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The Glory of the Lord


Jan 16    

In today’s little reading, God says to come to Him and rest in His loving presence; to stop trying to think through our difficulties and to remember that He is with us.

When I first read through this, I thought “hmm, I don’t have anything bothering me today, this should be an easy one.” Like getting “t-boned” by a Mack truck, whamo! There it came. Right out of left field, a picture that triggered a memory about major self-doubt, fear of losing that which God has already given me, & insecurity. In a nut shell, when I finally got a grip, I realized I still have a couple of people I need to forgive for some past very painful hurts. I don’t want to “rehearse my troubles again.” I’ve lived through them once and some of them were bad enough. I don’t need to keep going down the same dead end path. Jesus is with me and NO ONE is going to take Him and the peace He gave me away. I’m choosing this day, whom I will serve and I choose Jesus! I choose to relax in His peace and allow Him the opportunity to transform my fear into unequivocal trust.

Matt 11:28
Josh 1:5,9

So, I’m going to allow the “glory of the Lord to rise among us.”
Paul Baloche, Let the Glory of the Lord Rise Among Us. 

The enemy wanted to steal my peace today, but the Holy Spirit just said “NO!”  I’m so very fortunate in this regard. I have the freedom to worship Him whenever I’d like

Until next time my friends, Shalom!

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