April 1, 2010

Directions please!

"When you are down to nothing...
GOD is up to something!!!"

I keep reading verses on "wait on the Lord" and "persevere" and "press on" and "stand firm". Some days it's all I can do to function. What do you do when you can barely make it through your day? What do you do when you don't even know what to pray? What do you do when you don't even know what to do to get out of where you're at because you have no idea where you are and how you got there?

Somehow, (AGAIN!) I lost my focus. Or should I say my focus got redirected because I've definitely been focused! Just on the wrong things!

Set your minds on things above,
not on earthly things.
Colossians 3:2

My mind has been everywhere BUT on things above! My mind has been on my circumstances, on the "what ifs?", on worrying about things I have no control over, fearing the unknown, trying to figure out the "how's" and "why's".

By having my mind set on earthly things, I lose my joy (and quite quickly I might add!), I lose my hope, I lose my focus...

Jesus, I pray that You would help me to set my mind on things above as I choose to get my mind off of the circumstances surrounding me. I need your help because it's so easy to look at what I see, rather than what I don't see. I know Your plan for my life is so much greater than what I can even envision right now, and I thank You for believing in me & loving me through my doubt and unbelief. Jesus, please lead the people to this blog who also need this message; those who have lost their direction by focusing on their circumstances, rather than You! Put your warring angels around us as we seek to go after everything You have promised us in Your Word. YOUR promises and YOUR purposes stand FOREVER! Thank You Jesus that as we give you our worry, fear, and anxieties, that You, in return, give us peace and joy! Thank You Jesus! ~Amen

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

I read the first paragraph and thought, "Wow! That says EXACTLY what I feel!!"

Thanks. Thanks so much for your prayer. Sometimes I just don't know what to pray anymore. My own words seems so futile. Thanks so very much.

MTJ said...

Hello Heaven,

This is my first visit to your blog and I'm so very glad to have stopped by.

I think it's rare for anyone to say, "I never struggle"; our lives encounter obstacles of all sizes and magnitudes.

Worry, anxiety and fear are most contentious and I remind myself that I don't control my circumstances; still, it is a constant battle .

I appreciate the honesty you've shared in this post; I found it encouraging.

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