From where I am sitting, I can’t see a thing.
I’m not talking about a physical place but a mental space. I’m in a space where I know I need to move forward. I can’t see which way to go. The answers to my questions appear to go unanswered, and I feel as if I am alone in this fight. This is when I know I have to STOP, DROP, AND ROLL!
Stop what I am doing. Did you hear the “I” in that statement? I am making this personal and forgetting that God is in control of my life and everything I need He will provide. I have allowed this thought to consume me, and I’m losing focus on who is truly the head of my life.
“Cast your cares on the Lord and he will sustain you; he will never let the righteous be shaken.”
Psalms 55:22 NIV
https://bible.com/bible/111/psa.55.22.NIV
Drop to my knees. When I find myself acting like this, I have to return to my prayer life. I have to give myself away to God, surrender my will to His. I know I’m frustrated because I keep trying to do His work; I have one job… PRAISE HIM!
“Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight.”
Proverbs 3:5-6 NIV
https://bible.com/bible/111/pro.3.5-6.NIV
Roll to my feet. Now that I have gotten off my knees, I need to get on my feet and praise the Lord my God for He is good, and His mercy lasts forever.
“But thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel. Our fathers trusted in thee: They trusted, and thou didst deliver them. They cried unto thee, and were delivered: They trusted in thee, and were not confounded.”
Psalm 22:3-5 KJV
https://bible.com/bible/1/psa.22.3-5.KJV
I normally write these posts as “we,” “us,” and “our,” but this week I need to talk to myself. I have to make it personal because I’m taking things personally, forgetting that God is the author and finisher of my fate, NOT ME! I am forgetting that God inhabits the praises of His people. I have to remember that if I humble myself, pray, seek His face, and turn from my wicked ways, He will hear from me and heal my land. He will do it because He is not a man that He should lie. He will do it because His word makes promises that cannot go unfulfilled, and I know this full well.
“The Lord says, ‘My thoughts are not like yours. Your ways are not like mine. Just as the heavens are higher than the earth, so my ways are higher than your ways, and my thoughts are higher than your thoughts. Rain and snow fall from the sky and don’t return until they have watered the ground. Then the ground causes the plants to sprout and grow, and they produce seeds for the farmer and food for people to eat. In the same way, my words leave my mouth, and they don’t come back without results. My words make the things happen that I want to happen. They succeed in doing what I send them to do.’”
Isaiah 55:8-11 ERV
https://bible.com/bible/406/isa.55.8-11.ERV
So yeah, I’m reminding myself to STOP, DROP, AND ROLL.
Feel free to join me.
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