I'm having a period right now where I feel a bit dry. I look back at days gone by and wonder where the passion and love for Jesus has gone. It is easy to be discouraged and make bad decisions.
My encouragement for myself and anyone else going through this is...DON'T DO IT!
You may think one bad decision doesn't hurt too much...but it does! One bad decision leads to another leads to another and all of a sudden you are in a place you never wanted to be but feel you are trapped in it (you are not, there is ALWAYS a way out and God's Hand is stretching out to grab you).
God is Faithful, God doesn't let us down, God delivers. I saw that clearly reading the Bible this week. In Esther, Haman wanted to kill off all the Jews. But it just so happened that God has Esther, a Jew, as Queen to be able to influence the King to stop this. Esther's Uncle and Guardian, Mordecai, put it like this..
Esther 4:14
For if you remain silent at this time, relief and deliverance for the Jews will arise from another place, but you and your father's family will perish. And who knows but that you have come to royal position for such a time as this?
But, of course, my passion and love for Jesus hasn't gone. It is as strong as ever. I'm just like the rest of mankind, I doubt myself and I am not fully faithful to God all the time.
But PRAISE the LORD for this verse...
2 Timothy 2:13
if we are faithless, he will remain faithful, for he cannot disown himself.
We are not perfect and for the rest of our lives we never will be BUT God is so Good and He always will be.
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I love the book of Esther. I love how Esther didn't really know what to do, she only had one step at a time and she saved her people through relationship and being herself. She invited the King to eat with her and the Jews were saved.
ReplyDeleteWe do all have times when God feels so far away, I'm praying for you. Hope you are ok.
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Hey im feeling like that lately too that ive lost my passion, and im getting really down about it all the time, i hate feeling like it and i feel so guilty all the time. It's weird and i know its terrible but im feeling sometimes that i dont want to get motivated for it. Dont know what to do!
ReplyDeleteThanks Laura :) Got some stuff to fill you in on when I see you this weekend! God is Good :)
ReplyDeleteLucie, first I want to say that I think we all go through what I call 'the rollercoaster of life'. One minute we're on fire for something, the next it's not so hot. The key thing is that we keep making the right choices regardless of how we feel. If I acted upon my feelings, I would probably have gone to prison a while ago!!!! It's about saying to God, I may not feel right but I am going to serve you and love you through this :) The Bible says faith comes from hearing the Word of God so make sure that you are getting regular doses of His Word into your day :)
God Bless you!