Day 24 - Chapter 24

Day 24 – Chapter 24

Getting personal- that’s how a couple of the verses felt in chapter 24. I love getting personal and intimate with God has he continues to shape me into the woman he has created me to be.

Verse 10, “If you falter in times of trouble, how small is your strength.” The past couple of years having been trying for us as a family there have been many adjustments/changes in our lives. At first every little thing felt like it would break me. And God begin to do a new thing in my heart- he kept saying, “Seek me first” and then next little thing would happen and felt like it broke me again and God would say, “Seek me first.” I finally got to the place in my life where I said, “Ok God- you first!” So when the next little things came…. I went right to God’s word- and prayed for guidance and direction. WOW!!!! What a burden lifted off my shoulders. There was a major event in our life this past year that could have caused me to go into a major chaotic state, but instead I finally handed 100% of it to God and the weight of the worry and stress was relieved. I realized that I can’t do anything about this situation anyways- but God CAN! So many of us say we know God can do- anything is possible (Phil 4:13) but we fail to show it in our actions and in our choices. “1 Peter 5:7 cast all your anxiety on Him, because He cares for you.”

And ending this section with on of my favorite verses, 2 Corinthians 12:9 (The Message)

7-10Because of the extravagance of those revelations, and so I wouldn't get a big head, I was given the gift of a handicap to keep me in constant touch with my limitations. Satan's angel did his best to get me down; what he in fact did was push me to my knees. No danger then of walking around high and mighty! At first I didn't think of it as a gift, and begged God to remove it. Three times I did that, and then he told me,
My grace is enough; it's all you need.
My strength comes into its own in your weakness.
Once I heard that, I was glad to let it happen. I quit focusing on the handicap and began appreciating the gift. It was a case of Christ's strength moving in on my weakness. Now I take limitations in stride, and with good cheer, these limitations that cut me down to size—abuse, accidents, opposition, bad breaks. I just let Christ take over! And so the weaker I get, the stronger I become.

I want and continually am being made strong in Christ, the ‘little/big’ things in life are much easier to deal- I still have my moments of weakness but I am grateful enough to know where my hope lies… which brings me to verse 15-16 in Chapter 24, Don’t interfere with good people’s lives; don’t try to get the best of them. No matter how many times you trip them up, God-loyal people don’t stay down long; soon they’re up on their feet, while the wicked end up flat on their face.”