I had an older brother say to me some time ago, "If you are God's child, you will seek your Father's face and live in your Father's love." I probably need to have someone say that to me every day. How easily we forget. Why is it that I allow so much "stuff" to get in the way of my living in my Father's love? Maybe I'm not spending enough time seeking His face. I think of how much time I wasted this past year in anxiousness and worry. How many times I let things block my vision and the blessings of my Father. Why do I do that? I guess because I'm me. How often this past year have I tried to orchestrate some kind of awesome prayer life rather than just allow God to meet me and touch me as I lisped my words and groaned through my struggles? I've spent a lot of time this past year being uptight about "stuff". A new year begins tomorrow. The grace of God never fails me; but I often fail the grace of God. By His grace I look forward to the rest that He has prepared for me. My prayer for you: "Perhaps this year, you may truly rest in Jesus." (Charles H. Spurgeon)
( The above is a section from my book, Journey Through the School of Groaning. )
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