Does it ever feel like your struggles are too big to overcome? That despite your best efforts, you can’t move ahead or the task at hand is too large? This leaves us feeling powerless and inadequate. Despite our best efforts, our failed attempts cause us to move closer to completely giving up, because why try again?
These are the times the Lord reminds me that I’ve been doing things my own and unfortunately, without Him. He sends me a gentle nudge as He is waiting patiently to take the lead and to grace me with the strength, courage, and wisdom I need for my breakthrough.
John 15:5 says, "I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in Him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing.”
How quickly we forget and rely on our own strength and power? Then, we get frustrated and angry with God when OUR plans don’t work out. [insert face slap here]
Perhaps when things are not going our way, it is a signal to us that maybe we are operating in our own strength and not in the will of God?
Hmmm…something to ponder, isn’t it?
Dear God, bring clarity to my situations. Help me understand and discern if I am out of your will, if this is an attack, or if my struggles are just part of the course. Amen.
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