Do you have a fear that grips your heart?
Is there something you fear at work?
Do you pray with anxiousness and fear?
I want to share a few of my experiences and what God taught me through them.
Last year when Haden had his surgery, and my mom took a leave of absence from work to be with him. She was and still is the director of the learning center we work at. I am the assistant director. I had some support from other directors during her absence, but there were plenty of days where I was running the campus and calling the shots. I was cowardly going into the first work week without my mom. I lacked confidence, I cared too much what people thought of me in vain ways such as; pretending I had all the answers to everyone's problems, and showing no fear or emotion other than a smile.
God had quite a bit to teach me.
I prayed very hard that I would not have to deal with specific issues during the time that my mom was gone. I was not willing to pray that God would just give me the grace to go through whatever He allowed. There was certain situations that I didn't feel fit to handle or people that I felt would not respect me as the director due to my age and "lack of experience".
God has a funny way of revealing my lack of trust in Him by bringing circumstances my way that pull to surface the truth. The truth that I am not trusting the Lord as I should... I am not trusting God with all my heart.
I am telling you that everything I prayed about in fear... happened. I had to deal with every issue that I did not want to experience and more! You would laugh real hard if you knew all the issues that came up. Seriously, some of it was comical. Some was not. I cried in front of a parent. I cried in front of my coworkers. God was teaching me how to be real. To be humble. To know I am not alone. To lean completely on Him. To fear no one, but God and God alone.
Everything that I had asked God to keep from happening... happened. I didn't recognize it then, but I was praying in fear. I was praying in anxiousness about those things.
God had taught me some amazing truths while my mom was absent. Whatever God brings me to... He will bring me through!
He allowed everything to happen so that I could see that HE can bring me through any hardship that comes my way.
God is still working on me, but I am glad that God has taught me how to pray when it comes to things I don't look forward to. There are things in my life that I would love to avoid, but I try to ask God for the grace to get through it instead of asking in fear for God to take it away. Sometimes, God does remove the issue or the issue never arises. It really comes down to if you are trusting God or not. If the fear has a grip on you. Faith and fear can not dwell in the same place.
God wants to be glorified through my life, and yours. You and I can not glorify God if we don't allow ourselves to be put through situations that we can't handle on our own. God teaches us to pray "thy will be done". God brings us through hardships and trials to teach us that we can trust Him with anything that is thrown at us.
There is something so beautiful of Jesus' prayer in the garden of Gethsemane.
"Thy will be done..."
Jesus knew what was ahead. He still chose the cross. He bore the sins of the whole world so that we could have a way into heaven. Have you received Jesus as your Lord and Saviour? His blood can cleanse you of ALL your sin! All you have to do is ask. Click here to read more about making heaven your home.
Trust God with your life. Give Him everything. You can trust Him!
This is my favorite passage of scripture:
Is there something you fear at work?
Do you pray with anxiousness and fear?
I want to share a few of my experiences and what God taught me through them.
Last year when Haden had his surgery, and my mom took a leave of absence from work to be with him. She was and still is the director of the learning center we work at. I am the assistant director. I had some support from other directors during her absence, but there were plenty of days where I was running the campus and calling the shots. I was cowardly going into the first work week without my mom. I lacked confidence, I cared too much what people thought of me in vain ways such as; pretending I had all the answers to everyone's problems, and showing no fear or emotion other than a smile.
God had quite a bit to teach me.
I prayed very hard that I would not have to deal with specific issues during the time that my mom was gone. I was not willing to pray that God would just give me the grace to go through whatever He allowed. There was certain situations that I didn't feel fit to handle or people that I felt would not respect me as the director due to my age and "lack of experience".
God has a funny way of revealing my lack of trust in Him by bringing circumstances my way that pull to surface the truth. The truth that I am not trusting the Lord as I should... I am not trusting God with all my heart.
I am telling you that everything I prayed about in fear... happened. I had to deal with every issue that I did not want to experience and more! You would laugh real hard if you knew all the issues that came up. Seriously, some of it was comical. Some was not. I cried in front of a parent. I cried in front of my coworkers. God was teaching me how to be real. To be humble. To know I am not alone. To lean completely on Him. To fear no one, but God and God alone.
Everything that I had asked God to keep from happening... happened. I didn't recognize it then, but I was praying in fear. I was praying in anxiousness about those things.
God had taught me some amazing truths while my mom was absent. Whatever God brings me to... He will bring me through!
He allowed everything to happen so that I could see that HE can bring me through any hardship that comes my way.
God is still working on me, but I am glad that God has taught me how to pray when it comes to things I don't look forward to. There are things in my life that I would love to avoid, but I try to ask God for the grace to get through it instead of asking in fear for God to take it away. Sometimes, God does remove the issue or the issue never arises. It really comes down to if you are trusting God or not. If the fear has a grip on you. Faith and fear can not dwell in the same place.
God wants to be glorified through my life, and yours. You and I can not glorify God if we don't allow ourselves to be put through situations that we can't handle on our own. God teaches us to pray "thy will be done". God brings us through hardships and trials to teach us that we can trust Him with anything that is thrown at us.
There is something so beautiful of Jesus' prayer in the garden of Gethsemane.
"Thy will be done..."
Jesus knew what was ahead. He still chose the cross. He bore the sins of the whole world so that we could have a way into heaven. Have you received Jesus as your Lord and Saviour? His blood can cleanse you of ALL your sin! All you have to do is ask. Click here to read more about making heaven your home.
Trust God with your life. Give Him everything. You can trust Him!
This is my favorite passage of scripture:
Proverbs 3:5-6 "Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.
In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths."
To God be the Glory,
Mackenzie
Philippians 3:10
"That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death"
In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths."
To God be the Glory,
Mackenzie
Philippians 3:10
"That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death"
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