I am slugging through (reading) the Old Testament. I get frustrated as it seems that the stories are non stop about people doing very stupid things and trying to fulfill God’s promises in their ways. As I was voicing this frustration to my husband I started to see myself represented and the ways I try to make things happen!
When I look at the stress I carry in my body – it is the same issue – trying to carry out God’s commands and promises in my strength. l think God is calling me to a new trust. I am also learning this lesson through taking a Sabbath rest once a week. I am not getting as much “done” as I used to each week and it is actually a statement of trust that I will do what God asks me to do in the time that I have instead of trying to make something happen in my own resources.
| Rom 15:4 | For everything that was written in the past was written to teach us, so that through endurance and the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope. |
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