Obstacles

Sometimes life is so busy that I find myself going through the motions - just like the hamster running on his little wheel. While all the while I am on the wheel, so it seems, not getting anywhere - I realize that I have allowed myself to be locked up on the inside and the obstacle is my own prayerlessness. It's not because I don't want to - it's because life keeps coming faster than the speed of lightning sometimes. The deal is - scripture tells me that I should pray without ceasing. When the dog bites, pray, when the bee stings, pray, when the tire is flat, pray - and to do it with thanksgiving. Prayers are as incense before God. So if prayers are as incense, then why wouldn't I want to please my Heavenly Father and flatter Him the whole day through and besides . . . the benefits are my own.


When I ask the LORD to search me, test me, examine my heart and my mind - what in the world could I have been thinking? It is then when I am faced with the reality of who I really am and who I really want to become. It's hard being searched, it's hard being tested, and sometimes I really don't want to share my heart with anyone - let alone be examined! The truth is, on my own - I am nothing. Simply dust. Psalm 103:14 explains to me that He remembers that we are made from dust. Oh LORD, thank you for remembering this small detail - because this points to my own failures at times. HOW can anything that is made from dust be truly expected to prosper and succeed on their own? That's just it. In CHRIST - I am fearfully and wonderfully made. I can do all things through CHRIST which strengthens me. With HIM, all things are possible - without - it's just failures and disappointments.


Oh LORD, I praise you that you never give up on me. I thank you for your love and committment to a crimsoned stained follower that so wants to please you and continually be in your presence. PRAISE you Father.