My flesh may fail
My God you never will
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