Do you have days when you
feel absolutely overwhelmed by what is happening in your lives, and/or in your
marriages? I know that I have days when I am strong in the Lord, and I have
days when I feel weak and vulnerable. I have days when I feel like I can
conquer the world, and I have days, too, when I just want to crawl up in a ball
under the covers in my bed and stay there forever. I don’t, mind you, but I
sometimes feel like it.
And, I have to resist those
feelings, because that is what Satan wants me to do. He wants me to run away
from it all emotionally and to not fight the good fight of faith. But, I don’t
always feel like putting on that armor of God and fighting this battle,
although I know Jesus already won this battle for me. But, it is still a fight.
We just have to do it in the strength and power of the Lord, because, honestly,
if truth be told, most of us probably don’t have that fight in us in our own
flesh, and we just wish some of our circumstances would all just go away, like
a really bad dream.
As I have mentioned before,
sometimes I get weary of it all, and honestly, I welcome the day when Jesus
comes back to take me home to be with him forever. But, I know God put me on
this earth for a purpose, and he didn’t put me here to run away from my
problems, but to face them, to conquer them, and to live victoriously in him
despite them or on account of them.
And, so, I can’t live by my
feelings, but I have to walk in faith. Feelings don’t have to determine what I
do. They just are! I can feel the fear and do what I know is right anyway. And,
it is amazing, when I do that, how those feelings of fear will often dissipate.
When I stop focusing my attention on my circumstances, and I learn to focus my
attention on God and on what is eternal, and on what purpose he has for me on
this earth, then I am able to be strengthened in the Lord and I am encouraged,
too, to keep moving forward.
I Will Lift My Eyes
An Original Work / December
12, 2012
Based off Psalms 121-125
I will lift my eyes to my
Lord Most High.
My help comes from Him, who
saved me from sin.
He will not let your foot
slip, and He who watches will not sleep.
Our Lord watches over you,
and your life He will keep.
I will lift my eyes to my
Lord Most High.
My help comes from Him, who
saved me from sin.
I give thanks to Him.
I will lift my eyes to my God
in heav’n.
I look to the Lord. My sins,
He’s forgiv’n.
Because of His great love for
us, He made us alive with Christ.
Through the kindness of our
Savior, He gave us new life.
I will lift my eyes to my God
in heav’n.
I look to the Lord. My sins,
He’s forgiv’n;
My home, now in heav’n.
Praise be to the Lord, who is
on our side.
Our help found in Him. He
gives peace within.
Those who trust will ne’er be
shaken. God will supply all we need.
Our Lord has done great
things for us. He’s our friend, indeed!
Praise be to the Lord, who is
on our side.
Our help found in Him. He
gives peace within.
I can count on Him.
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