by David Brenneman
"This I recall to my mind, Therefore I have hope. The Lord’s lovingkindnesses indeed never cease, For His compassions never fail. They are new every morning; Great is Your faithfulness. “The Lord is my portion,” says my soul, “Therefore I have hope in Him.” The Lord is good to those who wait for Him, To the person who seeks Him." Lamentations 3:21-25.
For the last several days it's been problematic for me to get to sleep.
My mind hasn't been all too willing to shutdown for the evening. Sleep becoming elusive for a time.
My thoughts turn to prayers and it's there I take my burdens of the day.
While there's really not a person who fully understands what goes on between my ears, my Savior and Lord does.
Many times my choices put me in some bad situations. My Journal reviewing shows me that. If you aren't journaling you should. Start small n add whatever comes to mind.
After what sleep that I do get, I awaken to what these verses are saying.
Today is new. Today isn't yesterday. Today isn't even a representation of what tomorrow will be like.
A song we used to sing in Church said "This is the day, this is the day, this the that the Lord has made. We will rejoice, we will rejoice and be glad in it and be glad in it...".
Today I know my Jesus is already here before I took my first breath in what today is to be. I know, no matter how stressful the day is going to be, that He's never stressed at all. Until He changes things, outside of sleep, my life has a whole lot of stressful things going on. From work to home life there's a great many things that most do not know are pressing upon me.
In this morning His mercies are new. In this moment He's ever present in my time of need, regardless of the storm.
In 1873, Horatio Gates Spafford wrote a hymn.
When peace like a river attendeth my way,
when sorrows like sea billows roll;
whatever my lot, thou hast taught me to say,
"It is well, it is well with my soul."
It is well with my soul;
it is well, it is well with my soul.
Though Satan should buffet, though trials should come,
let this blest assurance control:
that Christ has regarded my helpless estate,
and has shed his own blood for my soul.
It is well with my soul;
it is well, it is well with my soul.
My sin oh, the bliss of this glorious thought!
my sin, not in part, but the whole,
is nailed to the cross, and I bear it no more;
praise the Lord, praise the Lord, O my soul!
It is well with my soul;
it is well, it is well with my soul.
O Lord, haste the day when my faith shall be sight,
the clouds be rolled back as a scroll;
the trump shall resound and the Lord shall descend;
even so, it is well with my soul.
It is well with my soul;
it is well, it is well with my soul.
There's days when these thoughts of my soul being well are difficult.
As rough as many days are these days, whether people see it in me or not, I pray often to my God in Heaven.
Maybe it's life, maybe it's more of Satan trying to shut me up, shut me down. Maybe it's been permitted in order to drive me closer to Jesus.
Life isn't random. Get that foolish notion out of your head.
The Bible explicitly says that there's Jesus's plans for the lives of people individually and there's the plans of God for all mankind.
His will for all is salvation.
His will for the saved is to become more like Christ.
His will for mankind is to complete the Father’s plan for mankind, completing the written word of God as laid out in the Bible.
My life is hidden in Christ Jesus.
Regardless of whether I understand things or not, He is still the Author and the Perfector of my faith.
Regardless of anything anyone can come up with to say or do...Jesus is still the King of Kings and Lord of Lords.
My life is in His hands and He is in the Father’s hands. What comes into my life has to be permitted by Jesus.
Job understood enough to know how to live for the Lord. Job wasn't told everything about why he went through what he did. He didn't learn anything significant until after he left this world.
My mission is still to point people to Jesus. Regardless of my life's circumstances. Christians aren't doormats either. We are Ambassadors for Jesus. Wisdom is to be at our right hand to guide us in this world.
"Trust in the Lord with all your heart And do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him and He will make your paths straight." Proverbs 3:5-6.
All NASB 1995 and NASB Scripture Excerpts used by permission. (C) Lockman Foundation.
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