Hello, everyone. I am sorry for not blogging for the past few days. My computer has been giving me troubles lately. It is working at the moment thankfully and hopefully I will be able to post this blog post tonight.
Sometimes things don't always go the way we would like them to go. There are times that we fail to do the things that we know the Lord who have us to do. Sometimes we moan and grown because the weather isn't sunny and warm (like here in Northern Maine).
Sometimes life can seem like a rollercoaster of sorts. We have great moments and climb quickly to our mountain top experience then without warning we a careening downward at a very steep angle at a very high rate of speed. I must admit I really like those mountain top experiences where we feel really close to the Lord and all seems well with our souls.
I know however that it is during those moments when I am thrust into a deep dark valley that I have the most Spiritual growth that takes place. I learn to trust the Lord during those times because He is the only one that can help me and you as well.
It is during life's difficult and troubling moments that we learn that the Lord is able to accomplish many things in our life and He helps us to learn to trust in Him and grow to know Him more intimately. The Lord wants us to grow Spiritually and He wants us to trust Him. The Lord wants us to walk in the Spirit and give no foothold to our fleshly desires. In our own power that would be impossible because we are very weak in the flesh and our hearts are set to meet our own selfish needs.
The Lord wants to set us free from those sinful desires within us and the Holy Spirit is at work in our lives to do just that, but we must submit to His will. We don't like the sound of that word though, do we? When we hear the word submit we feel like we are being weakened or beaten down. We must come humbly to the Lord however, and that involves submitting to His authority. We are His servants when we place our faith and trust in Him. We are no longer our own. We have been bought by the precious blood of Jesus Christ.
Jesus died on the Cross for our sins. He paid the penalty that we deserved to pay. Jesus died in our place. Everyone who puts their faith in Jesus Christ and His finished work on the Cross will be saved.
The Lord is Awesome and worthy of our praise and our worship. The Lord is worthy of our trust. We can trust Him because we know He is faithful.
Let us allow the Lord to teach us how to trust Him more in those valley moments of life and may we lean upon Him during those hard times. The Lord isn't out to hurt us, but He wants us to grow in Him with a deeper love and a greater appreciation of who He is.
I am reminded of what the Apostle Paul said in Ephesians 3:20-21,
"Now to Him who is able to do immeasurably more than all
we ask or imagine, according to His power that is at work
within us, to Him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus
throughout all generations, forever and ever! Amen."
Sometimes we forget that all things are possible with the Lord. The Lord can do all things and He can indeed work in ways that seem totally impossible to us. There will be times when the Lord wants us to take a step out of the boat and onto the stormy sea where He is and just trust Him to help us to keep our eyes above the crashing waves that wants to pull us under.
We need to learn to trust the Lord in those very difficult moments when all seems lost and impossible. Let's lean upon the Lord and trust Him with our lives.
Lord,
We praise Your Name.
You Are Holy and Just in Your Judgments.
Help us to trust You in those difficult moments and Help us to grow closer to You.
You are God and we are Your servants.
Forgive us for being self centered and Help us to be God focused.
Lead us and empower us through Your Holy Spirit to do Your will.
In Jesus Name we pray,
Amen.
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