Romans 15:13
May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.
As you trust in Him. As you trust in Him. As you TRUST in Him. Are you getting that? Maybe I should say it again...as you TRUST in Him.
God is trustworthy. He can be trusted. He knows what is best for us...even if we don't agree with Him. He knows what we need and He knows the best way to get us to that point. We might not always agree with His tactics...but if we're honest, when we look back on tough situations that God has brought us through, we know that His way was the best way.
So as you trust in Him, He will fill you with joy and peace. Oh...wait a minute. That's not what it says. It says He will fill you with ALL joy and peace. Not just joy and peace but ALL joy and peace. And who doesn't want that? Who doesn't want joy and peace...and all of it, to boot?! Well...actually...I can think of some people who might not want it. There was a time that I didn't want it. I was comfortable in my selfish little world throwing pity parties on a daily basis wondering why everyone else was so hard to deal with. Because, didn't everyone get the memo? It is all about me. It's about my mood and my feelings and my emotional health. It's about my troubles and my desires and my struggles.
It's all about me.
Or at least that's how I acted. And it's how I treated others. But it wasn't what was wrong with everyone else. What was the common denominator? ME. So the truth is, it's not all about me. Or you for that matter. It's all about Jesus. And it's all about Love. It's all about receiving the joy and peace of Christ so that we can pass it on to others. But how can we do that when all we can see is ourselves?
Hmmm.This isn't the direction I was planning on going with today's Wednesday in the Word. I wanted to talk about trust and all that God has done for me in this last year. But this is what came to the surface, so I'm going to leave it. Because I think God had a different message planned for today. I'll share my lesson in trust with you tomorrow.
And may you allow the God of hope to fill you with ALL joy and peace...
3 comments:
Ouch....oh my dear, you sure are stepping on my toes today. I have been through what you are talking about even in just the past few months. It's been about me, and I was MISERABLE. It wasn't until I took that focus off of me, and resigned to God's best will, and now I feel so much better.
I still have lots of questions, and our direction isn't clear, but I know God will lead, and I CAN trust him.
I printed out your past 2 posts (as they were lengthy) and read them all today. Awesome my dear friend, awesome. I am so happy for you and the victory over fear. Yes. I KNOW you blessed so many ladies who heard your message. Wow. I wish I could have heard it. My heart would have sang.
You are so precious and I know this is just the beginning for you.
I am also amazed at how little sleep you got, and still functioned. Another factor of taking ME out of the picture, right? I don't know if I could do that...but haven't been tested there.
I sure love you. Hope someday we meet in person for some big hugs.
xoxo
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I love the "all" part of joy and peace, tied into my trust in God. I will be meditating on that this week. Such a short verse, but a lot to chew on.
Thanks for sharing, as always it is so timely.
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