Gain Control in a Out of Control World
Most nights I am so tired, at least I think I am. Yet once my head hits the pillow, my mind races.
How will homeschooling go combined with my work?
How will our small business be affected by all this?
How will summer and fall look?
How long would this last?
How will my dear friend that’s a single mother do all this?
What about another dear friend that was laid off?
How in the world were we all going to do this?
I am sure these are questions we have all had in one form or another since living in a worldwide pandemic.
Normally, my heart races and my breath quickens. Each night I have to make a choice.
Either I can trust my limited self to carry us through this uncertain time or I can trust Our God to handle it. Either I can stress and let my mind go bananas (still happens sometimes) or I can continually return to God and rest in His Sovereignty.
And this same God who takes care of me will supply all your needs from his glorious riches, which have been given to us in Christ Jesus. Philippians 4:19 NLT
This is what the Sovereign LORD, the Holy One of Israel, says: “Only in returning to me and resting in me will you be saved. In quietness and confidence is your strength. But you would have none of it”. Isaiah 30:15
These two scriptures remind us that Who is in control and what we can do. These scriptures don’t say in planning, stressing and obsessing will you be saved or find strength. They say our strength will be found in trusting Him, in confidence in Him, in returning to Him sometimes over and over again. Having quiet confidence in Him gives us strength. We are also reminded that He will supply all our needs.
We must continually declare these truths over our situation, sometimes minute to minute. I know I have too.
