Thoughts for another day

May 2, 2014.

Today's verse:  1 Thess. 5:16-18. Be joyful always; pray continually; give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus. (KJV)

(Pls. read the above before you read further.  Thanks)

There’s something wonderful that happens when you give thanks to the Lord and joy in Him.  Your spirit is lifted and joy wells out of you when it happens.  Now, it may be that you’re depressed; perhaps nothing went right for you; or you’re grappling with some issue, possibly finance or an illness which has held you in a suffocating embrace; yet when you set your eyes above and start praising Him with your heart, the heaviness of the thing troubling you seems to be lift off and you suddenly discover you’re feeling light and nice.

I can say this much that it’s possible to praise God at any time.  For this we must know Him to some degree by which we can be sure that the moment we assign our problems before Him, the solution to them starts arriving or I may daresay, was already there, but God exercised it the moment we changed our perspective and gave Him authority to do what He willed.  I’ve experienced many times when I have a heavy heart, I go before Him and sitting before Him, tell Him about my heaviness.  We talk (I must be honest, I talk more and I hardly let Him talk) but then when the session is over, I feel so relieved and I know it’s He who has lifted my burden and despair.

Belief in God is necessary to be able to enjoy your conversation with Him.  It’s in that belief that you suddenly realise the immensity of God and the smallness of your problem.  It’s then that you start trusting God to work in your life and take control.  I always use this motto: GOD IS IN CONTROL and I’m always relieved.  In fact the moment I say GOD IS IN CONTROL, I cease my worry on the subject and He walks in.  He rolls my blues away and then I can be joyful and pray and give thanks to Him even though my burden has not been actually lifted.  And I do it because I know He is there and He will do it for me.  That’s why His will is I rejoice always in Christ His Son and when I do it, He lifts up my load and throws it away.  Believe this my friend, it is possible.