I've been hearing some amazing stuff recently about how no matter how hard we try to be great at seeking God's face, reading his word, doing good for his kingdom, and no matter how many times we mess up and feel like failures. God loves us still. When we try to do, do, do and be better, better, better, and tell him that we will be better, that is the thoughts of religion, what the world thinks. And sometimes what life has been like for us in our homes and in the workplace and everywhere else and we try to place that in Christianity/ our relationship with God. But that's not how it is. When you are in a relationship with someone, they don't want anything from but you're best and if you can't, that's okay, they still love you anyway. They see you through your faults and hurts and everything and love you anyway.
I'm also hearing about when you are in a difficult situation or things are getting harder for you, then you are in God's will. When you feel like giving up, throwing in the towel, just not giving your all anymore and letting someone else do it, then you know very well that you are at the exact place that God has for you. That's not an easy thing to hear because it's sooooo much easier to give up and do something easier and let someone else handle the issues that you don't want to face but when you hand them over to God and he take is care of them and it makes life ten bajillion times easier. You will be practically throwing them at him and saying "Take this stuff, this mess, I don't want this anymore. You know how to handle it better than I do."
Okay last thing, that I saw this morning and this is really cool.
Typically when we read Philippians 4:12-13, we think about the tangible things, like food, clothing, money to pay bills, and so on, but have you ever thought about contentment in our spiritual lives. I'm not saying we need to stay stagnent what I'm saying is there are those times where we are soooo desperate to hear from God, so hungry for more of him, it hurts worse than the worst stomach pains, you feel so distant from him. Then there is the other extreme where we are soooo full of Christ's love and joy and grace that all we can do is just jump up and down, sing shouts of praise, pour love to others, whatever the Spirit leads. In either one of those times, we are to be content in knowing that God is with us and never leave us nor forsake us. He will strengthen us and guard us from the evil one. So we have NOTHING to fear.
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