Psalms 55 "Listen to my prayer, O God, do not ignore my plea;2 hear me & answer me. My thoughts trouble me & I am distraught 3at the voice of the enemy...4My heart is in anguish within me...6Oh that i had the wings of a dove! I would fly away & be at rest 7I would flee far away & stay in the desert; 8I would hurry to my p lace of shelter, far from the tempest & storm." NIV I also like how The Message reads, "Open your ears, God, to my prayer; don't pretend you don't hear me knocking. Come close & whisper your answer. I really need you. I shudder at the mean voice, quail before the evil eye as they pile on the guilt, stockpile angry slander. My insides are turned inside out; specters of death have me down...Who will give me wings, I ask-wings like a dove? Get me out of here on dove wings; I want some peace & quiet. I want a walk in the country, I want a cabin in the woods. I'm desperate for a change from rage & stormy weather." Have you ever felt like that? Yesterday was one of those days! I was angry, grouchy, moody, frustrated, just not fun to be around & I even prayed "God, please! Take me today! I'm tired, I don't wanna do this, I give up!" I wanted to run far away! A thought kept running through my mind though. A thought that God put there intentionally the night before. I was listening to a sermon by Joyce Meyers & she was talking about running. Why do we run? When we run we always run to the desert & eventually God is going to bring us back & make us deal! Jonah ran, got swallowed by a big fish & then got vomited back up & sent on his merry way to Ninevah! God's will & plan will be fulfilled. Sometimes we have to stay in the belly of a nasty ole fish, go through some things, so that when we come out of it we can wash the seaweed, slime & guts off our faces & remove the scales from our eyes & heart so that we can be obedient to God's calling! So, what I'm saying is God was working on me. He had revealed some things to me that I had asked Him to reveal & I was having to sort, deal & accept. Ask, believe, receive! I received, now through Him I'm working on accepting it. It's so easy to run & so natural, but God wants us to stand & face our problems because through him anything is possible & when we are weak He is strong! I choose to STAND! Don't let Satan win! Face him in the name of Jesus & keep kicking him in his scrawny tail & watch that little piggy cry "Stop, stop, stop" all the way home!
Standing!
Stephanie Goode
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