We require the pilgrimage – we simply cannot get there on our own.
Tag: strength
I remember thinking the scent was overwhelming, and then, suddenly, I didn’t smell donuts any longer.
“Anyone who listens to My teachings and follows it is wise, like a person who build on solid rock. Though the rain comes in torment and the flood waters rise and he winds beat against to have, it won’t collapse because it is built on…
How we respond to loss – self-inflicted or otherwise – is critical to the outcome of our life.
“When Ish-Bosheth son of Saul heard that Abner had died in Hebron, he lost courage, and all Israel became alarmed.” (2 Samuel 4:1 NIV) Ish-Bosheth lost the war in his own heart before he lost the war in his land. He did what we are…
Our weaknesses aren’t a surprise or even a disappointment to God. They are a reality that God has already factored into His perfect equation for the whole of humankind. He has accounted for our frailties. In His sovereignty, He has already made allowances and provisions and somehow incorporated our shortfalls into His larger, perfect story.
It always wows me how Jesus’ first act after being filled with the Holy Spirit was wandering in the desert. He showed us how it could be done rightly; how one could depend entirely on His Father for provision and protection.
So often we attempt to carry our life in our own strength. And we wear ourselves out when we were meant to share our burden and with a holy and strong God.