This evening while doing the
dishes I was mulling over everything I have had on my mind lately – everything that
I feel consumed by, I was beginning to feel really hopeless, once again.
Pour it out to God – that is the
feeling that arose within me. I cannot say that is always my first response,
but this evening that is the thought that broke through. It wasn't a ‘holy’
prayer or even a ‘super spiritual’ moment. It was an honest empty sharing of
the heaviness I was feeling in my heart. I needed Him. I needed and asked the Holy Spirit
to come to comfort me.
He came.
--
This is like one of the most
beautiful verses in the Bible I was reading about in my devotional time this
morning by Rev Dr Selwyn Hughes in Every Day with Jesus.
“Now Jabez was more honourable
than his brothers, and his mother called his name Jabez, saying, “Because I
bore him in pain.” And Jabez called on the God of Israel saying, “Oh, that You
would bless me indeed, and enlarge my territory, that Your hand would be with
me, and that You would keep me from evil, that I may not cause pain!” So God granted him what he requested.”
(1 Chronicles 4:9-10)
‘So God granted him what he requested’. This speaks volumes; God
hears me and acts in love. He doesn't have to. He has already done so much for
me, but He loves and values me so much that even when I'm just not feeling that
great … He, the great 'I Am' comes and holds me.
Saviour, you are constantly
saving me.
Thank you.
--
‘Lead Me to the Cross’
Saviour I come, quiet
my soul
Remember redemption's hill
Where your blood was
spilled
For my ransom
Everything I once
held dear
I count it all as
lost
Lead me to the cross,
Where your love poured out.
Bring me to my knees
Lord, I lay me down
Rid me of myself I belong to you,
And lead me, lead me, lead me to the cross
You were as I,
tempted and trialled
You are, word became
flesh
Bore my sin and death
Now you're risen
To your heart
To your heart
Lead me to your heart
To your heart
