All weekend I have been pondering my next post and what to write about.  Nearing the end of my work day today, I prayed that God just give me one topic to write about. This was due to several ideas floating around my mind and I, myself, could not choose one.  But then, as expected, I came across the picture below on Facebook and just knew it was Him speaking to me so He can speak THROUGH me.

When YOU first see this picture, what are your immediate emotions or feelings? Do you see yourself as the person on the left (person of the world) or the person on the right (person living righteously)? Do you believe that you can create a chart like this for every aspect of your life vs just when dealing with people who may offend you? Lastly, do you think or believe that if you did handle things as the person on the right by going DIRECTLY to God things in your life may be better overall?

I believe those are all thought invoking questions that should make one truly think, Am I living for God or the world.  When living for the world our first thought may be to go to a friend or close family member with our initial feelings of anger, sadness, hurt, or despair (REMEMBER: these feelings are NOT of God if they are not handled in a manner pleasing to God).

What can they do to help the situation? Give you worldly advice to “help” you through your issue that may actually cause more harm than good, tell you what you should do and how you should do it, or start on their own tirade about the person or thing.  All of this is glorifying none other than satan himself.

Some may ask how am I doing this and I am not intentionally trying to do satan’s work and become a soldier of his.  Let me take you to Psalm 18:6:

This scripture shows us that if we aren’t going to Him during our times of anguish and distress, anything else is NOT of Him but of the world.  God doesn’t want us to wait until we are happy and content with where we are to come to Him.  He wants us to come to Him for EVERYTHING good or bad RIGHT NOW.  He is our Helper, Redeemer, Savior, Strength, and Protector so why would we not go to Him versus going to man?  Man is of flesh and if they have not given themselves over to the Lord, they are still serving satan.  And, last time I knew YOU CANNOT SERVE BOTH, GOD & SATAN.

Some of us do struggle with going to God during our times of distress.  Which could be for various reasons, this includes myself.  During church this past Sunday  Pastor Steve said that we as believers HAVE to let go of our control and TRUST God to take care of it.  Then later that evening while speaking with Pastor Cheryl she told me to let my issues go, stay in prayer over my situations, and TRUST God to fight my battles, Exodus 14:14.  

I am extremely new in my walk with the Lord and of course I am far from perfect, make mistakes, and speak on things that hurt me to the wrong people. Nevertheless, I am learning slowly yet surely to sit still and in silence so that My Lord and Savior can deliver me from the hurt and give me complete peace. I can tell you all that since I have sowed my tears to God and poured out my heart to him in prayer and praise, I AM AT PEACE, thank you, Jesus!

So this is my message to everyone: LET GO AND LET GOD! He is all you need and the only COMFORTER who listens intently and gives you TRUE peace once you TRUST in HIM and LET GO.  Nothing or no one of this world will give you the type of Love in which God gives, so trust Him to take care of you. BLESSINGS!

~livingwithpurpose720