This past Sunday Pastor Greg talked about Faith. Powerful message. So as my schedule goes on, I get to see first hand where my faith starts to crumble.
It’s early Tuesday morning. I am committed to submit this blog entry today. I have already written most of a note that could work, but I have been praying and there’s this unsettling feeling about it. So I ask the Lord again, “Please guide me to what you want me to write.” Listening for His answer…crickets.
I get to work before I have to start, expecting that’s when I should write. But the network is down. There’s no way to get to my last written document. There was an accident last night up the street, and the power crews are working on it. We have power, but something is still not working correctly. I have a dentist appointment first thing, and I have to get some work done. “Lord, what do I do? I know you have this in some way, just like you did last month…you provided.” Very very quietly I hear, “Write what’s happening.” You said ‘Fear not’ so many times in the Bible. So why am I getting anxious? The tension is building within me. I only have a few short hours.
I’m a do it ahead of time, scheduler type of person. I’m intentionally early for everything. When something cracks that mold, yes, I get uneasy and admit that I don’t understand why things don’t always work out so smoothly. But I just try to move on. But why am I that way? Because deep down, If I mess up in just a little way, I assume I will be labeled as a fake. What I fear is how I will come out of this. Not about what God will do.
BIG RECORD SKREEETCH TO A GRINDING HALT!!
“Fear is expecting the devil to move, Faith is expecting God to move.” Jimmy Evans
Psalm 91:1-2, “Whoever dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of the LORD, ‘He is my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.'”
So I’m back from the dentist, and it’s the 11th hour. So what has happened in the previous few hours? No Novocain at the dentist!! He had to grind a little, but the fix is good. The network is back up, so I can work. I have access now to the note I wrote, but it’s not necessary. What I’m sharing with you is a very real picture of life, how we can step right out of the dwelling place of the Most High. Even when we are doing something good.
Fear will drag me right to ‘ME’; Faith will, as in Ephesians 6:16, “above all, taking the shield of faith with which you will be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked one.”
God had this.
Submitted with minutes to spare.
Have a great day!
—Brian Rainey
