When you have kidney disease you need dialysis to save your life. With diabetes you need insulin and a balanced diet to save your life. When it comes to fighting cancer you fight daily with every arsenal available . People go daily (if not more) to gyms, to yoga, personal trainers all to stay fit and in the best form of their life...
The same needs to be true about how I cling the to the word of God. The truth of salvation, the love of Christ and the goodness in being with the one and only who loves me.
I am sick.. " it is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick." " For I have not come to call the righteous but the sinners."(Matt 9:12,13)
During my quiet time with God in scripture and in song I was reminded of the vitality I have when I abide in Him and how quickly it dwindles when I go about my days without him. I could only imagine how quickly one with an illness or disease would feel if they went without that which sustains their vitality and how they must sacrifice daily to maintain that vitality. My days can turn into weeks and longer if I don't sacrifice the things that rob me of my time with my savior.
I am constantly reminded that the things of this life are fleeting but the faithfulness and greatness of God are forever.
This has never been more true than over the last 5 months. I have been stretched in my faith some would say but to me it feels more like a privilege. To be able to love him more dearly and to see him more clearly has been remarkable. He has given me opportunity after opportunity to love and serve him everyday.
I have been able to share his love and grace with my children in a way that has given way to them seeing him more and more.
They are seeking him for themselves and asking the questions that I know He will be faithful to fulfill for his glory.
I have been humbled by the truth of His word being poured out on my family Phil. 4:19 "And my God will meet all your needs according to His glorious riches in Christ Jesus."
I have learned that my needs go beyond what the world calls needs and they are of greater worth to the glory of Him who continues to provide.
Friendships, family, time, the simplicity of every moment He has me here to hopefully do His work .
I am just a child of God trying to live faithfully to know Him more and share that with others.
1 Peter 1:6-9 "In this you greatly rejoice,though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials.7.These have come so that your faith of greater worth than gold which perishes even though refined by fire may be proved genuine and may result in praise,glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed. Though you have not seen Him, you love Him;and even though you do not see Him now,you believe in Him and are filled with an inexpressible and glorious joy, for you are receiving the goal of your faith,the salvation of your soul."
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