The last two posts were quite lengthy. So how about we take it easy today.
Iโll lead with a verse that makes a strong case for being rooted in Christโ ๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ข๐บ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ญ๐ช๐ง๐ฆ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ง๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ซ๐ฐ๐บ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ (Acts 2:28, NLT).
January for most is a month of planning. We set goals with good intentions but as we know, life happens. At the moment, I am staring out the window at a heap of snow that’s growing by the minute. I am not a winter bird, so I am less than pleased. However, I am better off than the cars with blinking hazard lights stuck in mounds of snow. The weather network reported it, so the snow is not a surprise. I am certain care was taken by the drivers i.e., winter tires, a full tank of gas et al., to prepare. Yet here they are, stuck.
Life gets that way, more times that we care for. But praise God that in His presence we can rejoice, even when stuck. We can rejoice in the fact that the God who parted the red sea in days past is the same God today. We can rejoice in knowing that our stateโ being stuck, is not a kryptonite for God. We know full well that wisdom and knowledge come from Him. He revealed mysteries to Daniel, and He will do the same for us. He blessed Solomon with wisdom, and He will do the same for us. It is good to plan. By all means please do. Write them down and make them plain. Set them before you and automate the reminders. But make room for Jesus. In fact, I would recommend giving Him the room i.e., your plans. After all, He is the Way. He directs the steps of the godly, and delights in every detail of our lives (Psalm 37:23), He sets our feet upon a rock and gives us a firm place to stand (Psalm 40:2), He leads us by still waters (Psalm 23:2) and works all things together for our good (Romans 8:28) when we delight in Him also.
โYou have shown meโ connotes control. He is ahead, guiding. (You) Submit. He is also behind, guarding. (You) Rest. Our plans are good, but His are better.
๐ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ถ๐น๐น๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ท๐ผ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฑ, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ ๐ณ๐น๐ผ๐๐ ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐น๐ถ๐ธ๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐น๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ. ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ท๐ผ๐ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ฐ๐ต๐ฒ๐ ๐ผ๐ป ๐น๐ถ๐ธ๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐น๐ฑ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฝ๐ถ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ท๐ผ๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต. ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ท๐ผ๐ ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ ๐น๐ผ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ถ๐น ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ป๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ท๐ผ๐๐๐จ๐๐, ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ด๐น๐ผ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ณ๐ ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐น๐ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ.
Happy Monyaaaaaaay!
Xo, ๐๐๐.
WateredSeed 