I am thankful that I can come before the Lord and be real and honest when I am simply 'losing heart'. I can fall apart as I fall before Him and He's okay with that because He came to bind up the brokenhearted.
I have to confess.....my heart is heavy and burdened this week. There are grieving, hurting, floundering and downright discouraged people all around me right now. Couple all that with the disheartening things that go on day to day in this tumultuous world we live in and you've got the perfect set-up for a quivering heart. The struggles we face day to day can be overwhelming to the point where all we can see are troubles. But the Bible verse I have memorizing the last few weeks, reminds me that I am to focus on eternity - not what's happening here on earth at the moment....
"Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day.
For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all.
So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal." ~ 2 Corinthians 4:16-18
My tendency when life gets overwhelming is to try and hold it all together as best I can. But there is no power in that! I am too weak to handle it all. It is God's power alone, within me, that can withstand the daily onslaught of difficulties and sorrows. My heart will fail me on its own. I MUST rely on the Holy Spirit to strengthen me by looking to the eternal side of the trials I must endure in this life. It is all about showing others who gives me the strength to withstand the tough times in life. Could God have removed all the trouble from our lives? Absolutely! So why doesn't He? I believe it is so that we can be a living, breathing testimony to everyone around us of how it is possible to endure the difficulties in life by fixing our eyes on Jesus - the One who endured the unimaginable so that we could be saved.
Obviously I have much to learn in this area......but thankfully God is merciful and patient with me.
"Keep your eyes on Jesus, who both began and finished this race we're in.
Study how He did it.
Because He never lost sight of where He was headed---that exhilarating finish in and with God."
~ Hebrews 12:2-3 MSG
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