I was reminded this morning that God really doesn't need my help. I am so very helpful though. I can tell Him how things should be done. I can tell Him when they should be done. I can give Him a play-by-play and He doesn't even have to do any of the thinking.
Have you ever felt like this? Not that we truly feel this way, but that's often how we pray.
Recently, God has been teaching me about keeping silent. That is very difficult for a person who has a lot of words. But as I've followed His leading I am able to see Him working without needing any help from me. Of course I pray about situations. That after all is how He has chosen to work--by our prayers.
This verse has so much meat in it. It starts with something I've recently blogged about--the worries. We're instructed to not be anxious about anything. I have to consciously tell myself that I'm not to be anxious about something I'm praying about so I pray, give it to God and move on to the next thing I want to be anxious about. What?!? "Do not be anxious about anything..." That includes--well, everything.
Then it moves on to "but in every situation" not just the ones I can't handle on my own. Not just the ones I have no idea where to start with. Not just the ones I'm tired of dealing with on my own. But in every situation. How much pressure and stress would I relieve myself of if I did this in every situation?
The next verse is really the clincher (we'll get into to it on another day), but it says "And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus." Isn't that what we're looking for? To have peace in any and every situation is an amazing gift.
Want that peace? Then start where this verse instructs us--by taking everything to our heavenly Father who loves us very dearly. Start by trusting that God really doesn't need our help. He is fully capable. He is far more able to do the work from the inside than we are from the outside.
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