How do you manage to stay sane when it seems there is so much going on around you?
Great question! You have to PRAY and RELY on God. There are so many components to peace! But I can assure you that you cannot have peace if you don't first submit those issues or concerns to God and leave them there. We serve an awesome God who wants to take care of us. He wants to show us that we can rest in Him.
This summer has been a testing one for me. I have been learning to take God at His word. When I talk to others about faith it is always so easy to tell them what it is. But I can't honestly tell you a moment other than believing God for an acceptance letter for college (feels like forever ago) that I had to really wait on God...until now. I constantly tell myself to look through my spiritual eyes. I constantly tell myself that my turn is coming. I constantly tell myself that everything happens in God's timing.
You would think I was good to go huh? I have to admit that it is a process. I have to remind myself everyday that God has the best intentions in mind for me (Jeremiah 29:11), he has my future all planned out. I don't have to doubt Him. It's easy to do on a good day when people aren't asking you, "What's next?" or "How's the job hunt going?" But what happens when people start asking you questions? What do you say then?
I have been encouraged by one of my spiritual mothers to speak life! To claim the promises of God over my life. The promises can be found in God's word. He has given us so many promises! But we must proclaim them over our lives and trust in them. Isaiah 55:8-9 "My thoughts are nothing like your thoughts,' says the Lord. 'And my ways are far beyond anything you could imagine. For just as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts higher than your thoughts." (NLT) Whatever we can imagine for God to do in our lives is nothing in comparison to what He can and will do!
I take joy in scriptures those I have included in this blog. They show that God cannot be put in a box. We can paint a picture of how we want God to solve our problems, but really we do not control what He does. Ephesians 3:20 "God can do anything, you know-far more than you could ever imagine or guess or request in your wildest dreams! He does it not by pushing us around but by working within us, his Spirit deeply and gently within us." (MSG) So when I'm having a hard time trusting God I revisit this scripture, which is one of my favorites! It let's me know that I have to stop telling God what I need and how to do it. Philippians 4:6 tells us to pray about everything and worry about nothing; to tell God what we need and thank Him for what He's done. Notice it didn't say anything about telling God how to fulfill our needs. So stop the worrying. It will work out, in God's timing and more importantly how He's planned it.
Lastly, one of our elders shared this with us on Sunday and I saved the nugget. Don't pray about something and keep asking for it. Pray for it once, and every time you pray after that to thank God for doing it. If it's healing you need, thank Him for your healing. If it's a job, thank Him for your job! Start to profess those things that be NOT as though they WERE. I promise you'll see the change!
Be Encouraged,
God's Servant
Great question! You have to PRAY and RELY on God. There are so many components to peace! But I can assure you that you cannot have peace if you don't first submit those issues or concerns to God and leave them there. We serve an awesome God who wants to take care of us. He wants to show us that we can rest in Him.
This summer has been a testing one for me. I have been learning to take God at His word. When I talk to others about faith it is always so easy to tell them what it is. But I can't honestly tell you a moment other than believing God for an acceptance letter for college (feels like forever ago) that I had to really wait on God...until now. I constantly tell myself to look through my spiritual eyes. I constantly tell myself that my turn is coming. I constantly tell myself that everything happens in God's timing.
You would think I was good to go huh? I have to admit that it is a process. I have to remind myself everyday that God has the best intentions in mind for me (Jeremiah 29:11), he has my future all planned out. I don't have to doubt Him. It's easy to do on a good day when people aren't asking you, "What's next?" or "How's the job hunt going?" But what happens when people start asking you questions? What do you say then?
I have been encouraged by one of my spiritual mothers to speak life! To claim the promises of God over my life. The promises can be found in God's word. He has given us so many promises! But we must proclaim them over our lives and trust in them. Isaiah 55:8-9 "My thoughts are nothing like your thoughts,' says the Lord. 'And my ways are far beyond anything you could imagine. For just as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts higher than your thoughts." (NLT) Whatever we can imagine for God to do in our lives is nothing in comparison to what He can and will do!
I take joy in scriptures those I have included in this blog. They show that God cannot be put in a box. We can paint a picture of how we want God to solve our problems, but really we do not control what He does. Ephesians 3:20 "God can do anything, you know-far more than you could ever imagine or guess or request in your wildest dreams! He does it not by pushing us around but by working within us, his Spirit deeply and gently within us." (MSG) So when I'm having a hard time trusting God I revisit this scripture, which is one of my favorites! It let's me know that I have to stop telling God what I need and how to do it. Philippians 4:6 tells us to pray about everything and worry about nothing; to tell God what we need and thank Him for what He's done. Notice it didn't say anything about telling God how to fulfill our needs. So stop the worrying. It will work out, in God's timing and more importantly how He's planned it.
Lastly, one of our elders shared this with us on Sunday and I saved the nugget. Don't pray about something and keep asking for it. Pray for it once, and every time you pray after that to thank God for doing it. If it's healing you need, thank Him for your healing. If it's a job, thank Him for your job! Start to profess those things that be NOT as though they WERE. I promise you'll see the change!
Be Encouraged,
God's Servant
