Ever since the warm weather has arrived all the little critters have been busy around our yard. Prior to that I could walk our dog and he would be fully engaged in our experience. However, now that the deer, squirrels, bunnies and especially chipmunks are around it's impossible to keep him focused. His eyes and senses are keenly aware of the actions stirring around him and he no longer is engaged in our walk. I am constantly guiding him with the leash to redirect him and using my voice to get his focus on my commands. As I was walking him this morning I couldn't help but call to mind the lesson I studied this week in my bible study about keeping our focus on Jesus so as to not let the devil get a hold on us.
There are so many distractions in this world! I recently felt like I was in a hole and dirt just kept falling in on me slowly. I was so focused on the distractions that it took me longer than usual to cry out to God for help. (Read Psalm 4). My body was weary, my emotions tinged with anxiety and my spirit struggled with hopelessness. There wasn't any big crisis going on but it was a feeling like death by a thousand cuts. I had let my emotions trump my faith. That is how sneaky Satan is when he wants to take us down into a stronghold position! After reaching out to some dear Christian friends who re-focused me, I put my sights squarely back on Jesus. I got back into my bible to restore hope, gave my body rest, nourishment and hydration to get strong again and made a list of my problems to review with new eyes. In a matter of one day I had a new perspective and plan.
Satan's main goal is to get our eyes averted from our Savior. Like chipmunks to a dog we stray after earthly diversions. In this latest lesson from God I learned that we are no more than humans who are driven by self serving desires. I was trying to be everything to everybody and not let anyone down. My selfish desire to make all of life's wrongs right and play god backfired on me and broke me. I am not the Queen of Everything, I am a daughter of the King. It wasn't until I surrendered on my knees and told God that I want what He wants for me and to set the rhythm for my life. I want to march to His drum beat because mine was too fast and too furious! Guilt was my engine and it was revving!
Psalm 138:6, "Though the Lord is great, He cares for the humble, but He keeps His distance from the proud."
God will let us wear ourselves out. He waits for us to come to Him in our weariness so that hopefully we will let Him restore us and teach us His ways. His desire is not that we continue on a road of self destruction but that we would surrender in obedience to His good and perfect plan for us. He wants to give us an abundant life!
Matthew 7:24-27, "Anyone who listens to my teaching and obeys me is wise, like a person who builds a house on solid rock. Though the rain comes in torrents and the floodwaters rise and the winds beat against that house, it won't collapse, because it is built on the rock. But, anyone who hears my teaching and ignores it is foolish, like a person who builds a house on sand. When the rains and floods come, and the winds beat against the house, it will fall with a mighty crash."
Keep your attention on Jesus.
There are so many distractions in this world! I recently felt like I was in a hole and dirt just kept falling in on me slowly. I was so focused on the distractions that it took me longer than usual to cry out to God for help. (Read Psalm 4). My body was weary, my emotions tinged with anxiety and my spirit struggled with hopelessness. There wasn't any big crisis going on but it was a feeling like death by a thousand cuts. I had let my emotions trump my faith. That is how sneaky Satan is when he wants to take us down into a stronghold position! After reaching out to some dear Christian friends who re-focused me, I put my sights squarely back on Jesus. I got back into my bible to restore hope, gave my body rest, nourishment and hydration to get strong again and made a list of my problems to review with new eyes. In a matter of one day I had a new perspective and plan.
Satan's main goal is to get our eyes averted from our Savior. Like chipmunks to a dog we stray after earthly diversions. In this latest lesson from God I learned that we are no more than humans who are driven by self serving desires. I was trying to be everything to everybody and not let anyone down. My selfish desire to make all of life's wrongs right and play god backfired on me and broke me. I am not the Queen of Everything, I am a daughter of the King. It wasn't until I surrendered on my knees and told God that I want what He wants for me and to set the rhythm for my life. I want to march to His drum beat because mine was too fast and too furious! Guilt was my engine and it was revving!
Psalm 138:6, "Though the Lord is great, He cares for the humble, but He keeps His distance from the proud."
God will let us wear ourselves out. He waits for us to come to Him in our weariness so that hopefully we will let Him restore us and teach us His ways. His desire is not that we continue on a road of self destruction but that we would surrender in obedience to His good and perfect plan for us. He wants to give us an abundant life!
Matthew 7:24-27, "Anyone who listens to my teaching and obeys me is wise, like a person who builds a house on solid rock. Though the rain comes in torrents and the floodwaters rise and the winds beat against that house, it won't collapse, because it is built on the rock. But, anyone who hears my teaching and ignores it is foolish, like a person who builds a house on sand. When the rains and floods come, and the winds beat against the house, it will fall with a mighty crash."
Keep your attention on Jesus.
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