Proverbs 17:1 - “Better a dry crust with peace and quiet, than a house full of feasting with strife.”
Some
days I just want to run from everything. There are times I want to put
up a good fight for what I think is right for me. Sometimes I think my
anger and what I’m fighting for is worth it at the time.
Then I get this pressure inside me, that causes me
to lose my peace. I know God is trying to get my attention. I try
sometimes to ignore it because the fight feels good at the time, but He
keeps telling me, “I’m much better off in His hands than mine.” So give up the fight, it’s not
worth what I’m causing inside me, and what I’m reflecting.
I’m sure you’ve heard the saying, “Pick and choose your battles.” When battles are for things
you want (monetary things), having your way, then they are your battles. You
will always sink, and regret what it causes in you and to others. Plus
the fact that you probably didn’t look much like Jesus when you were
arguing. Things of God, I will fight about, like how I’m treated and
spoken to as a wife, mother, and so on. Things that break His heart, He
will fight for you.
Sometimes after what I thought was worth arguing
about, I lose touch with God, and peace. That’s a good clue it wasn’t a
battle God was fighting with me. I usually say, “Where are you God?” and
He says, “No... where were you?” Then I get this voice again inside me
saying, “Now you need to go and apologize.” I say to myself, “you got to
be kidding me.” But as clear as day, I know, that I know I was wrong.
It wasn’t worth fighting for. I sure didn’t look like Jesus, and I need
to humble myself.
That’s a beautiful place to be, when you’re open to
where God is taking you, and changing you. He wants to hold on tight to
you, and give to you the feast of who He is… not the crumbs you fight for. Proverbs 15:15… “But the cheerful heart has a continual
feast.” We can choose our attitudes over any situation. So before you
lose it, examine what you allow to take you to that place where you will
regret what it does “inside you.” Our attitudes and actions color our
whole personality.
God has so much more for us. What He does inside us
is worth so much more than, “things.” We have to come to a point where
we realize, we’re much better off with what He has for us.
There are many days I beg Him to hold tight, to take my life from me (my
wants). He is the only hope for me. I’ll never want for more.
Grace and peace to you
Kim
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