This just in:
"This is not just about me."
I have been shared a great truth, indirectly and I am so overjoyed at God's protection in our family.
My very handsome husband and I have had a very rocky marriage. In the last two years things have calmed, and in the last year we have began growing in a consistent love and appreciation for one another. As I look back on what we lived through, I am amazed at what God has accomplished and what we have endured, but I get it now.
We weren't fighting each other. We were and are fighting evil.
I have heard recently the quote, "The issue isn't the issue. The issue is control." This is it. control.
Who is in control? Evil likes it when He is in control, and He is in control when I am taking control.
It is not totally God in control, until I ask Him to take it. And even then, I have to let go of it to Him.
That's my job. To rest in Jesus, to let go of it all to Him. To listen for His desires and to follow in obedience with the peace and joy He provides.
And Satan will do all He can to keep me from trusting God. Why? Because if He can take out my peace and create in me a hot mess, it will impact my marriage, and if he can make my marriage a hot mess, it will impact my children. And if I am not trusting Jesus, my kids won't trust Jesus.
This is the reality. I am already sealed. It's not about me anymore. It's about my children...and their children...and their children. Satan thinks ahead. He is not stupid. He has a game plan every time.
This life of obedience is good for me, but it is absolutely necessary for my children. They won't believe if they can't hear. They can't hear if it's not being shared. It can't be shared if we don't have it to share.
I have to fill up! It's no longer optional. It's life or death for my family.
Jesus said He desires none should parish. Me too.
"This is not just about me."
I have been shared a great truth, indirectly and I am so overjoyed at God's protection in our family.
My very handsome husband and I have had a very rocky marriage. In the last two years things have calmed, and in the last year we have began growing in a consistent love and appreciation for one another. As I look back on what we lived through, I am amazed at what God has accomplished and what we have endured, but I get it now.
We weren't fighting each other. We were and are fighting evil.
I have heard recently the quote, "The issue isn't the issue. The issue is control." This is it. control.
Who is in control? Evil likes it when He is in control, and He is in control when I am taking control.
It is not totally God in control, until I ask Him to take it. And even then, I have to let go of it to Him.
That's my job. To rest in Jesus, to let go of it all to Him. To listen for His desires and to follow in obedience with the peace and joy He provides.
And Satan will do all He can to keep me from trusting God. Why? Because if He can take out my peace and create in me a hot mess, it will impact my marriage, and if he can make my marriage a hot mess, it will impact my children. And if I am not trusting Jesus, my kids won't trust Jesus.
This is the reality. I am already sealed. It's not about me anymore. It's about my children...and their children...and their children. Satan thinks ahead. He is not stupid. He has a game plan every time.
This life of obedience is good for me, but it is absolutely necessary for my children. They won't believe if they can't hear. They can't hear if it's not being shared. It can't be shared if we don't have it to share.
I have to fill up! It's no longer optional. It's life or death for my family.
Jesus said He desires none should parish. Me too.
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