Skip to main content

Friday... Now you can wait until it is responsive or exit.


Friday... Now you can wait until it is responsive or exit.

Now that is what my computer said as I was trying to get connected to where I write my blog. So what do I do? Well, I waited and here we are. You see I needed this page in order to write this blog. At least I wanted it. I feel I needed it to happen the way it also has but I am seeing that I will be changing and it really will be for the better.

You see, we think we need things to happen the way we need but maybe our needs are really wants.

The Apostle Paul wrote in Philippians 4:19 (NLT), "And this same God who takes care of me will supply all your needs from his glorious riches, which have been given to us in Christ Jesus." That is such a wonderful thought, isn't it? And we use it in our going to God over and over, don't we? 


And he does say in verse 6, "Don't worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done." That is another verse that we live by.

I mean, "God, I need all of this to fall into place like it always has." But is that really a need? Need is a key word in these verses.

Let's go see what he wrote in verses 11-12. He says, "Not that I am ever in need, for I have learned to be content with whatever I have. I know how to live on almost nothing or with everything. I have learned the secret of living in every situation, whether it is a full stomach or empty, with plenty or little." And then verse 13, "For I can do everything through Christ who gives me strength."

And then back to verse 7, "Then you will experience God's peace, which exceeds anything we can understand. His peace will guard your hearts and minds as you live in Christ Jesus."

Not getting what we want can cause so much worry and anxiety but learning to be content with whatever I have takes Christ working in us and giving us strength.

"Now, God I want things to go the way I'm use to but please give me the strength to be content no matter what comes my way. Through my trust in you and your Spirits working in me then I can live in peace." And that is so true. 

So I'm not going to exit. 

He also says in verse 8, "And now, dear brothers and sisters, one final thing. Fix your thoughts on what is true, and honorable, and right, and pure, and lovely, and admirable. Think about things that are excellent and worthy of praise." And then verse 9, "Keep putting into practice all you learned and received from me - everything you heard from me and saw me doing, Then the God of peace will be with you."

Now understand this, f Paul would have gotten what he wanted we would not be reading this. Paul wanted to go to Rome and preach but God had a different plan. He wanted him to go to Rome as a prisoner so he could write what we are reading. Yes, let's be content at doing what God has planned for us to do. That is what we need to do. Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning

Labels:

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Friday... We have this hope of expectancy.

Psalm 5:3 (NLT), "Listen to my voice in the morning Lord. Each morning I bring my requests to you and wait expectantly." Friday... We have this hope of expectancy. Now David found a great way to start his day. He says in Psalm 5:1-3 (NLT), "O LORD, hear me as I pray." And that is a great place to start. It really is. Morning sunrise He goes on, "Listen to my cry for help, my King, my God, for I pray to no one but you." And that is so important. We don't try to pump ourselves up by ourself. No, we pray to no one but you, God, my LORD, my King. Now this relationship with God is so, so very important. And then David says, "Listen to my voice in the morning, LORD. Each morning I bring my requests to you" And that is so great. And then he says, "and wait expectantly." Yes, we have this hope of expectancy. We are experienced. That is what a relationship with God and a moment by moment connection does. It makes a difference in our daily wa...
Post a Comment
Read more

Friday... Yes, we can know this to be true.

Psalm 12:6 (NLT), "The Lord's promises are pure, like silver refined in a furnace, purified seven times over." Friday... Yes, we can know this to be true. Maybe this is what you want to say in this day in which we live. Psalm 12:1-2 (MSG) says, "Quick, I need your helping hand! The last decent person just went down, all the friends I depend on gone. Everyone talks in lie language; lies slide off their oily lips. They doubletalk with forked tongues." Do you ever feel that way?" Have you found that to be true? Well David the writer of this Psalm continues and says in verse 6 something to encourage us, to lift us up, to give us hope. Psalm 12:6 (NLT) says, "The Lord's promises are pure, like silver refined in a furnace, purified seven times over." The Message Paraphrase says verses 6-8 this way, "God's words are pure words, pure silver words refined seven times in the fires of his word-kiln, pure on earth as well as in heaven, God, keep ...
Post a Comment
Read more

Friday... So what is it that you really fear?

1 Corinthians 15:57 (NLT), "But thank God! He gives us victory over sin and death through our Lord Jesus Christ." Friday... So what is it that you really fear? Yes, fear holds us back. It seems to take hold of us so that we can't even really enjoy living. Now I have found that one of the best ways to handle fear is to solve the problem of what we fear. Let's say that death is what we really fear. Everyday we wake up afraid to get up because we are afraid to do anything because we are afraid to die. And that is so understandable. Now I have found the solution to fearing death. I have through faith taken care of my fear to die. 1 Corinthians 15:57 (NLT) says, "But thank God! He gives us victory over sin and death through our Lord Jesus Christ." Verse 22 (CEV) says, "Adam brought death to all of us, and Christ will bring life to all of us." Death was not God's plan. Adam was created for an eternal life but he and his partner, Eve blew it and sin a...
Post a Comment
Read more