I am having a day off from work and from grandbabies, and it is very quiet around here.
While I enjoy time at work and with my family, I am enjoying the peace, and the quiet. I have been meal prepping a wee bit, a little exercising, not much, lol. I have also been studying Ezekiel a bit. WHOA, btw, pray for me, please, as it seems this book is WAY over my head. So I will seek to remain diligent and consistent in my efforts, but will need some divine revelations if it is what my Lord would have for me right now.
Anyway, this brings me to my point of this written dialogue. I have been in a rewarding season of life. Not perfect, but definitely intentional. What is different... though my body is aging and my future remains uncertain, I seem to be finally trusting my Lord as I never have before. I have spent so much time diligently consumed with what my Lord wants from me, what is His will in my life, and how can I best know and prepare? These answers are fine in the quest to please Him, to know Him, but this journey need not be so complex or perplexing in nature:
He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God? Micah 6:8 KJV
His mysteries are revealed:
"He reveals mysteries from the darkness And brings the deep darkness into light. Job 12:22
Yes He wants us to be doers, not just hearers of the word. Yes He is invested in every aspect of our lives, every breath is His, afterall. But without complete trust in His sufficiency and assurances in our lives, how are we going to be quiet, at peace, enough to receive Him or His revelations? After all, it is in Him only that all good things come to pass.
We know that no matter what, we are going to suffer in this world, and fretting about it is such a waste of time. Loss, pain, and struggle will happen to the just and the unjust. The difference from my simple minded understanding is that with God, our struggles help shine His Glory when we walk, waiting on Him, seeking Him, trusting in Him, resting in Him, no matter what!!!
I will lose loves that mean the world to me. If I am blessed with 30 more years, my body will become more and more challenged in functionality and appearance. I may never remarry, and may end up all alone in this world. I may find my circumstances leave me with no place to live, and I will probably know unimaginable pain in many different capacities, but still, with Him... there are pleasures forever more...
Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.
Psalms 16:11 KJV
So let us wait on Him, allow Him in every component of our lives. Let's spend our time abiding in Him and His truth, leading with Him in mind, in all that we say and do. And really, while we are at work, we can, in our minds, allow Him to be the canopy, the hammock, and the anchor. Big sighs of comfort in receiving His assurances that we can take on His nature and apply it to our well-being.
"Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and YOU WILL FIND REST FOR YOUR SOULS. Matthew 11:29
While I enjoy time at work and with my family, I am enjoying the peace, and the quiet. I have been meal prepping a wee bit, a little exercising, not much, lol. I have also been studying Ezekiel a bit. WHOA, btw, pray for me, please, as it seems this book is WAY over my head. So I will seek to remain diligent and consistent in my efforts, but will need some divine revelations if it is what my Lord would have for me right now.
Anyway, this brings me to my point of this written dialogue. I have been in a rewarding season of life. Not perfect, but definitely intentional. What is different... though my body is aging and my future remains uncertain, I seem to be finally trusting my Lord as I never have before. I have spent so much time diligently consumed with what my Lord wants from me, what is His will in my life, and how can I best know and prepare? These answers are fine in the quest to please Him, to know Him, but this journey need not be so complex or perplexing in nature:
He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God? Micah 6:8 KJV
His mysteries are revealed:
"He reveals mysteries from the darkness And brings the deep darkness into light. Job 12:22
Yes He wants us to be doers, not just hearers of the word. Yes He is invested in every aspect of our lives, every breath is His, afterall. But without complete trust in His sufficiency and assurances in our lives, how are we going to be quiet, at peace, enough to receive Him or His revelations? After all, it is in Him only that all good things come to pass.
We know that no matter what, we are going to suffer in this world, and fretting about it is such a waste of time. Loss, pain, and struggle will happen to the just and the unjust. The difference from my simple minded understanding is that with God, our struggles help shine His Glory when we walk, waiting on Him, seeking Him, trusting in Him, resting in Him, no matter what!!!
I will lose loves that mean the world to me. If I am blessed with 30 more years, my body will become more and more challenged in functionality and appearance. I may never remarry, and may end up all alone in this world. I may find my circumstances leave me with no place to live, and I will probably know unimaginable pain in many different capacities, but still, with Him... there are pleasures forever more...
Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.
Psalms 16:11 KJV
So let us wait on Him, allow Him in every component of our lives. Let's spend our time abiding in Him and His truth, leading with Him in mind, in all that we say and do. And really, while we are at work, we can, in our minds, allow Him to be the canopy, the hammock, and the anchor. Big sighs of comfort in receiving His assurances that we can take on His nature and apply it to our well-being.
"Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and YOU WILL FIND REST FOR YOUR SOULS. Matthew 11:29
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