Dealing  with difficulties

In Jeremiah 1:19 God calls to us, “‘They will fight against you but will not overcome you, for I am with you and will rescue you,’ declares the LORD.” All He wants is our admission of our own inadequacy, weakness and need. With that, we can step back to prayer and let the Almighty One do the work in and around us, obeying Him in the part He has for us, rather than carrying the burden of the whole matter.

However, we tend to fight, push, work and strive against forces we neither understand nor can possibly defeat. All the while our Lord patiently calls to us, “Come, take refuge in me, let me fight this battle for you.” Our reply should be, “…the LORD has become my fortress, (like in this picture) and my God, the rock in whom I take refuge” (Psa. 94:2).

Our part is to pray, praise and trust while we attend to the daily duties that really do belong to us. At the right time and in God’s way these desired things will come to pass--as He deems best. In the meantime, our Lord is more interested in the development of what we are than in what we get done. As my wife is fond of saying, “Waiting on the Lord is the greatest economy of time.”

Prayer: “Lord, help me to bring my problems, frustrations, failures and dreams to you, to leave them with you and to be faithful in obeying you in the mundane duties I know are your will for me to do. May you fight for me, may you bring to pass all that you desire. I praise you now for what you will work out. May you be glorified in it all. Amen.”