I am pretty BORING.
I spend most of my time
with my nose in the BIBLE.
But then again,
that is what saved me.
The moment I saw with my own eyes
that the word "ANXIOUS" was in the bible,
I was blown away,
as "ANXIETY" was my middle name.
And to think that GOD actually cares about ANXIETY~
"Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to GOD. And the peace of GOD, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in CHRIST JESUS" (Philippians 4:6-7)
But GOD goes beyond caring because HE actually wanted "my"
ANXIETY.
Has anyone ever asked you to give them all
"your"
ANXIETY
FEAR
DOUBT?
Can you imagine the weight that the person would choose to carry?
Really think about it.
So maybe I don't mind being
BORING.
Oh GOD is so personal as HIS WORD is a love letter.
I remember that first moment when I absorbed every WORD
so that
HIS PEACE overwhelmed my whole being,
replacing the ANXIETY that used to overwhelm me all the time,
so that REAL CHANGE began to happen in my life,
because HE pierced my heart.
So when I questioned myself this morning
about my being
BORING
because I spend too much time in THE WORD,
GOD showed up
to remind me that
I need HIS WORD
as I am nothing without HIM.
So meet BORING me
who needs my GOD
who GRACEFULLY loved me back together
the day HE introduced me to HIS SON~
the ONE who continually
amazes me
as HE goes beyond asking for "my" ANXIETY
as HE wants all "my"
FAILURES
MISTAKES
IMPERFECTIONS.
And I was so baffled
to why a PERFECT GOD
would receive such an
IMPERFECT me.
And once again GOD answered me~
"How? you ask. In CHRIST. GOD put the wrong on HIM who never did anything wrong, so we could be put right with GOD" (2 Corinthians 5:20).
So I think I am good with being BORING
because BORING brings me
closer to the ONE
who turns BORING into
the
ABUNDANT LIFE
that overwhelms me
because
JESUS
"transcends all understanding".
Who can fathom
a GOD
who really wants all "your" stuff
that HIS SON takes upon HIMSELF?
Want to be BORING?
And all it takes is to just do what
JESUS asks~
"FOLLOW ME" (listen to the song below)