Saturday, October 31, 2015

restored strength

I mentioned previously that things with my job are very stressful right now.  i could try to explain it but working at a call center is hard for most people to get.  i will simply say this about working days the amount of calls wears you down emotionally and mentally and this week has been filled with people who are extremely argumentative and frustrating.  i work in a negative place that breeds negativity.  losing co-workers on a daily basis is not of much help.  I came across a verse a few days ago and let me set the stage here for you.  David has been pursued most of his adult life by King Saul who thinks David is out to kill him which in reality its the other way around.  David is at the point he has gone to the Philistines and acted like a madman at times.  This battle breaks out between Israel and the Philistines and their king urged by his people has to tell David to leave because they're afraid David and his men will turn on them mid battle.  So David and his men leave and watch this one verse because they come home to find all their families kidnapped.  The last part of this verse just got my attention so much when i would come home from work just drained.  I just kept thinking about it.   I've gotta say honestly I love David!  1 Samuel 30:6. "David was now in great danger because all his men were very bitter about losing their sons and daughters, and they began to talk of stoning him.  But David found strength in the Lord his God."   That line of David finding strength in the Lord his God is what has consumed my thoughts.  with the way my days at work have gone i need strength other than my own.  Every night I have been praying something so simple.  "Lord your word says that you are the Rock i can run to and it also says you lead me to rest in green meadows, you lead me beside peaceful streams and I need you to renew my strength.  I need my soul emotionally, physically and mentally renewed and my body needs rest."  I wake up the next morning well rested.  I don't know what fight you're in but you need God's strength.  I watch as one of my co-workers becomes more negative and complains more and i am trying so hard to stay away from that path.  This morning i had this song lyric running thru my head and i couldn't place the song.  so i googled it.  "You hold my world in Your hands."  




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Sunday, October 25, 2015

driven to gratefulness

I want to take you on a short journey.  Saturday night i was attempting to go to sleep and I'll tell you all day Sunday i was still thinking about a few scriptures.  If you are a follower of God who has believed savingly and invited Jesus into your heart confessing him with both heart and mouth that Jesus Christ died and was buried and resurrected from the dead and he cleansed you of your sins i want you to consider some verses.  Romans 5:8 has been rumbling thru my brain since yesterday because i think we missed two things.  1.  We need to capture the wonder once again 2.  I believe we need to take a moment to pray and say thank you.  Romans 5:8  "But God showed us his great love for us by sending Christ to die for us while we were still sinners."  We could do nothing not now not ever.  look at what kind of love we were given.  God loved you and me so much He sent his son to die for us.  let that sink in.  "But God is so rich in mercy, and he loved us so much that even though we were dead because of our sins, He gave us life when He raised Christ from the dead.  (it is only by God's grace that you have been saved."  Ephesians 2:45.  Now there's something i want you the reader to do and it's not because i said so or asked you to.  i want this to be from your heart because you desire to.  in your own words pray and thank God for his love and for Salvation and let his love fill you.  

If you need help with thanking God this song is directly thanking him.


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Thursday, October 22, 2015

Right Battle Wrong Weapon

Years ago I as in a bad situation at work and no matter how I answered the accusations or tried to stand up for what was right, it was just not turning out good.  Tuesday i was driving to work and I was thinking about how King Saul pursued David and nearly had him and at least twice in 1 Samuel 24 and 26 David had the chance to kill Saul and didn't.  Like David i was in a bad situation and worried a lot.  I remember one day very clearly before going to work just praying and turning the situation over to God.  There was a peace that came with that.  The situation resolved but I was no longer fighting the battle I was trusting God.  Sometimes when we're worrying and struggling we're so much relying on our own self and God is waiting for us to let him have control and fight for us.  In 2 Chronicles 20:15 we see God say this.  "Do not fear or be dismayed because of this great multitude, for the battle is not your but God's."  See in our strength we're like the girl on Scary Movie 1 being chased by the killer looking at a table full of weapons and grabbing a banana.  Sure the banana will taste great but you won't be fighting the battle right.  Over and over in the Old Testament God tells the people of Israel not to be afraid and he would fight the battle for them.  I don't know what battle you're facing but maybe its time to put down the banana read 1 Peter 5:6-11 and let the One who told the winds and sea to be still, try letting him fight for you.  










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