In my younger “wilderness” years, my life was always in chaos, and without the Lord’s Peace in my heart. He was allowing me to experience the “nothingness” of the world”, without Him. During those years He showed me that no amount of money, power, position or relationships could replace His Peace in my heart.
One of the biggest flaws in being “human” is self-sufficiency. We tend to think that we can handle and solve our problems on our own. If we walk in self-sufficiency, by rejecting God and His ways, we become self-sufficient, and the result of being self-sufficient is an error filled life, lack of fulfillment and finally, torment. When we place confidence in our own intelligence, appearance, or accomplishments instead of God, we risk torment later when these strengths fade.
Isaiah 50:11–But watch out, you who live in your own light, and warm yourselves by your own fires.
This is the reward you will receive from me: You will soon fall down in great torment.
The alternative to taking pride in self-sufficiency is to go humbly before the Lord and ask for His help in our daily lives.
By coming to the Lord with our trials and problems, we can cast our worries and anxiety to Him. Then He can spring into action and help us solve and administer our troubles in a way that gives us lasting solutions and peace of mind at the same time.
Philippians 4:6-7–Don’t worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done. Then you will experience God’s peace, which exceeds anything we can understand. His peace will guard your hearts and minds as you live in Christ Jesus.
He helps us by showing us how to look at our problems from His perspective; how to prioritize and not to worry about the future and it’s imagined problems. This perspective allows us to experience His Peace in the midst of the storm.
John 14:27–and the lord said to His disciples, “I am leaving you with a gift—peace of mind and heart. And the peace I give is a gift the world cannot give. So don’t be troubled or afraid.
When not viewed from His eternal perspective and perfect timing, our problems only SEEM to be solved by our self-sufficiency, but usually they come back with a vengeance and in an even more permanent and damaging manner.
Be thankful to the Lord for His help in solving and handling our problems.
My Prayer For This Day:
Lord, thank you for renewing my mind and teaching me to come to You with my problems and worries. Lord, I relied on my self-sufficiency for so many years; my mind was in chaos and rent with anxiety. Lord, thank You for teaching me to cast my worries to You and to ask for Your guidance for the trials in my life. But most of all, Lord, thank You for giving me Your peace in the morning and helping me throughout each day; to stay focused on You & Your way.