His character is perfect, never failing and ever enduring.
My character fluctuates between hot and cold all the time, and if I'm being honest, I could be accused of being lukewarm. In the bible there is a verse that refers to hot, cold and luke warm.
Revelation 3: 15-16 I know your deeds. That you are neither hot nor cold. I wish that you were either one or the other. But because you are lukewarm, neither hot nor cold, I am about to spit you out of my mouth.
I sometimes wonder if my fluctuations have separated me from the Lord. I find myself wondering why He seems so far away at times. Have my actions caused Him to back away and keep Himself at a distance?
Have you ever known a person who seemed spiritually or personally unhealthy so you kept yourself at a distance from them to prevent their unhealthy behavior from affecting you? When a person has a nasty cold or infection you keep yourself away from them?
I'm guilty of view God from this standpoint. He's fed up. He done and over me. He has no time for my whip-lashing behavior. These are my thoughts, I confess.
But these are the lies of the enemy.
When I hear these lies all I have to do is turn to God's word. It speaks truth so clearly there is no room for doubt.
Isaiah 41:4 Says that I have been called by the great I AM.
Isaiah 43:13 Says that I cannot be snatched out of Gods hand. Nothing can keep me from Him, whom I have given my heart and life.
Isaiah 46:4 Says that God will never leave me. He is committed to me throughout my entire life. He made me and will carry me and save me.
And to solidify these assurances is Ephesians 2:8-9 reminds me that my salvation isn't something that can be awarded to me by my actions, something earned or acquired by works. Salvation is a gift from God. I am saved by God's grace because of my faith in Him.
I am not perfect. Some days I will walk and only stumble a little, and other days I was trek down paths that He never meant for me to walk, and He will walk with me.
He may be quiet, allowing me to learn where I went wrong but He will never leave me to walk that treacherous path alone and nothing along the way could ever steal me out of His righteous and mighty hand.
In those times of quiet and feeling separation from the Lord all we have to do is turn to His word and be reminded that we are called by the great I AM. Nothing can keep us from Him. And He will never leave us, but carry us and save us.
This give peace and rest to my soul. Even if in just this moment, it's a peace and rest I can remind myself of in times of weakness or loneliness. And for that I am so thankful, Lord.
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