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!
1 Cor. 7:17-24
Hold Fast,
-Bren
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