This post is a guest post by my sweet friend Meg. Meg is a 24 year old college graduate with a huge heart for Jesus and for people. She has been a blessing to me in the short time I have known her, and she has graciously agreed to share this post while I prepare for our next session together.
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| Photo Meg took of those rocks |
I went to the lake today to be alone with the Lord. After
spending some time talking with Him sitting on top of a picnic table, I wanted
to put my feet into the water. I walked around the edge of the lake until I
found a place low enough to sit and dangle my feet.
I marveled at the Lord
for awhile. I was reminded that the One
who controls the waves is the One who gives me life.
The waves were pretty strong today, and I began to focus on how
they hit the bank and shot up into the air before receding back into the lake.
I was being soaked from my feet all the way up to my knees. Then my attention
turned to some rocks on my other side, at the base of the land. The waves hit
them with just as much intensity...but even the strongest waves that slammed
into the rocks didn’t even cause them to budge. The rocks were immovable.
My mind immediately went to the passage in James that my bible study group has been dwelling in for the past couple of weeks.
My mind immediately went to the passage in James that my bible study group has been dwelling in for the past couple of weeks.
“My bretheren, count it all joy when you fall into various trials, knowing that the testing of your faith produces patience. But let patience have it’s perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing. If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him. But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea driven and tossed by the wind. For let not that man suppose he will receive anything from the Lord; he is a double minded man, unstable in all his ways.”
James 1:2-8
The waves were like the trials and temptations in life. But he
who is aware that those trials produce what we need to be sharpened and asks
for wisdom in the trial, in FAITH...he will not be overtaken by the waves. He
will be firm. Steadfast. Immovable.
Well, then my mind began to think logically about what my eyes
were seeing. Realistically, these rocks weren’t EXACTLY immovable. Over time,
as the continue to press down, the rocks are slowly worn down, layer by layer.
Then my mind went back to the beginning of chapter 1 of James.
“Knowing that the testing of your faith produces patience. But let patience have it’s perfect work that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing.”
Those waves are slowly wearing down the rocks but what is being
taken away is temporal. When we are in the storm, standing firm in the waves,
what the waves wear off of us are the parts that are not perfect and
complete...the temporal and fleshly nature. What will be left will be stronger
and sanctified -- if we keep our eyes on the One who is in control of the
waves. He will not allow more than we can handle with the power of His Holy
Spirit! ( 1 Corinthians 10:12-13)
So buckle down and be strong. Put on the whole armor of God
(Ephesians 6) so that you can be
firm in the toughest storm….and when you are in the storm,
trust that God is refining you into a more sanctified and stronger follower of
His. If you need wisdom, ask Him. He’ll give it to you. Memorize the promises
God gave you in His Word. Then stand on them. That’s why He gave them to
you...to help you be firm. He has given you everything you need to be strong.
You just have to take advantage of them and put them to use.
Love and prayers, dear friends!
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