Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding.
In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.
Proverbs 3:5-6
Trust in him at all times, O people; pour out your heart before him; God is a refuge for us. Selah Psalms 62:8
We trust in the Lord as much as our Refuge, as He is the Way, the Truth, and the Life that makes straight our paths.
We are thankful, because by His finished work, and by the power of the Holy Spirit, He is continually present, recognized, and therefore acknowledged… though, as of late, I’ve been appreciating how I am personally led, just as much, to work – that is, to intentionally seek Him with all of my being, based on His promises, and making sure not to ascribe any glory to myself or my works; I work, because of His finished work.
And with this in mind, I am thankful, for even in my greatest of distresses thus far, in my walk, the infinitely far-reaching impact of who Christ is, and what He has done for me, is always brought to remembrance; the conviction of the Holy Spirit for me, as it is for all in the body of Christ, is that, even in the worst that could possibly happen, Christ’s finished work remains and will always be the best that could ever happen to me.
Whatever I could call my faithfulness (which, if we’re honest, is our response and reciprocation to Christ’s faithfulness to us) has been therefore ‘reactivated’ (and not ‘returned’, because it never left me). I say that I’ve seen the need for this to happen for the longest time, from observations of defeat, guilt and regret being behind the smallest of quirks and in my thought processes as of late… and I thank God for His Spirit, which, again, reminds me that even in this ‘downfall’ of sorts, I am still so deeply loved, and still close to Him, so absolutely close to still call Him my Father.
Godly sorrow has produced repentance.
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy One is insight. Proverbs 9:10
The wise shall inherit glory, But shame shall be the legacy of fools.
Proverbs 3:35 NKJV
And so with all that said, I go back to basics. Though I have gone pretty far along, it helps to go back to the beginning – in fact, the need to go back to basics, and in a sense, re-program my mind has never been more apparent to me than today.
I’ve lamented on how it seemed as if the difficulty level of life has increased significantly ever since I turned another year, this year – however, maybe it’s also just me being more aware of my flaws; they’re a whole lot worse than I assumed they were – to the point that, shame (or as mentioned earlier: defeat, guilt and regret) has been my ‘legacy’; I may try my best to hide it, but it’s seen in the smallest of things – my choice of tone of voice, my movements, my decisions, my reactions versus my responses.
Praise God for His Spirit, which allows me to put two and two together – and in this case, considering the aforementioned verses, I could say that the need to go back to basics, to reprogram, to format the guilt and shame out of my system, is first addressed as follows:
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of glory.
By God’s grace, I take heart in all that I have – that is, I shall revel in the infinite and eternal value of all that I have, and all that has me, no matter what happens in me or around me – and in my intentional choice to recognize what I have through Christ, I shall see the true, temporal value of all that I once apparently trusted in, even idolized.
I’ve cried out for a moment’s rest as of late, but despite my efforts, I find myself constantly hounded by said increased difficulty level of life. I don’t mean to sound corny, in fact I don’t think I care as much about that anymore… I just want to say that it’s all just leading me back to Christ, who has been with me all along.
Oh, for His yoke that is easy.
Oh, for His burden, that is light.
Oh, for His rest.
You’ve made it this far. Not sure why, but thank you. Let me pray.
Father, thank You. Thank You for all that You are, and for all You have done for me. For all of us. And to think that Your faithfulness endures, and is so intentional towards all of us, never failing, never fading – Right now, Father, it’s what matters to me. It’s what’s significant to me.
I pray, Father, that You would continually remind me, and continually remind all of us, especially those who happen to be reading this right now, that You are truly faithful, even when we are faithless – That is, You are truly and fully, willingly faithful, even when there is a deficit of faith on our part. Remind us, Father, that You are absolutely faithful – and that You are for us, and not against us – even in times when the world and this reality would have us distracted and overwhelmed.
Remind us, Father, that even in the issues of this world – external circumstances, and internal affairs – that You love us with an everlasting love, and that Your mercies are new with every morning. Remind us, Jesus, that the impact of Your finished work is infinitely and eternally superior to the works of the enemy.
We call out to You, Father, laying down all our burdens – those that are weighing us down and making us anxious in this present time, with the condemnation of mistakes done constantly – Oh, Father, we cast all our cares upon You, knowing that You always care for us. Jesus, we cast our burdens upon You! We’re sorry for not acknowledging how we are heavily laden, sooner – We need Your rest, Jesus!
I’m not sure I made any sense in all this… but I feel I needed to let some blood out.
I pray you are all having a good week so far.
God bless us all.
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