"Christ stands by our side when we become sensitive to the need of the world and our part in it. When we become comfortable in any other security than Him, He unsettles us with His disturbing exposure of what life was truly meant to be. Our own judgement of our needs is often wrong. When we think we need comforting, He often comes to us with a disturbing challenge which gets us on our feet. Then, too, when we do not know our need for fortification He builds us up in love to face some imminent difficulty we mush go through. The good news is He stands beside us. He comforts us by helping us to get perspective on what we face to see what He is teaching us in it, to learn what He can do with a life full surrendered to Him and to experience the power of his sustaining power."
God's Best for my Life
As I become more acutely aware of my world and those who live in it, I am learning one lesson. I have blogged about it over and over for the past 5 months. I have yet to master it.
And that lesson is that
anytime I put my security in anything other than Jesus, it ends in disaster.
But what amazes me is the persistence of our God. He is always there, cheering us on. He knows what we need more than we do... He knows when we need comfort and understanding. He knows when we need a swift kick in the pants to get ourselves motivated and moving. He knows when we need to feel the loneliness, the total loneliness so that we can rely on Him rather than looking to others to satisfy that need.
In the morning, when I rise
In the morning, when I rise
In the morning, when I rise
Give me Jesus
Give me Jesus
Give me Jesus
You can have all this world
Just give me Jesus
Oh, When I am alone
Oh, When I am alone
Oh, when I am alone
Give me Jesus
Give me Jesus
Give me Jesus
You can have all this world
Give me Jesus
Give me Jesus
Will I ever learn that Jesus is all I need?
As a college friend used to say,
the Gospel is the good stuff, the rest is just gravy.
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