I was asked to write todays devotion on leaving our prayers at the foot of the cross and not picking them back up...My first thought was I dont know if I can write a devotion on a subject, that quite frankly I fail at quite often. The bible commands us to bring our prayers to the throne of God and walk away, we arent created to be able to handle all of the problems life throws at us sometimes. A few verses come to mind when thinking about this subject. 1 Thesselonians 5:16-18 Rejoice evermore. Pray without ceasing. In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you. Romans 12:12 Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer Psalm 145:18 The Lord is nigh unto all them that call upon him, to all that call upon him in truth. You hear people quite often say God wont ever put more on you, than you can handle Yes HE will!!! If you were only given what you could handle, you would never learn to depend on God! Our trials that we go through strengthen our faith in an all powerful, all present Lord. I believe quite often we face trials because we dont carry our burdens to the throne, or because we dont leave them there when we do carry them. How often have we all said this is not a big enough burden to pray about? What an ignorant statement! Every decision we make from what church we attend to where we will go on vacation is an important decision, sometimes we just arent aware of it yet. How often could we avoid heartache or sorrow if we only spent more time on our knees talking to the Father? Many of you know that my wife and I have been blessed with 2 beautiful daughters. Many of you also know that one was born completely deaf. When LeAnne and I found out the Chloe was deaf, and were told there was nothing medically speaking that could be done to change it, we felt much despair and sorrow. Words of comfort poured in from friends and family, prayers were poured out for our little girl. I hid behind a smile quite often, not wanting to let the world know that I was struggling so much with the fact that there was absolutely nothing I could do to enable her to hear. The questions start coming to mind, how will she go to school? how will she be able to communicate with others? Will she be able to learn to read, write, talk? Its taken some time for me to learn, and Im still in the process, that the God that parted the Red Sea, the God that called Lazarus from the dead, the God that made man from dirt, is the God that made Chloe also. I questioned God when Chloe was born, Lord, you must have made a mistake. God gave me some time to allow things to sink in before He answered me. He said Chuck, I never make mistakes. I love Chloe just as much as I love you, or anybody else for that matter! Its been over 5 years now since Chloe was born. Over the past 5 years, her small life has probably touched more people and witnessed more for God than I have in 37 years. Chloe wasnt supposed to be able to hear, SHE CAN! Chloe wasnt supposed to be able to talk, SHE CAN! She is doing great in school, and is learning to read, write, and so many other things. I have learned through lifes trials that you cant always see what God is doing in your life, sometimes you cant even see what God is doing at all. We have to learn to trust Him COMPLETELY! There will be times where we all face adversity. I promise you the longer you live, the more burdens you will face. The second most awesome gift that God ever gave us was the bible, it is filled of promises and inspirations that we often over look, because we tend to focus on the bad instead of looking to God. Each day we wake up and are faced with a decision, that decision being will I let Satan steal my joy today? Only you can answer that question....
Posted on: Thu, 22 Jan 2015 21:35:32 +0000
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