Sometimes, you have a lightbulb moment from God, and you
just think, well, duh! But it is a profound revelation to you.
This happens to me all the time.
See, sometimes your head knows the answers, but your heart
needs an extra nudge.
I’m not going to lie; these past couple weeks have had rough
patches. I’m looking at my “to do” list for today, tomorrow, and Friday of
assignments due; part of me wants to laugh, the other part wants to cry. Ya’ll
know what I’m talking about.
Yesterday while helping out at a children’s ministry
program, I had a child who told me he was stressed and worried because he had
some choices to make and he didn’t know what to do. We had just gone over one
of their memory verses, so I recited it back to him; “Don’t worry about
anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need and thank Him
for all He has done.” (Philippians 4:6, NLT).
Throughout the time, he would come back up to me and keep
asking. I would read it back to him and try to encourage him a little.
This morning I was thinking about it, and everything
clicked.
Duh.
Here I am, worried about my assignments, worried about
getting everything else in, and the answer is literally right in front of me.
God used that child. He wanted me to keep reciting the verse to him; it was not
just for him; it was for me too. It was to help me remember it and commit it to
memory.
That clicked as I stood at my sink, in the process of
getting ready for the morning.
So, two things:
1) Reflect on things. Your Bible reading, your devotional
reading, your prayers, and sometimes, even your interactions with others. (Now,
don’t overthink interactions with others. So be careful with that one.) It’s
amazing some of the things we can pick up on after the fact, especially with
our devotional time.
2) PRAY. Prayer is literally the answer to anything.
Worried? PRAY. Scared? PRAY. Overwhelmed? PRAY. Happy? PRAY. Depressed? PRAY.
You get where I’m going with this. Don’t believe you should always pray? Well….
“Rejoice always, pray
continually, give
thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus” (1
Thessalonians 5:16-18, NIV; emphasis mine).
Look back at the verse we quoted earlier,
Philippians 4:6 … it says to “…pray about everything.”
I’m sure there are more verses on this. Why
don’t you check it out for yourself?
All in all, I know this was something I
needed to hear. I hope that it helps you in some way.
Love ya’ll! <3
