I know that life can be
hard, really hard and I know that you want life’s problems resolved NOW! Hey,
who wouldn't? None of us likes to go through the pain of rejection, loneliness,
frustration, difficulty, stress, fear, marital difficulty, job loss or having a
sense of unmet needs. You fill in the blank of your life of whatever it might
be. The list is too long to write.
I also know that you
want Jesus to jump right into your problems and fix them, but instead of our
fixing our problems, may be Jesus is calling us to "fix ourselves"
For, it is not the problems that are the issue but our reaction to them. When
these current problems go away there will be hundreds on their heels. Our worst
enemy is not the situation we find ourselves in, our worst enemy looks back at
us in the mirror every morning.
When we can learn respond to life’s difficulties the way Jesus responded, when
we can learn to allow the Fruit of the Spirit to become evident in our life,
when we can learn to love like Jesus loved, when we can learn to "love our
enemies, do good to those who hate us, bless those who curse us, pray for those
who mistreat us." Then we are ready to face the real challenges of life.
For everything that we
go through, good or bad, is a training ground for the next chapter in our life.
So, let's learn the lessons, make the necessary adjustments in our character, let’s
allow the Holy Spirit to change us and mold us into the image of Christ.
I love what the writer
of Hebrews 12:2 said "Looking unto Jesus
the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set
before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right
hand of the throne of God."
Today let Jesus do a
perfect work in you. Let’s allow the
things we are going through help mold us into His image. Let’s learn the lessons so we can move on to
the next chapter in our life. Hey, I’ve
read the last chapter and it is glorious!
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