I am not living to tell my story
I am living to tell Jesus's story.
Being on this healing journey of life with Christ certainly has it's up and downs for us all, doesn't it? Just when I think I know myself and my weaknesses, my Great Shepard reigns me in and reveals truth. He is so kind and gentle, and yet my resistance makes it pretty messy.
I have come to realize that my defenses are the enemy's toeholds.
The emotions that well up and the responses that boil at the surface, they wait to betray myself and the ones I love. Often it is these past puss pockets left unchecked in our hearts, that leave the biggest stink on our testimony to the ones we love. How many times when I sense rejection or criticism, I pull up my weaponry of anger, justice, and unforgiveness? I ready myself for a battle when there is not one to be had.
Where simple honesty and understanding in a five minute conversation would go a long way, my mind reals out of control too long, because I do not choose to trust the One who is in control.
So today I end these responses, through the power of the Holy Spirit.
I serve the Ultimate Stronghold. He is My Provider and My Shield about me. He is using the fabric of my life to weave His story for all to see. He is The Sovereign One who has created me and has far more invested than what I am worth. To put myself in His trust for whatever may come and whatever I may face, is a good thing. It is the logical thing.
Not only can I trust Him with myself, I can trust Him with my husband, and with my children.
I will trust Him too.
I will trust and let the grace of Christ's blood shed for me wash over my sin and stain. I will let it wash me clean from the filth and stench of what this world has offered me thus far. I will walk on from here, clothing myself with quiet strength, grace, and truth. I will have no fear for God is with me. My great Shepard, My heavenly Father, He is leading, protecting, and Guiding me home.
He who the Son sets free is free indeed!
I am living to tell Jesus's story.
Being on this healing journey of life with Christ certainly has it's up and downs for us all, doesn't it? Just when I think I know myself and my weaknesses, my Great Shepard reigns me in and reveals truth. He is so kind and gentle, and yet my resistance makes it pretty messy.
I have come to realize that my defenses are the enemy's toeholds.
The emotions that well up and the responses that boil at the surface, they wait to betray myself and the ones I love. Often it is these past puss pockets left unchecked in our hearts, that leave the biggest stink on our testimony to the ones we love. How many times when I sense rejection or criticism, I pull up my weaponry of anger, justice, and unforgiveness? I ready myself for a battle when there is not one to be had.
Where simple honesty and understanding in a five minute conversation would go a long way, my mind reals out of control too long, because I do not choose to trust the One who is in control.
So today I end these responses, through the power of the Holy Spirit.
I serve the Ultimate Stronghold. He is My Provider and My Shield about me. He is using the fabric of my life to weave His story for all to see. He is The Sovereign One who has created me and has far more invested than what I am worth. To put myself in His trust for whatever may come and whatever I may face, is a good thing. It is the logical thing.
Not only can I trust Him with myself, I can trust Him with my husband, and with my children.
I will trust Him too.
I will trust and let the grace of Christ's blood shed for me wash over my sin and stain. I will let it wash me clean from the filth and stench of what this world has offered me thus far. I will walk on from here, clothing myself with quiet strength, grace, and truth. I will have no fear for God is with me. My great Shepard, My heavenly Father, He is leading, protecting, and Guiding me home.
He who the Son sets free is free indeed!
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