I surely can’t be the only one who is standing here. Where everything I thought was right, has been wrong all along; everything I was building that I believed was the right thing..isn't. I live through the moments when my whole world is turned upside down because of it. I find myself second-guessing and questioning anything I have ever thought. I mean, it is not like I intended to believe the wrong thing. I have stacks of books I have read, one in particular. I have tried to soak up wisdom from all sources. Yet I fail. Ignorance trumps knowledge. So I find myself looking another human being in the eyes and breaking their heart. I seriously can’t touch a person’s life without hurting them. It comes with the territory, I suppose. My biggest problem is myself. “[After salvation] We still have an indwelling principle of sin in us that corrupts every part of us. Paul sometimes calls it “the flesh.” It is in constant conflict with the Spirit of God and represents everything within us that attempts to make life work apart from God. It is the source of our tendency to dethrone God and view ourselves as the ruling entity for our lives…. We ought to pray, “Dear God, limit me, bind me, restrict me. Do whatever you have to, but please don’t let me have my own way.”” - Jim Berg
As highly mentioned as this is in the Bible, surely I am not the only one who is or will find themselves standing in this place. Stay on guard. If what’s ahead scares you, and what’s behind hurts you, look above. He has never failed to help you. He has not led you this far to abandon you. He will lead you if you will let Him. Don’t fight the hands that are holding you. There is something comforting about a billion stars held steady by a God who knows what He’s doing. We truly need Him every hour, we need His protection from what we want.
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