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What I focus on. . .

I read a pretty neat little article last night in Charisma about Breaking the Worry Habit by Dondi Scumasi.  It got me thinking that I know better than to worry. I know that what I meditate on and roll over and over in my head is just going to get worse in there.  That's how mole hills are turned into mountains. (Not that that is how that making a mountain out of a mole hill expression is usually used, but it applies.) Anyway,  Here's what she said in the article,  "What we focus on we feed, and what we feed grows.  When we feed our problems with worry, they become giants, and in comparison we feel small and vulnerable."  I needed to be reminded to magnify the Lord and meditate on Him.  So that my image of Him grows and not all the negative thoughts, like worry. So I plan to catch my thoughts more often and when I 'm not thinking a good one, tear it down, and say no to it and focus on the Great God that I serve. What a Mighty God He is. Able and Strong.  He holds my life in His hand and carries the loads I give Him.

Jehovah Jireh and the Great I AM

I was thinking again today,  How am I going to do it?  More of those overwhelmed feelings came over me.  Then I remembered that what Jehovah Jireh means is that He provides what I need when I need it.  So when I can't figure out how I will do a thing in the future, if He provides what  I need, He will be there to give me what I need when I get there.  He's faithful like that.  He won't abandon me.

I also thought about how He is the great  I AM and that He will be to me what I need him to be when I need Him to be it.  It's all about Him and His sufficiency and trusting Him with my life.

Now I can enjoy today, without fretting over tomorrow and the next day, etc.

Each day. . .

I was thinking today about all the times I have stressed out about all I have to do, and then when I plod along and do what each day allows, it all gets done. I marveled again today about this concept.  I had a million loose ends going into today and then finished up some stuff from the weekend and did a couple of things to prepare for this week, and before I knew it, I was reflecting on that great truth from the Bible once again, the one that says, Sufficient for the day are the troubles thereof (KJV). So why did I worry lately about all that I had to do?  I think I forgot this valuable truth that we are not to worry about tomorrow, but to take care of today, and when tomorrow comes, take care of that, and it will all work out!

Matthew 6:34 Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.

20 years in Greenville

Thanking the Lord for His faithfulness. It was this week twenty years ago that we moved to Greenville NC to start a church. We knew God had told us to come and we came. We knew He would do it and He did. Thank you Jesus.  The journey's been a good one and its not over. Thanking Him today! He is worthy.

How on earth am I going to do it?

2Chronicles 16:9 For the eyes of the LORD move to and fro throughout the earth that He may strongly support those whose heart is completely His.  Thank you Lord that you will strongly support me.

The other day I was thinking "How on earth am I going to do thus and such?(There were particular items I was wondering  about.) Then I got in to the Word and read this verse and it jumped out at me.  The thought that the Lord would strongly support me in it, that's how I would do it resounded in me. For the next few days I kept saying that to myself. The Lord will strongly support me in it.That's how I'll do it. That's all I needed.  A few days later I read this verse and thought "Wow,that goes right along with it."

 Isaiah 46:4  Even to your old age and gray hairs, I am he, I am he who will sustain you. I have made you and I will carry you; I will sustain you and I will rescue you. 

 He will sustain me. He will carry me.  He will rescue me. Thank you, Lord. It's not me who has to do it.  He will keep me going and even carry me when I need it and rescue me when I need that.  My question is answered. It's just that simple.




 

I've been thinking. . .

I had a thought that I am not much different than the people of Israel.  Just like how they started worrying about not having any water after God had just taken them through the Red Sea (Ex. 15:24) (and He already had plans to give them water if they would just hang in there a little bit longer(Ex.15:27)), I seem to be guilty of the same thing.  I see miracles and things that God fixes after I have cried out to Him that, if He would do this big thing, I would never worry about the little things again.  He does the big thing and, after a time, I tend to forget  and before long I am anxious about the little things again.  Certainly if God could take the Israelites out of Egypt and drown the armies chasing them, He could provide water for them. When I read Exodus 15, I am challenged to keep praising God for the huge victories, how faithful God is, He heals, He takes care of what concerns me. It's all about my focus.  If He can take care of the big things, He can certainly provide for the little ones.