In a world of photo shops and apps we can achieve instant gratification by
giving us the enhancement of what we seek to make us look better than what we
believe we actually are. It’s easy to find these apps that give us the
appearance of what we want, rather than what we may actually be seeing.
Technology, social media and surgeries have made it so easy, that if we don’t
like something, we can just change it. If we don’t like our physical
appearance, there’s a surgery to fix it. If we don’t like our relationship
status, there is a dating service to change that as well. If we don’t like our
circumstances, we can buy, charm, run, and even fight our way out of it. But
what if… the circumstances that we are in, are exactly where God wants us to
be?
Maybe, we are fighting a fight that may not can be won; because God is allowing
us to be smack-dab in the middle of it for a reason. God's word tells us that
we are called to live the life we are given. While we are to strive to be
better in our walk and spiritual behavior, some things will continue to be a
battle our whole life, just as Paul's situation became his thorn. Each one of
us has unique value, insight, and experience God wants to work through to share
the good news about Jesus. Our lives were not meant to be a comparison party
where we attempt to constantly gain or achieve other people’s stuff and
circumstances.
But, when we are being who God made us to be in the circumstances He has given
us, people can look at our lives and wonder, how we are able to have so much
peace in the midst of wherever it is that we may be in . When we find ourselves
in less than desirable circumstances and prayer doesn’t seem to be changing
them, maybe we need to change our prayer. Instead of focusing on finding a way
out, ask God for a change of perspective about the situation we’re in. Then,
watch and see how God works through our struggle for our strength and His
glory. I Cor. 7:17 reminds us this, "Nevertheless, each person
should live as a believer in whatever situation the Lord has assigned to them,
This is the rule I lay down in all the churches."
Praying
for you today to give up the struggle and rest in the peace that He is trying
to bring you!
Hold
Fast,
-Bren
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