Psalm 40:1-2 (NKJV) 40 I waited patiently for the Lord; And He inclined to me, and heard my cry. 2 He also brought me up out of a horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my steps.
God wants to be our deliverer. We just need to let Him be.
Struggles can teach us a lot; a lot about ourselves and a lot about who we trust. They can also teach us a lot about God, if we make the right choices.
We learn a lot about ourselves because we get to see ourselves under pressure. We get to see how we react to certain situations and how we react to the different things that come our way.
We also get to see where our trust lies. Is it in God, or is it in our own abilities and intellect?
God wants to deliver us from the things that are holding us prisoner. He really does. And He has the solution to every problem that we face. The problem is that we don’t always listen and watch for His words and His answers.
Why? Because we almost always think that things have to be done a certain way; the way we can understand them and figure them out.
We teach on this quite a bit, because it’s so important for us to get this, to understand it and to get it ingrained in our spirits, so that we live by it on a daily basis. Not just once in a while when we happen to have “a light bulb moment” where it finally clicks.
It’s hard, at first, because we can’t always figure it out and put it into a neat, tidy little box, where we like to keep God, so we can understand Him.
But, trust us when we tell you, we will never fully understand God or figure Him out. We can’t. He’s God. We’re not. His thoughts are so much higher than ours.
Isaiah 55:8 (NKJV) 8 “For My thoughts are not your thoughts, Nor are your ways My ways,” says the Lord.
So, today, stop wrestling with God and let Him set you free from the thing that’s holding you captive. Let Him break the chains that bind you and hold you down. But let Him do it His way.
And don’t be surprised if the way He chooses to do it doesn’t fit into a neat little mold!
Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie
Seven Seas Ministries
P.O. Box 272
Bradford, RI 02808
401-315-0902
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