I have been PROCRASTINATING
this morning.
I have been PROCRASTINATING
from FEELING what I don't want to FEEL,
yet I know that I have to FEEL.
It is quite absurd,
because how do you go from
being filled with THE JOY of the LORD,
to the FEAR of FACING FEELINGS
that starts
to eat away at HIS JOY?
But
THE JOY OF THE LORD
is not a FEELING,
even though
FEELINGS strive to trump
THE JOY OF THE LORD.
For
THE JOY OF THE LORD
is
JESUS,
and LIVING IN JESUS
is
LIVING IN A PEACEFUL STATE OF TRUST.
THE JOY OF JESUS
does not change,
because JESUS doesn't change.
My prayer has been for something to change
that hasn't changed,
and it is hitting my hard this morning.
FEELINGS come and go, but JESUS is here to stay.
So as I asked myself as the Psalmist has asked,
"Why are you down in the dumps, dear soul?
Why are you crying the blues?"*
And guess what is happening right this moment,
as I am asking GOD that question.
HE IS ANSWERING.
HE just wanted to draw me closer to HIS HEART,
so HE could be closer in my HEART,
because HE knows me so well
that HE has to make
HIMSELF FIRST
in my LIFE,
before I set out today to LIVE the day HE has planned for me.
GOD ALWAYS wants
MORE of me
and MORE of you
so HE can be our MORE.
And it is in my seeking this morning,
when I finally stopped
PROCRASTINATING
from
FEELING what I was FEELING,
when GOD drew me closer,
as I am that deer~
"As the deer pants for streams of water,
so my soul pants for you, my GOD. My soul thirsts for GOD, for the living GOD".*
And there was GOD, waiting for me so GRACIOUSLY,
for HE had a MESSAGE for me this morning,
yet I had to SEEK HIM.
And HE ANSWERED through
Psalm 42~
"Fix my eyes on GOD—
soon I’ll be praising again.HE puts a smile on my face.
HE'S my GOD".*
Wow.
What if I kept PROCRASTINATING this morning,
from SEEKING GOD in my PROCRASTINATION.
I would have missed
HIS APPOINTMENT HE had for me.
Oh my friend,
don't MISS HIM.
Are you PROCRASTINATING from
FACING a FEELING that you don't want to FACE?
I FEARED facing FEELINGS that I knew I was FEELING,
about something that I can't change.
I FEARED FEELING the void in my heart.
But in my FEAR
I was FEARING that GOD
would not be able to fill the void.
But
"The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom,
and knowledge of the HOLY ONE is understanding"
(Proverbs 9:10).
THE GOOD FEAR OF THE LORD.
To FACE THE FACE OF FEAR with GOD.
So my question this morning,
"Why are you down in the dumps, dear soul?
Why are you crying the blues?"*(Psalm 42),
opened my
HEART to
enter into
GOD'S PRESENCE.
Therefore,
HIS JOY
has returned to my soul.
"So I throw up my handsAnd praise YOU again and again'Cause all that I have is a hallelujahHallelujahAnd I know it's not muchBut I've nothing else fit for a KINGExcept for a heart singing hallelujahHallelujah"**
In
**"Gratitude"
(listen to the song below)
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