Jeremiah 1:7-8
"Do not say, I am only a youth;
for to all to whom I send you, you shall go,
and whatever I command you, you shall speak.
Do not be afraid of them,
for I am with you to deliver you,
declares the LORD."
So I am reading My Utmost For His Highest, Oswald Chambers, and today's devotion is perfectly fitting for us racers…:)
June 27,
God promised Jeremiah that He would deliver him personally—-"Thy life will I give unto thee for a prey." That is all God promises his children. Wherever God send us, He will guard our lives. Our personal property and possessions are matter of indifference, we have to sit loosely to all those things; if we do not, there will be panic and heartbreak and distress. That is the inwardness of the overshadowing of personal deliverance. The Sermon on the Mount indicates that when we are on Jesus Christ's errands, there is no time to stand up for ourselves. Jesus says, in effect, do not be bothered with wether you are being justly dealt with or not. To look for justice is a sign of deflection from devotion to Him. Never look for justice in this world, but never cease to give it. If we look for justice, we will begin to grouse and to indulge in the discontent of selt pity——Why should I be treated like this? If we are devoted to Jesus Christ we have nothing to do with what we meet, wether it is just or unjust. Jesus says—-Go steadily on with what I have told you to do and I will guard your life. If you try to gaurd it yourself, you remove yourself from My deliverance. THE MOST DEVOUT AMONG US BECOME ATHEISTIC IN THIS CONNECTION; we do not believe God, we enthrone common sense and tack the name of God on it. We lean to our own understanding, instead of trusting God with all our hearts.
GOOD STUFF!
So yes, WE ALL have been there, done that….So when things don't make sense to us…..which most of the time when God is trying to do something, they will not make sense, just go with it, and abandon your wants.
Proverbs 3:5
Trust in the Lord with all of your heart,
and do not lean on your own understanding.
In all your ways acknowledge him,
and he will make straight your paths
Isaiah 55:8-9
For my thoughts are not your thoughts,
neither are your ways my ways, declares the LORD
For as the heavens are higher than the earth,
so are my ways higher than your ways
and my thoughts than your thoughts.
WHY IS IT SO HARD FOR US TO LOSE CONTROL TO THE GOD WHO GIVES US OUR NEXT BREATH???????
I remember years ago driving with my windows down, singing and blasting this song out the window,
Try it; it's liberating…….:)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzdBQrr7fIw
